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The House on the Borderland — William Hope Hodgson

The House on the Borderland

William Hope Hodgson

  • Fantasy
  • Book language: English
  • 137 pages

The House on the Borderland by William Hope Hodgson is an early weird-fiction novel presented as a manuscript found in Ireland. It tells of an isolated house, its recluse narrator, and visions that range from strange sieges to cosmic journeys beyond ordinary time. It is worth listening to for its unsettling atmosphere and imaginative reach.

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Text source: gutenberg.org · The work is in the public domain.

Contents

  1. THE HOUSE ON THE BORDERLAND
  2. William Hope Hodgson
  3. TO MY FATHER
  4. AUTHOR'S INTRODUCTION TO THE MANUSCRIPT
  5. I THE FINDING OF THE MANUSCRIPT
  6. II THE PLAIN OF SILENCE
  7. III THE HOUSE IN THE ARENA
  8. IV THE EARTH
  9. V THE THING IN THE PIT
  10. VI THE SWINE-THINGS
  11. VII THE ATTACK
  12. VIII AFTER THE ATTACK
  13. IX IN THE CELLARS
  14. X THE TIME OF WAITING
  15. XI THE SEARCHING OF THE GARDENS
  16. XII THE SUBTERRANEAN PIT
  17. XIII THE TRAP IN THE GREAT CELLAR
  18. XIV THE SEA OF SLEEP
  19. THE FRAGMENTS[2]
  20. XV THE NOISE IN THE NIGHT
  21. XVI THE AWAKENING
  22. XVII THE SLOWING ROTATION
  23. XVIII THE GREEN STAR
  24. XIX THE END OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM
  25. XX THE CELESTIAL GLOBES
  26. XXI THE DARK SUN
  27. XXII THE DARK NEBULA
  28. XXIII PEPPER
  29. XXIV THE FOOTSTEPS IN THE GARDEN
  30. XXV THE THING FROM THE ARENA

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