The Tomb, H. P. Lovecraft
The Tomb, H. P. Lovecraft
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The Tomb

Author: H. P. Lovecraft

Narrator: Mike Manz

Unabridged: 24 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Ophania Inc.

Published: 04/15/2022

Categories: Fiction, Horror


Synopsis

Jervas Dudley is a young man of means who is prone to flights of fancy. This predilection leads to an obsession with an abandoned crypt that will last for the rest of his life...One of the very first short stories written by H. P. Lovecraft, The Tomb was written in 1917, but wasn't published until 1922

About H. P. Lovecraft

Howard Phillips "H. P." Lovecraft (1890-1937) was an American author who achieved posthumous fame through his influential works of horror fiction. Virtually unknown and only published in pulp magazines before he died in poverty, he is now regarded as one of the most significant twentieth-century authors in his genre.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Michael

The Tomb tells the eerie tale of Jervas Dudley, a shy and curious boy who spends most of his time daydreaming in his lonesome. Being the curious fellow he is, he develops an obsession with the mysterious tomb belonging to the Hyde family, whose nearby mansion had burnt down hundreds of years ago. Af......more

Goodreads review by Michael

This was the very first Lovecraft book I read, while I was still pre-pubescent and innocent. In fact, I was so young that I didn’t understand a lot of the vocabulary, and really didn’t “get” several of the stories until many years later. I remember just letting the flow of words wash over me and not......more

Αν εξαιρέσεις ένα δυο προβλήματα στη μετάφραση (ευτυχώς όχι περισσότερα) ήταν ένα ξεκούραστο και ξέγνοιαστο κλασσικό ανάγνωσμα.......more

Goodreads review by Bill

This book contains a series of short stories by HP Lovecraft. I can't say that they were fantastic but it was interesting to read more of Lovecraft's work. The book is broken down into some of his classics, some of his work that he wrote as a late teen to his 20's and then some fragments of dreams h......more