# The Call of Cthulhu And Other Weird Stories

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- Authors: [H. P. Lovecraft](https://www.bookquiver.com/h-p-lovecraft)
- Publisher: penguin_classics
- ISBN: 978-01-4118-234-6
- Pages: 448
- Published: 2000-07-27
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

Frequently imitated and widely influential, Howard Philips Lovecraft reinvented the horror genre in the 1920s, discarding ghosts and witches and instead envisioning mankind as a tiny outpost of dwindling sanity in a chaotic and malevolent universe. S. T. Joshi, Lovecraft's preeminent interpreter, presents a selection of the master's fiction, from the early tales of nightmares and madness such as 'The Outsider' to the overpowering cosmic terror of 'The Call of Cthulhu'. More than just a collection of terrifying tales, this volume reveals the development of Lovecraft's mesmerizing narrative style and establishes him as a canonical – and visionary – American writer.