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The Call of Cthulhu

H. P. Lovecraft

The Call of Cthulhu

Original publication
1928
Bilingual edition
June 12, 2026
Pages
77
Difficulty
★★☆
Genres
Horror, Science Fiction
Translated from
English

Book summary

A narrator uncovers disturbing documents linked to an ancient, incomprehensible entity, Cthulhu, whose existence defies human understanding. Through testimonies and clues, a troubling truth emerges: humanity is only a tiny part of a universe dominated by primordial forces. The deeper he digs, the more fear and madness take hold. This short, intense story creates an oppressive atmosphere where the unknown becomes a source of horror. The author develops a terrifying cosmic vision based on human insignificance in the face of infinity.

The plot

Three clues, one monster. In Providence, Rhode Island, a sculptor dreams of a monster before a giant city. He shapes it in clay and shows it to an old professor.

The world of the book

A secret older than mankind. In the 1920s, a man gathers notes and press cuttings from three corners of the world. Pieced together, they reveal a secret: long before us, beings from the stars lived on Earth. And they…

The author

The boy who watched the stars. At around twelve, he fell in love with the sky: he made his own little astronomy newspaper and had free run of the Brown University observatory. At sixteen, he was already writing about…

The benefits of the bilingual method with Line-by-line synced layout

Every line of the original has its translation directly beneath it, at the same height. You never lose your place: your eye drops one line and lands on exactly the sentence it just read. This is the layout that lets you open a book in a language you barely know without ever giving up, and compare the two texts almost word for word.

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