Herbert West: Reanimator (annotated)

Herbert West: Reanimator (annotated) - Paperback

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Herbert West: Reanimator (annotated)

Herbert West: Reanimator (annotated) - Paperback

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by H. P. Lovecraft (Author)

Herbert West: Reanimator is a classic H.P. Lovecraft horror story that contains the following exerpt: Of Herbert West, who was my friend in college and in after life, I can speak only with extreme terror. This terror is not due altogether to the sinister manner of his recent disappearance, but was engendered by the whole nature of his life-work, and first gained its acute form more than seventeen years ago, when we were in the third year of our course at the Miskatonic University Medical School in Arkham. While he was with me, the wonder and diabolism of his experiments fascinated me utterly, and I was his closest companion. Now that he is gone and the spell is broken, the actual fear is greater. Memories and possibilities are ever more hideous than realities. The narrator recounts his history with the title character, who has recently disappeared. As a medical student at Miskatonic University, the narrator becomes fascinated by West's theories, which postulate that the human body is simply a complex, organic machine which can be "restarted." West eventually realizes he must experiment on human subjects. The two men spirit away supplies from their medical school and set up their lab in an abandoned farmhouse. At first, they pay a group of men to rob graves for them, but none of the experiments are successful. West and the narrator then rob graves themselves. One night, they steal the corpse of a construction worker who died that morning in an accident. They take it back to the farmhouse and inject it with West's serum, but nothing happens. Later, an inhuman scream is heard from within the room containing the corpse. Moved by instinct, they flee into the night. West accidentally tips over a lantern on the way out, which starts a fire. West and the narrator escape. The next day, however, the newspaper reports that a grave in potter's field, violently molested the night before, displays the claws of a beast.

Number of Pages: 50
Dimensions: 0.1 x 9.02 x 5.98 IN
Publication Date: January 02, 2016
ISBN9781523213979
Author H. P. Lovecraft
PublisherCreatespace Independent Publishing Platform
GenreLiterature
FormatPaperback
PublishedJanuary 2016
LanguageENG- English
Pages50
Weight1.0 lb
Target AudienceAdults
Print SizeStandard Print

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About H. P. Lovecraft

Howard Phillips "H. P." Lovecraft (August 20, 1890-March 15, 1937) was an American author who achieved posthumous fame through his influential works of horror fiction. Virtually unknown and only published in pulp magazines before he died in poverty, he is now widely seen as one of the most significant 20th century authors in his genre.

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