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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

En ekspedisjon til Antarktis. Forskere fra et amerikansk universitet seiler til Antarktis. De har med seg fly og en maskin som kan bore i frossent fjell.

The world of the book

Det siste ukjente kontinentet. Romanen foregår tidlig på 1930-tallet. Den gangen hadde ingen ennå utforsket hele Antarktis, og kartene hadde store hvite flekker der. Kulden er fryktelig, og vinden blåser med…

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