The Dunwich Horror

By H. P. Lovecraft, François Baranger, Penguin Classics

In the decaying hills of Dunwich, something monstrous stirs beneath the earth...

The monstrous offspring of a sorcerous rite grows unchecked, bringing with it horrors beyond imagination. Only ancient knowledge and desperate courage can stand against it. The Dunwich Horror is H.P. Lovecraft at his most terrifying--a tale of forbidden knowledge, ancient gods, and the collapse of human sanity.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1529981344
• ISBN13: 9781529981346
• Release Date: November 2026
• Publisher: Vintage Classics
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.81 lbs.

Customer Reviews

What you cannot see can hurt you.

François Baranger is the illustrator. We are introduced to a Massachusetts backwater community where families are inbred and may have produced wizards. A strange, very ugly young man is trying to obtain a rare unabridged Latin version of the Necronomicon for what appears to be a nefarious project. Something smells off about his place. I never saw the movie. However, I was surprised by how well this book, by the inventor of modern horror, is written. Originally published in the summer of 1926, it is a timeless tale about being your brother's keeper.