The Dunwich Horror

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

In the decaying hills of Dunwich, something monstrous stirs

Wilbur Whateley is a strange child - of uncertain parentage, growing to abnormal size at abnormal speed. Shunned by the villagers of Dunwich, Wilbur and his grandfather set out on tending to their own plan. But the otherworldly can't be kept tame forever. The Dunwich Horror is H. P. Lovecraft's terrifying tale of strange beings, forbidden knowledge and the power of unseen forces - and what follows when the wrong things are allowed to take root.

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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.