The Dunwich Horror
H. P. Lovecraft
Read by Mark Nelson
In a rundown farmhouse near isolated, rural Dunwich, a bizarre family conjures and nurtures an evil entity from another realm, with the purpose of destroying the world and delivering it to ancient gods to rule, and only an aged university librarian can stop them. The Dunwich Horror was first published in 1929 in Weird Tales. (Summary by Mark Nelson) (1 hr 55 min)
Chapters
| Part 1, Chapters 1 - 4 | 37:27 | Read by Mark Nelson |
| Part 2, Chapters 5 - 7 | 36:14 | Read by Mark Nelson |
| Part 3, Chapters 8 - 10 | 41:49 | Read by Mark Nelson |
Reviews
the reader sounds exactly like the reader off mass effect 123
A LibriVox Listener
terrific!
Duncan
a terrificly creepy story and really well read! there are some blatant racist words in there but if you listen to it (which you should) if you like these stories then you should remember that when it was written they probably didn't know what racism was! the voices he does in this are fantastic and I could picture them really well. hope I can find more with him reading. And if you like his voice try Mike Bennett too!
Fascinatinf story and great reading
jer
Love the level of performance here. Classy and subtle but still exciting and with lots of accents to differentiate people. The story is interesting and exciting and has lots of info to keep me going in my HPL investigations.
Delightful
MysticWorlds7
One of the most quirky stories I ever heard, and seems to be a possible remote inspiration for the Harry Potter books. Interesting weaving of old pagan rites that summon other worldly dimensional beings. I wonder if there is some connection to Aleister Crowley's ritual sex magick that gave imagination to H.P. Lovecraft's writings.
fun apocalyptic terror
Jon Mark Wilson
fantasy? horror? science fiction? psychological thriller? it's a weird tale representative of the metaphysical speculations of the early 20th Century mixed with Jungian tropes of Psyche and Symbol. it is also read very well. I am getting hooked by the mythos.
What more do you want?
John Mullins
Deliciously creepy and suspicious of backwoods folk. Atmospheric and sparingly drawn. You'll not soon forget this 1920's tale. Also an excellent and generous narration style. Thank you for our hard work!
Great short horror story
A LibriVox Listener
Lovecraft fashion through and through. A great little tale of mystery and mysticism with imagery that chills and makes one feel as if walking in the shaking books of the story's charcters.
The Dunwich Horror
A LibriVox Listener
The ending gets me every time I've read this. "It looked more like the father than he did" makes you really think about the whole mess that the book built up to.