In 1877, two gentlemen, Messrs Tonnison and Berreggnog, head into Ireland to spend a week fishing in the village of Kraighten. While there, they discover in the ruins of a very curious house a diary of the man who had once owned it. Its torn pages seem to hint at an evil beyond anything that existed on this side of the curtains of impossibility. This is a classic novel that worked to slowly bridge the gap between the British fantastic and supernatural authors of the later 19th century and modern horror fiction. Classic American horror writer H. P. Lovecraft lists this and other works by Hodgson among his greatest influences. (Summary by Wikipedia)
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Chapters
- Chapter 1
01 - Author's Introduction & The Finding of the Manuscript
25:17 - Chapter 2
02 - The Plain of Silence
12:05 - Chapter 3
03 - The House in the Arena
13:17 - Chapter 4
04 - The Earth
06:57 - Chapter 5
05 - The Thing in the Pit
14:09 - Chapter 6
06 - The Swine-Things
19:32 - Chapter 7
07 - The Attack
11:06 - Chapter 8
08 - After the Attack
09:30 - Chapter 9
09 - In the Cellars
07:55 - Chapter 10
10 - The Time of Waiting
06:38 - Chapter 11
11 - The Searching of the Gardens
13:53 - Chapter 12
12 - The Subterranean Pit
21:35 - Chapter 13
13 - The Trap in the Great Cellar
09:29 - Chapter 14
14 - The Sea of Sleep
08:41 - Chapter 15
15 - The Noise in the Night
21:52 - Chapter 16
16 - The Awakening
10:46 - Chapter 17
17 - The Slowing Rotation
12:52 - Chapter 18
18 - The Green Star
14:40 - Chapter 19
19 - The End of the Solar System
09:22 - Chapter 20
20 - The Celestial Globes
07:23 - Chapter 21
21 - The Dark Sun
10:23 - Chapter 22
22 - The Dark Nebula
10:25 - Chapter 23
23 - Pepper
02:22 - Chapter 24
24 - The Footsteps in the Garden
08:03 - Chapter 25
25 - The Thing From the Arena
18:01 - Chapter 26
26 - The Luminous Speck
05:09 - Chapter 27
27 - Conclusion
10:58