Knowledge (XXG)

The Outsider (short story)

Source đź“ť

290:
narrator begins a long, slow climb up the tower wall, until he eventually finds a trapdoor in the ceiling, which he pushes up and climbs through. Amazingly, he finds himself not at the great height he anticipated, but at ground level in another world. With the sight of the full moon before him, he proclaims, "There came to me the purest ecstasy I have ever known." Overcome with the emotion he feels in beholding what—until now—he had only read about, the narrator takes in his new surroundings. He wanders out into the countryside before eventually coming upon another castle.
57: 1868: 294:
hands held over their eyes toward the walls in search of an exit. As the narrator stands alone in the room, with the screams of the party vanishing into far away echoes, he walks around the room searching for what might be hidden in the shadows but finds nothing. As he walks to one of the corners of the room, he detects a hideous and monstrous presence there.
286:
forest" of high trees that block out the light from the sun. He has never seen natural light, nor another human being, and he has never ventured from the prison-like home he now inhabits. The only knowledge the narrator has of the outside world is from his reading of the "antique books" that line the walls of his castle.
165:, April 1926. In this work, a mysterious individual who has been living alone in a castle for as long as he can remember decides to break free in search of human contact and light. "The Outsider" is one of Lovecraft's most commonly reprinted works and is also one of the most popular stories ever to be published in 343:
The narrator in "The Outsider" exists in a perpetual state of loneliness. At the onset of the story, it is revealed that he has lived for years in the castle but cannot recall any person ever being there except for himself. Neither can he recall the presence of anything alive but the "noiseless rats
289:
The narrator tells of his eventual determination to free himself, from what he views as an existence within a prison. He decides to climb the ruined staircase of the high castle tower which seems to be his only hope to reach the light. At the place where the stairs terminate into crumbled ruins, the
297:
In his shock and surprise, he loses his balance and touches the creature. Horrified, he runs from the building back to his castle, where he tries unsuccessfully to crawl back through the grate into his old world. Cast out of his old existence, the narrator now rides with the "mocking and friendly
293:
Upon visiting the castle, the narrator sees a gathering of people at a party within. Longing for some type of human contact, he climbs through a window into the room. But as he enters, the people become terrified. They scream and collectively flee from the room, many stumbling blindly with their
285:
style, and details the miserable and apparently lonely life of an individual, who appears to have never made contact with another person. The narrator admits that he cannot seem to recall any details of his personal history. He tells of his environment: a dark, decaying castle amid an "endless
347:
Upon encountering humanity later in the story, the narrator is left even more lonely than before. He has come to witness human life and has been immediately shunned from it due to his appearance. Being outcast from the society he longed to know forced the narrator to continue living life as a
488:
In 2019, a modern-day adaptation of the short story, directed by Ludvig GĂĽr, premiered at the H.P. Lovecraft Film Festival. It played at multiple festivals and was picked up by horror-brand ALTER (a division of Gunpowder & Sky) for online distribution and was featured in the
248:(1818), in which the creature causes a shock when he enters a cottage: "I had hardly placed my foot within the door before the children shrieked, and one of the women fainted." The monster later looks in a pool of water and sees his reflection for the first time. 272:
finds this analysis to be exaggerated, but suggests that the story "may possibly be indicative of HPL's own self-image, particularly the image of one who always thought himself ugly and whose mother told at least one individual about her son's 'hideous' face."
40: 344:
and bats and spiders" that surround him. He has never heard the voice of another human being, nor has he ever spoken aloud. His only encounters with the outside world are those he attains from reading the old books that have been left within the castle.
383:
The idea of "becoming other" parallels what is happening in this story. The intensity of the process is heightened because the reader is learning of this transition from human to the ab-human right along with the narrator who is learning it himself.
265:
Some critics have suggested that "The Outsider" is autobiographical, and that Lovecraft was talking about his own life when he wrote, "I know always that I am an outsider; a stranger in this century and among those who are still men."
318:
praised "The Outsider" as one of Lovecraft's best stories, describing it as "poetically melancholy". Though some may contend that Lovecraft's "The Outsider" is purely a horror story, there are predominantly
506:
features various Lovecraft entities as antagonists. In episode 2, "The Uninvited", the Outsider is portrayed as a hideously filthy vagrant who asks for shelter, but murders anyone who does not invite him
380:. Kelly Hurley writes that the "abhuman subject is a not-quite-human subject, characterized by its morphic variability, continually in danger of becoming not-itself, becoming other." 1032: 1917: 1802: 1675: 1787: 1696: 502: 368:, ab-human refers to a "Gothic body" or something that is only vestigially human and possibly in the process of becoming something monstrous, such as a 1922: 1912: 869: 619: 1552: 216:, writing that it "represents my literal though unconscious imitation of Poe at its very height." The opening paragraphs echo those of Poe's " 842: 934: 748: 1467: 1797: 1242: 1025: 581: 1897: 1538: 1340: 799: 779: 628: 534: 397: 302:
on the night wind". For when he touched the monster's paw, he felt the "cold and unyielding surface of polished glass" of a mirror.
997: 444:. This adaptation was later used as part of a limited edition LP release along with his audio adaptation of the Lovecraft story " 262:'s short story "The Birthday of the Infanta", in which a misshapen dwarf is horrified to see his reflection for the first time. 1682: 1425: 1386: 830: 268: 1902: 1838: 605: 1907: 1294: 990: 969: 862: 723: 1256: 889: 414: 1600: 1123: 235:
in a burial shroud, only understanding the shocked reaction of passersby when he sees his reflection in a shop window.
1892: 1354: 1263: 1172: 913: 401:(1926), although they are generally very different from the undead creatures described here. This story also mentions 221: 212:
In a letter, Lovecraft himself said that, of all his tales, this story most closely resembles the style of his idol
1852: 1531: 1179: 1053: 352:. However, this time it has been made worse because what he has lost was no longer a vague idea from a book but a 1361: 1347: 1301: 1046: 1871: 1460: 1060: 983: 955: 948: 855: 476: 454:
was the narrator of the story on a 1966 LP release (Lively Arts 30003) that also included the Lovecraft story "
1668: 1545: 1322: 1249: 1116: 418: 46: 1792: 1689: 1368: 1315: 1193: 1144: 1011: 976: 920: 282: 217: 1165: 941: 906: 472: 445: 422: 1495: 1481: 1137: 1130: 1004: 232: 201: 1723: 1488: 1446: 1411: 1221: 1088: 927: 228: 1807: 1766: 1751: 1513: 1432: 1418: 1308: 1287: 1280: 1018: 719: 231:'s "Fragments from the Journal of a Solitary Man", in which a man dreams that he is walking down 1228: 815: 1782: 1574: 1273: 1186: 1081: 795: 775: 671: 641: 624: 601: 577: 530: 690: 656: 1761: 1474: 1453: 1439: 1404: 1200: 1158: 1074: 1605: 878: 819: 689:(Cambridge University Press, 2004), 3. This quotation also appears in Robert Eaglestone, 435: 213: 156: 60: 31: 1746: 1718: 1641: 1235: 1109: 768: 451: 440: 365: 320: 181: 173: 152: 92: 425:, and "did that which caused his name to be stricken from all monuments and records". 1886: 1610: 462: 410: 1846: 1812: 1756: 1729: 1636: 1595: 1207: 1095: 1067: 467: 251: 244: 239: 39: 1039: 824: 1833: 836: 315: 311: 259: 161: 108: 27: 705: 728: 687:
The Gothic Body: Sexuality, Materialism, and Degeneration at the Fin de Siècle
482: 324: 197: 185: 119: 66: 749:"H. P. Lovecraft Film Festival Best of 2019 Collection DVD - limited edition" 1713: 1151: 455: 332: 193: 1579: 1626: 1214: 962: 402: 373: 353: 130: 1631: 733: 497: 369: 349: 328: 189: 177: 729:"Horror Short Film "The Outsider" | ALTER | H.P. Lovecraft Adaptation" 1646: 1569: 421:" as the Pharaoh who built "a temple with a windowless crypt" to the 377: 790:
Lovecraft, Howard P. (1999) . "The Outsider". In S. T. Joshi (ed.).
766:
Lovecraft, Howard P. (1984). "The Outsider". In S. T. Joshi (ed.).
159:. Written between March and August 1921, it was first published in 1651: 847: 406: 392: 299: 323:
themes that play significant roles in this short story including
314:
described "The Outsider" as "arguably the author's finest work".
220:", while the horror at the party recalls the unmasking scene in " 1828: 774:(9th corrected printing ed.). Sauk City, WI: Arkham House. 692:
Reading The Lord of the Rings: New Writings on Tolkien's Classic
851: 673:
The Curse of the Werewolf: Fantasy, Horror and the Beast Within
816:
A collection of public domain H. P. Lovecraft short fiction
438:
narrated an audio adaptation on the old-time radio program
395:
make frequent appearances in Lovecraft's work, such as in
695:
page 55 (Continuum International Publishing Group, 2006).
405:
and Nephren-Ka briefly. Nitocris, a legendary queen of
1033:
Facts Concerning the Late Arthur Jermyn and His Family
598:
Living in Fear: A History of Horror in the Mass Media
409:, also makes an appearance in the 1924 Lovecraft and 184:
to create a nightmarish story, containing themes of
1821: 1775: 1739: 1706: 1660: 1619: 1588: 1562: 1523: 1505: 1396: 1378: 1332: 898: 137: 125: 115: 103: 98: 88: 80: 72: 54: 21: 767: 549:S. T. Joshi, explanatory notes to "The Outsider", 227:The story may also have been inspired in part by 1676:H. P. Lovecraft: Against the World, Against Life 617:Joanna Russ, "Lovecraft, H(oward) P(hilips), in 356:thing held out of his grasp. He is the monster. 658:Vampires: Myths and Metaphors of Enduring Evil 863: 8: 646:page 190 (Cambridge University Press, 2002). 335:that take it to a more psychological level. 1697:Lovecraft: A Look Behind the Cthulhu Mythos 794:. London, UK; New York, NY: Penguin Books. 792:The Call of Cthulhu and Other Weird Stories 623:by Curtis C. Smith. St. James Press, 1986, 551:The Call of Cthulhu and Other Weird Stories 870: 856: 848: 38: 1918:Works originally published in Weird Tales 643:The Cambridge Companion to Gothic Fiction 620:Twentieth-Century Science-Fiction Writers 491:H.P. Lovecraft Film Festival Best of 2019 1553:Autobiography: Some Notes on a Nonentity 576:. Hippocampus Press. pp. 198–199. 572:Joshi, S.T.; Schultz, David E. (2004). 567: 565: 563: 561: 559: 529:. The Library of America. p. 823. 517: 485:adapted the story into a manga in 2007. 1788:Works influenced by the Cthulhu Mythos 388:Connections to other Lovecraft stories 18: 843:Internet Speculative Fiction Database 7: 935:A Reminiscence of Dr. Samuel Johnson 238:Another suggested literary model is 1468:Through the Gates of the Silver Key 1798:H. P. Lovecraft Historical Society 1243:The Strange High House in the Mist 16:Short story by H. P. Lovecraft 14: 1539:Supernatural Horror in Literature 1341:The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath 398:The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath 1923:Short stories adapted into films 1913:Short stories by H. P. Lovecraft 1867: 1866: 998:The Statement of Randolph Carter 55: 1683:An H. P. Lovecraft Encyclopedia 1387:The Case of Charles Dexter Ward 417:". Nephren-Ka is mentioned in " 281:"The Outsider" is written in a 269:An H. P. Lovecraft Encyclopedia 151:" is a short story by American 1840:Lovecraft: Fear of the Unknown 670:Chantal Bourgault Du Coudray, 574:An H.P. Lovecraft Encyclopedia 503:Chilling Adventures of Sabrina 477:reboot/remake of the 1995 film 471:is based upon this story and " 1: 1295:The Dreams in the Witch House 991:The Doom That Came to Sarnath 970:The Transition of Juan Romero 770:The Dunwich Horror and Others 1426:The Horror at Martin's Beach 676:page 132 (I.B.Tauris, 2006). 415:Imprisoned with the Pharaohs 1355:At the Mountains of Madness 222:The Masque of the Red Death 1939: 1853:The Thing in the Moonlight 1532:The Cancer of Superstition 1862: 1362:The Shadow over Innsmouth 1348:The Whisperer in Darkness 1302:The Thing on the Doorstep 885: 600:. Da Capo Press, P. 120. 37: 26: 1898:Ancient Egypt in fiction 1461:The Horror in the Museum 1061:The Picture in the House 949:Beyond the Wall of Sleep 172:"The Outsider" combines 1669:H. P. Lovecraft: A Life 1546:To Quebec and the Stars 1323:The Haunter of the Dark 1250:The Colour Out of Space 1124:Herbert West–Reanimator 1117:The Music of Erich Zann 661:page 22 (Rodopi, 2006). 419:The Haunter of the Dark 196:. Its epigraph is from 47:The Outsider and Others 1793:H. P. Lovecraft (band) 1690:Lovecraft: A Biography 1369:The Shadow Out of Time 1194:The Horror at Red Hook 525:Straub, Peter (2005). 283:first-person narrative 1903:Fantasy short stories 1166:The Rats in the Walls 907:The Beast in the Cave 841:title listing at the 479:was released in 2020. 473:The Rats in the Walls 446:The Rats in the Walls 423:Shining Trapezohedron 256:The Strength to Dream 1908:Horror short stories 1496:In the Walls of Eryx 1482:The Tree on the Hill 1138:What the Moon Brings 1005:The Terrible Old Man 596:Les Daniels (1975). 376:, or in this case a 202:The Eve of St. Agnes 44:Cover of collection 1847:Sonia Greene (wife) 1724:Lovecraftian horror 1412:Poetry and the Gods 1222:The Call of Cthulhu 1089:The Quest of Iranon 786:Definitive version. 229:Nathaniel Hawthorne 1893:1926 short stories 1808:Lovecraft (crater) 1767:Frank Belknap Long 1752:Clark Ashton Smith 1514:Fungi from Yuggoth 1433:Under the Pyramids 1419:The Crawling Chaos 1309:The Evil Clergyman 1288:The Dunwich Horror 1019:The Cats of Ulthar 640:Jerrold E. Hogle, 258:(1961), points to 1880: 1879: 1783:Lovecraft studies 1575:Lovecraft Country 1274:The Very Old Folk 1187:The Shunned House 1082:The Nameless City 310:Horror historian 145: 144: 1930: 1870: 1869: 1762:Robert E. Howard 1740:Lovecraft Circle 1489:Till A' the Seas 1475:Out of the Aeons 1440:The Curse of Yig 1405:The Green Meadow 1159:The Lurking Fear 1075:Sweet Ermengarde 872: 865: 858: 849: 805: 785: 773: 753: 752: 745: 739: 738: 716: 710: 709: 708:. 8 August 2019. 702: 696: 683: 677: 668: 662: 653: 647: 638: 632: 615: 609: 594: 588: 587: 569: 554: 547: 541: 540: 527:Lovecraft: Tales 522: 496:Season 4 of the 138:Publication date 116:Publication type 59: 58: 42: 19: 1938: 1937: 1933: 1932: 1931: 1929: 1928: 1927: 1883: 1882: 1881: 1876: 1858: 1817: 1771: 1735: 1707:Themes/Concepts 1702: 1656: 1615: 1606:Randolph Carter 1584: 1558: 1519: 1501: 1392: 1374: 1328: 1264:History of the 1229:Pickman's Model 894: 881: 879:H. P. Lovecraft 876: 820:Standard Ebooks 812: 802: 789: 782: 765: 762: 757: 756: 747: 746: 742: 737:. 27 July 2020. 727: 724:Wayback Machine 717: 713: 704: 703: 699: 684: 680: 669: 665: 654: 650: 639: 635: 616: 612: 595: 591: 584: 571: 570: 557: 548: 544: 537: 524: 523: 519: 514: 493:DVD Collection. 436:Erik Bauersfeld 431: 413:collaboration " 390: 362: 341: 308: 279: 214:Edgar Allan Poe 210: 157:H. P. Lovecraft 56: 50: 32:H. P. Lovecraft 17: 12: 11: 5: 1936: 1934: 1926: 1925: 1920: 1915: 1910: 1905: 1900: 1895: 1885: 1884: 1878: 1877: 1875: 1874: 1863: 1860: 1859: 1857: 1856: 1849: 1844: 1836: 1831: 1825: 1823: 1819: 1818: 1816: 1815: 1813:Cthulhu Macula 1810: 1805: 1800: 1795: 1790: 1785: 1779: 1777: 1773: 1772: 1770: 1769: 1764: 1759: 1754: 1749: 1747:August Derleth 1743: 1741: 1737: 1736: 1734: 1733: 1726: 1721: 1719:Cthulhu Mythos 1716: 1710: 1708: 1704: 1703: 1701: 1700: 1693: 1686: 1679: 1672: 1664: 1662: 1658: 1657: 1655: 1654: 1649: 1644: 1642:Shub-Niggurath 1639: 1634: 1629: 1623: 1621: 1617: 1616: 1614: 1613: 1608: 1603: 1598: 1596:Abdul Alhazred 1592: 1590: 1586: 1585: 1583: 1582: 1577: 1572: 1566: 1564: 1560: 1559: 1557: 1556: 1549: 1542: 1535: 1527: 1525: 1521: 1520: 1518: 1517: 1509: 1507: 1503: 1502: 1500: 1499: 1492: 1485: 1478: 1471: 1464: 1457: 1450: 1443: 1436: 1429: 1422: 1415: 1408: 1400: 1398: 1397:Collaborations 1394: 1393: 1391: 1390: 1382: 1380: 1376: 1375: 1373: 1372: 1365: 1358: 1351: 1344: 1336: 1334: 1330: 1329: 1327: 1326: 1319: 1312: 1305: 1298: 1291: 1284: 1277: 1270: 1260: 1257:The Descendant 1253: 1246: 1239: 1236:The Silver Key 1232: 1225: 1218: 1211: 1204: 1197: 1190: 1183: 1176: 1169: 1162: 1155: 1148: 1141: 1134: 1127: 1120: 1113: 1110:The Other Gods 1106: 1099: 1092: 1085: 1078: 1071: 1064: 1057: 1050: 1043: 1036: 1029: 1022: 1015: 1008: 1001: 994: 987: 980: 977:The White Ship 973: 966: 959: 952: 945: 938: 931: 924: 917: 910: 902: 900: 896: 895: 893: 892: 886: 883: 882: 877: 875: 874: 867: 860: 852: 846: 845: 834: 822: 811: 810:External links 808: 807: 806: 800: 787: 780: 761: 758: 755: 754: 740: 711: 706:"The Outsider" 697: 685:Kelly Hurley, 678: 663: 648: 633: 610: 589: 583:978-0974878911 582: 555: 542: 535: 516: 515: 513: 510: 509: 508: 494: 486: 480: 459: 452:Roddy McDowall 449: 441:The Black Mass 430: 427: 389: 386: 378:walking corpse 366:Gothic fiction 361: 358: 340: 337: 307: 304: 278: 275: 209: 206: 182:gothic fiction 143: 142: 139: 135: 134: 127: 123: 122: 117: 113: 112: 105: 101: 100: 96: 95: 90: 86: 85: 82: 78: 77: 74: 70: 69: 62:Text available 52: 51: 43: 35: 34: 24: 23: 22:"The Outsider" 15: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 1935: 1924: 1921: 1919: 1916: 1914: 1911: 1909: 1906: 1904: 1901: 1899: 1896: 1894: 1891: 1890: 1888: 1873: 1865: 1864: 1861: 1855: 1854: 1850: 1848: 1845: 1843: 1842:(documentary) 1841: 1837: 1835: 1832: 1830: 1827: 1826: 1824: 1820: 1814: 1811: 1809: 1806: 1804: 1801: 1799: 1796: 1794: 1791: 1789: 1786: 1784: 1781: 1780: 1778: 1774: 1768: 1765: 1763: 1760: 1758: 1755: 1753: 1750: 1748: 1745: 1744: 1742: 1738: 1732: 1731: 1727: 1725: 1722: 1720: 1717: 1715: 1712: 1711: 1709: 1705: 1699: 1698: 1694: 1692: 1691: 1687: 1685: 1684: 1680: 1678: 1677: 1673: 1671: 1670: 1666: 1665: 1663: 1659: 1653: 1650: 1648: 1645: 1643: 1640: 1638: 1635: 1633: 1630: 1628: 1625: 1624: 1622: 1618: 1612: 1611:Harley Warren 1609: 1607: 1604: 1602: 1599: 1597: 1594: 1593: 1591: 1587: 1581: 1578: 1576: 1573: 1571: 1568: 1567: 1565: 1561: 1555: 1554: 1550: 1548: 1547: 1543: 1540: 1536: 1534: 1533: 1529: 1528: 1526: 1522: 1516: 1515: 1511: 1510: 1508: 1504: 1497: 1493: 1490: 1486: 1483: 1479: 1476: 1472: 1469: 1465: 1462: 1458: 1455: 1454:Medusa's Coil 1451: 1449: 1448: 1444: 1441: 1437: 1434: 1430: 1427: 1423: 1420: 1416: 1413: 1409: 1406: 1402: 1401: 1399: 1395: 1389: 1388: 1384: 1383: 1381: 1377: 1371: 1370: 1366: 1364: 1363: 1359: 1357: 1356: 1352: 1350: 1349: 1345: 1343: 1342: 1338: 1337: 1335: 1331: 1324: 1320: 1317: 1313: 1310: 1306: 1303: 1299: 1296: 1292: 1289: 1285: 1282: 1278: 1275: 1271: 1268: 1267: 1261: 1258: 1254: 1251: 1247: 1244: 1240: 1237: 1233: 1230: 1226: 1223: 1219: 1216: 1212: 1209: 1205: 1202: 1198: 1195: 1191: 1188: 1184: 1181: 1177: 1174: 1173:The Unnamable 1170: 1167: 1163: 1160: 1156: 1153: 1149: 1146: 1142: 1139: 1135: 1132: 1128: 1125: 1121: 1118: 1114: 1111: 1107: 1104: 1100: 1097: 1093: 1090: 1086: 1083: 1079: 1076: 1072: 1069: 1065: 1062: 1058: 1055: 1051: 1048: 1044: 1041: 1037: 1034: 1030: 1027: 1023: 1020: 1016: 1013: 1009: 1006: 1002: 999: 995: 992: 988: 985: 981: 978: 974: 971: 967: 964: 960: 957: 953: 950: 946: 943: 939: 936: 932: 929: 925: 922: 918: 915: 914:The Alchemist 911: 908: 904: 903: 901: 899:Short stories 897: 891: 888: 887: 884: 880: 873: 868: 866: 861: 859: 854: 853: 850: 844: 840: 839: 835: 832: 828: 827: 823: 821: 817: 814: 813: 809: 803: 801:0-14-118234-2 797: 793: 788: 783: 781:0-87054-037-8 777: 772: 771: 764: 763: 759: 750: 744: 741: 736: 735: 730: 725: 721: 715: 712: 707: 701: 698: 694: 693: 688: 682: 679: 675: 674: 667: 664: 660: 659: 652: 649: 645: 644: 637: 634: 630: 629:0-912289-27-9 626: 622: 621: 614: 611: 607: 603: 599: 593: 590: 585: 579: 575: 568: 566: 564: 562: 560: 556: 552: 546: 543: 538: 536:1-931082-72-3 532: 528: 521: 518: 511: 505: 504: 499: 495: 492: 487: 484: 481: 478: 474: 470: 469: 464: 463:Stuart Gordon 460: 457: 453: 450: 447: 443: 442: 437: 433: 432: 428: 426: 424: 420: 416: 412: 411:Harry Houdini 408: 404: 400: 399: 394: 387: 385: 381: 379: 375: 371: 367: 359: 357: 355: 351: 345: 338: 336: 334: 330: 326: 322: 317: 313: 305: 303: 301: 295: 291: 287: 284: 276: 274: 271: 270: 263: 261: 257: 253: 249: 247: 246: 241: 236: 234: 230: 225: 223: 219: 215: 207: 205: 203: 200:' 1819 poem " 199: 195: 191: 187: 183: 179: 175: 170: 168: 164: 163: 158: 154: 150: 140: 136: 132: 128: 124: 121: 118: 114: 111: 110: 106: 102: 97: 94: 91: 87: 83: 79: 76:United States 75: 71: 68: 64: 63: 53: 49: 48: 41: 36: 33: 29: 25: 20: 1851: 1839: 1757:Robert Bloch 1730:Necronomicon 1728: 1695: 1688: 1681: 1674: 1667: 1637:Nyarlathotep 1601:Herbert West 1551: 1544: 1530: 1512: 1445: 1385: 1367: 1360: 1353: 1346: 1339: 1266:Necronomicon 1265: 1208:In the Vault 1180:The Festival 1103:The Outsider 1102: 1096:The Moon-Bog 1068:Ex Oblivione 1054:Nyarlathotep 890:Bibliography 838:The Outsider 837: 826:The Outsider 825: 791: 769: 743: 732: 720:Ghostarchive 718:Archived at 714: 700: 691: 686: 681: 672: 666: 657: 651: 642: 636: 618: 613: 597: 592: 573: 550: 545: 526: 520: 501: 490: 468:Castle Freak 466: 439: 396: 391: 382: 363: 360:The ab-human 346: 342: 309: 296: 292: 288: 280: 267: 264: 255: 252:Colin Wilson 250: 245:Frankenstein 243: 240:Mary Shelley 237: 226: 211: 171: 166: 160: 149:The Outsider 148: 146: 107: 104:Published in 61: 45: 1834:Dream Cycle 1803:Adaptations 1661:Books about 1047:From Beyond 655:Peter Day, 631:(pp.461-3). 429:Adaptations 316:Joanna Russ 312:Les Daniels 260:Oscar Wilde 208:Inspiration 167:Weird Tales 162:Weird Tales 109:Weird Tales 99:Publication 28:Short story 1887:Categories 1589:Characters 1026:The Temple 984:The Street 831:Faded Page 760:References 606:0306801930 483:Gou Tanabe 339:Loneliness 331:, and the 325:loneliness 198:John Keats 192:, and the 186:loneliness 141:April 1926 126:Media type 120:Periodical 67:Wikisource 1714:Cosmicism 1563:Locations 1447:The Mound 1152:The Hound 1040:CelephaĂŻs 461:The 1995 456:The Hound 434:In 1964, 333:afterlife 242:'s novel 194:afterlife 1872:Category 1627:Azathoth 1333:Novellas 1316:The Book 1215:Cool Air 1145:Azathoth 1012:The Tree 963:Old Bugs 921:The Tomb 833:(Canada) 722:and the 403:Nitocris 374:werewolf 354:tangible 306:Analysis 277:Synopsis 233:Broadway 218:Berenice 131:Magazine 89:Genre(s) 81:Language 1822:Related 1632:Cthulhu 1620:Deities 942:Polaris 734:YouTube 500:series 498:Netflix 370:vampire 350:recluse 329:abhuman 190:abhuman 178:fantasy 155:writer 129:Print ( 84:English 73:Country 1776:Legacy 1647:Hastur 1580:R'lyeh 1570:Arkham 1524:Essays 1506:Poetry 1379:Novels 1131:Hypnos 956:Memory 798:  778:  627:  604:  580:  533:  393:Ghouls 327:, the 321:Gothic 300:ghouls 188:, the 180:, and 174:horror 153:horror 93:Horror 1652:Dagon 928:Dagon 512:Notes 475:". A 465:film 407:Egypt 254:, in 1829:Aklo 1281:Ibid 796:ISBN 776:ISBN 625:ISBN 602:ISBN 578:ISBN 531:ISBN 829:at 818:at 507:in. 364:In 224:". 204:". 65:at 30:by 1889:: 1201:He 731:. 726:: 558:^ 458:". 448:". 372:, 176:, 169:. 1541:" 1537:" 1498:" 1494:" 1491:" 1487:" 1484:" 1480:" 1477:" 1473:" 1470:" 1466:" 1463:" 1459:" 1456:" 1452:" 1442:" 1438:" 1435:" 1431:" 1428:" 1424:" 1421:" 1417:" 1414:" 1410:" 1407:" 1403:" 1325:" 1321:" 1318:" 1314:" 1311:" 1307:" 1304:" 1300:" 1297:" 1293:" 1290:" 1286:" 1283:" 1279:" 1276:" 1272:" 1269:" 1262:" 1259:" 1255:" 1252:" 1248:" 1245:" 1241:" 1238:" 1234:" 1231:" 1227:" 1224:" 1220:" 1217:" 1213:" 1210:" 1206:" 1203:" 1199:" 1196:" 1192:" 1189:" 1185:" 1182:" 1178:" 1175:" 1171:" 1168:" 1164:" 1161:" 1157:" 1154:" 1150:" 1147:" 1143:" 1140:" 1136:" 1133:" 1129:" 1126:" 1122:" 1119:" 1115:" 1112:" 1108:" 1105:" 1101:" 1098:" 1094:" 1091:" 1087:" 1084:" 1080:" 1077:" 1073:" 1070:" 1066:" 1063:" 1059:" 1056:" 1052:" 1049:" 1045:" 1042:" 1038:" 1035:" 1031:" 1028:" 1024:" 1021:" 1017:" 1014:" 1010:" 1007:" 1003:" 1000:" 996:" 993:" 989:" 986:" 982:" 979:" 975:" 972:" 968:" 965:" 961:" 958:" 954:" 951:" 947:" 944:" 940:" 937:" 933:" 930:" 926:" 923:" 919:" 916:" 912:" 909:" 905:" 871:e 864:t 857:v 804:. 784:. 751:. 608:. 586:. 553:. 539:. 147:" 133:)

Index

Short story
H. P. Lovecraft

The Outsider and Others
Text available
Wikisource
Horror
Weird Tales
Periodical
Magazine
horror
H. P. Lovecraft
Weird Tales
horror
fantasy
gothic fiction
loneliness
abhuman
afterlife
John Keats
The Eve of St. Agnes
Edgar Allan Poe
Berenice
The Masque of the Red Death
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Broadway
Mary Shelley
Frankenstein
Colin Wilson
Oscar Wilde

Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.

↑