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The Dunwich Horror and Others Hardcover – January 1, 1963

4.2 4.2 out of 5 stars 280 ratings

Chilling experiences in the supernatural world are revealed in detail in sixteen macabre tales
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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Arkham House Pub; Eleventh edition (January 1, 1963)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 433 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0870540378
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0870540370
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.75 x 1.25 x 8.25 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.2 4.2 out of 5 stars 280 ratings

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Customers find the book readable and enjoyable. They describe the story as creepy and unique, with an exciting plot and unusual ending. However, some customers report issues with formatting and typos. Opinions vary on the language, with some finding it proper and artful, while others mention typos halfway through.

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7 customers mention "Readability"7 positive0 negative

Customers enjoy the book's readability. They find it a great read and one of their favorites from H.P. Lovecraft.

"It was a great read, but I didn't really enjoy trying to decipher the "southern twang" of the natives, especially when what they're saying is..." Read more

"...Machen's 'The Great God Pan' in it; I am glad I did as it was an excellent read." Read more

"...Gets no love for his superior story telling. This book is an incredible read, I only wish today’s authors, developers, and directors would at least..." Read more

"...A great read." Read more

5 customers mention "Scare level"5 positive0 negative

Customers enjoy the book's scare level. They find it creepy and say Lovecraft is a master of horror.

"...I've always loved a good scare and a really creepy story. Trouble is, they're just so damned hard to find!..." Read more

"This book is without question an astounding piece of horror literature...." Read more

"Lovecraft is the master of horror! Reading his stories is to listen to those told around late night fires...." Read more

"Super creepy. A good installment of the Lovecraft series, I'd recommend it for anyone looking to get into his works." Read more

3 customers mention "Story quality"3 positive0 negative

Customers enjoy the story. They find it engaging with a unique plot and complex characters. The ending is also described as unusual.

"...Buy a book with this story in it. It's a great story, and you can now get it in a used book for practically nothing...." Read more

"...manages to convey fear and terror through the characters and provided a unique plot." Read more

"Fast paced and well crafted. An exciting story of characters in a complex situation and how there character responds. An unusual ending." Read more

5 customers mention "Language"3 positive2 negative

Customers have different views on the language. Some find it proper and artful, while others mention typos about halfway through.

"...Book names are not italicized or in quotes. The text appears to all be there, but about 1/2 way through, the typos begin...." Read more

"...'The Dunwich Horror', which was written in a time when the use of English was more proper and, in my opinion, artful than is to be found in our..." Read more

"...The giveaway is the weird typos with ampersands and percent signs in the garbage words...." Read more

"...If you are unfamiliar, well than you were given a taste of his fine writing skills, his abilities with our language and imaginations are limitless." Read more

3 customers mention "Formatting"0 positive3 negative

Customers find the formatting fair, but there are typos.

"The formatting is only fair. Quoted blocks of text are not set off in any way, not even with quotation marks...." Read more

"I'm apparently not a Lovecraft fan. The formatting looked funky. I read via kindle/electronic on tv, tablet and mobile phone...." Read more

"The format seems really weird, and I sort of regret buying this book...." Read more

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  • Reviewed in the United States on May 3, 2004
    I've been at a loss for a couple of years to find something to read that really grabs me. In fact, I usually find myself bored beyond tears with the recent spate of pulp and sloppy nonsense that gets passed off as literature by most of our contemporary, popular authors. So lately, I've been going back and trying to catch up on the works of acclaimed authors from the 20th Century, focusing on those that I never had the time or opportunity to read before now. This week, I stumbled upon THE DUNWICH HORROR AND OTHERS by H.P. Lovecraft and was introduced to Lovecraft's whole weird and fascinating world of "the Cthulhu Mythos". I was familiar with some of Lovecraft's more popular short stories, mainly from their bad movie adaptations (THE DUNWICH HORROR and RE-ANIMATOR spring to mind), and I've read many times where others among my favorite authors have called him "their inspiration" or "a genius ranking with Poe, Hawthorne, and Conrad". I knew that his mythology provided a backdrop for most everything produced by Anne Rice, Poppy Z. Brite, Caitlin Kiernan, and Neil Gaiman, to the entertaining EVIL DEAD movie trilogy, even to BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER and DARK SHADOWS of TV-dom. But I'd never had a chance to read Lovecraft's work for myself until now. I've always loved a good scare and a really creepy story. Trouble is, they're just so damned hard to find! And when you find one that starts out with great potential, it usually degenerates into formulaic banality and clichés by the end. However, I now understand why Lovecraft is so admired. While his writing style is clearly dated, his stories are downright frightening. It's awfully hard for anything, let alone a book, to make my hair stand on end or give me gooseflesh, but I usually get at least one good case of crawling flesh from each of Lovecraft's stories and, in many instances, they delivered so much more. Not since my first reading of Shirley Jackson's THE HAUNTING OF HILL HOUSE have I walked away from a book and had to shake it off physically before I could move on to something else. There are many Lovecraft imitators out there. But if you haven't tried a genuine Lovecraft, you haven't even begun to know horror.
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  • Reviewed in the United States on July 25, 2023
    It was a great read, but I didn't really enjoy trying to decipher the "southern twang" of the natives, especially when what they're saying is crucial to the story. Besides that, The Dunwich Horror hit all of the marks, as expected, with a Lovecraft title.
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  • Reviewed in the United States on April 10, 2006
    This book is without question an astounding piece of horror literature. With such classics as The Dunwich Horror, The Call of the Cthulhu and other shuddersome stories, H.P. Lovecraft creates a world in which the supernatural ingress the real world and makes its hideous presence felt.

    No other author can adequately replicate H.P. Lovecraft except during the times when they're trying (often with great disappointment) to be like Lovecraft. They, at best, plummet in their endeavors as a feeble simulacrum of the real master of horror. If you like horror and have never read Lovecraft, you either don't like horror as much as you think you do, or you have been missing out on a formidable force who has influenced just about every horror writer alive today.
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  • Reviewed in the United States on November 5, 2013
    The formatting is only fair. Quoted blocks of text are not set off in any way, not even with quotation marks. Book names are not italicized or in quotes. The text appears to all be there, but about 1/2 way through, the typos begin. I've encountered more than the average number of misspellings, which is pretty irritating.

    Buy a book with this story in it. It's a great story, and you can now get it in a used book for practically nothing. Only buy this if you can tolerate the poor formatting and the numerous errors/typos.
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  • Reviewed in the United States on January 1, 2013
    'The Dunwich Horror' was my first venture into the world of H.P. Lovecraft. I thoroughly enjoyed 'The Dunwich Horror', which was written in a time when the use of English was more proper and, in my opinion, artful than is to be found in our generation of "bastardized internet slang and jargon". I chose to start my Lovecraft experience with this story as I had read Lovecraft paid homage to Arthur Machen's 'The Great God Pan' in it; I am glad I did as it was an excellent read.
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  • Reviewed in the United States on April 4, 2018
    Guy gets credit for the way monsters are portrayed in today’s horror stories. Gets no love for his superior story telling. This book is an incredible read, I only wish today’s authors, developers, and directors would at least try, try, and follow his style. Maybe not every horror movie or book would suck then.
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  • Reviewed in the United States on August 21, 2021
    The horror of the Chthulu Mythos is strongly represented here. The "thing" that was brought into this world is never quite seen whole...fortunately. A great read.
  • Reviewed in the United States on February 6, 2014
    I thought I knew where this story was going, but it surprised me. This was my first Lovecraft story, and I will definitely try reading some others because he really manages to convey fear and terror through the characters and provided a unique plot.
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  • SophieRambles
    5.0 out of 5 stars Lovely story
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 18, 2023
    A little bit of history mixed with fantasy about the life of the kaiser whilst in exile in Holland.
  • María José Ruiz
    5.0 out of 5 stars ¡GRACIAS GRACIAS GRACIAS!
    Reviewed in Spain on October 15, 2019
    Después de encontrar la versión cinematográfica por casualidad, moví cielo y tierra para encontrar el libro en el que estaba basada. Aunque el enfoque entre ambos formatos difiere, yo estoy más que contenta con el libro.
  • Anto
    5.0 out of 5 stars Gripping
    Reviewed in India on March 13, 2019
    Boring at times, but overall it delivers an eerie feel to the reader. It had a mysterious nature in a sense that there is not a lot of explanation. This can be good or bad depends on the kind of reader.
  • Paul cannell
    5.0 out of 5 stars A Horror Of Classic Proportion
    Reviewed in Australia on June 26, 2024
    From the opening paragraph, the reader descends into Lovecraft’s gloomy world with great effect. The Dunwich Horror is a classic tale of vile corruption, older than humanity. Always worth a read.
  • dargos
    4.0 out of 5 stars facile a lire et plaisant
    Reviewed in France on July 19, 2017
    pour ceux qui ont apprécié le film Black Book car c'est a peu prés le même thème,bon roman de gare,facile a lire même pour des débutants en anglais,un peu trop court et on ne comprend pas toujours les motivations des personnages...dommage,malgré tout ça reste un livre agréable.