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At the Mountains of Madness

Howard Phillips Lovecraft

At the Mountains of Madness

Paper book: €18.99

Digital: €4.99

Original publication
1936
Monolingual
12 June 2026
Pages
335
Difficulty
Hard
Genres
Science Fiction, Horror
Moods
Get the chills, Imagine tomorrow, Escape it all
Translated from
English

Book summary

In 1930, a scientific expedition sets out to explore Antarctica. Beyond mountains higher than the Himalayas, two men fly over a vast stone city, abandoned for millions of years. On its walls, carvings tell the story of its builders, who came from the stars long before mankind.

The narrator is writing to stop a new expedition from leaving, and one question drives the whole story: what did they see out there?

With the translation always in front of you, you can follow this expedition in the language you are learning.

The plot

Μια αποστολή στην Ανταρκτική. Επιστήμονες ενός αμερικανικού πανεπιστημίου ξεκινούν με πλοίο για την Ανταρκτική. Παίρνουν αεροπλάνα και ένα μηχάνημα που τρυπά τον παγωμένο βράχο.

The world of the book

Η τελευταία άγνωστη ήπειρος. Το μυθιστόρημα διαδραματίζεται στις αρχές της δεκαετίας του 1930. Τότε κανείς δεν είχε εξερευνήσει ολόκληρη την Ανταρκτική, και οι χάρτες είχαν εκεί μεγάλα κενά. Το κρύο είναι τρομερό και ο…

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