CALL OF CTHULHU AND OTHER WEIRD STORIES, THE

Part of the Penguin Orange Collection, a limited-run series of twelve influential and beloved American classics in a bold series design offering a modern take on the iconic Penguin paperback

For the seventieth anniversary of Penguin Classics, the Penguin Orange Collection celebrates the heritage of Penguin's iconic book design with twelve influential American literary classics representing the breadth and diversity of the Penguin Classics library. These collectible editions are dressed in the iconic orange and white tri-band cover design, first created in 1935, while french flaps, high-quality paper, and striking cover illustrations provide the cutting-edge design treatment that is the signature of Penguin Classics Deluxe Editions today.

The Call of Cthulhu and Other Weird Stories

Frequently imitated and widely influential, Howard Phillips Lovecraft reinvented the horror genre in the twentieth century, discarding ghosts and witches and instead envisioning mankind as a tiny outpost of dwindling sanity in a chaotic and malevolent universe. This definitive collection reveals the development of Lovecraft's mesmerizing narrative style and establishes him as a canonical - and visionary - American writer.

Table of contents

Introduction

Suggestions for Further Reading

A Note on the Text

Dagon

The Statement of Randolph Carter

Facts Concerning the Late Arthur Jermyn and His Family

Celephais

Nyarlathotep

The Picture in the House

The Outsider

Herbert West _ Reanimator

The Hound

The Rats in the Walls

The Festival

He

Cool Air

The Call of Cthulhu

The Colour Out of Space

The Whisperer in Darkness

The Shadow Over Innsmouth

The Haunter of the Dark

Explanatory Notes