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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

Wyprawa na Antarktydę. Naukowcy z amerykańskiego uniwersytetu płyną statkiem na Antarktydę. Zabierają samoloty i maszynę, która potrafi wiercić w zamarzniętej skale.

The world of the book

Ostatni nieznany kontynent. Akcja powieści toczy się na początku lat trzydziestych XX wieku. Nikt jeszcze wtedy nie zbadał całej Antarktydy, a na mapach widniały tam wielkie białe plamy. Mróz jest straszliwy, a wiatr…

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