Summary
In a crumbling old house on Benefit Street in Providence, Rhode Island, something malevolent has lingered for over a century.
Generations of occupants have fallen prey to wasting diseases, strange visions, and unexplained deaths.
Locals whisper of a curse, and few dare to approach the place after dark.
Drawn by a mix of family history and morbid curiosity, the unnamed narrator and his uncle, Dr.
Elihu Whipple, set out to uncover the source of the evil within the shunned house.
Armed with science, historical records, and a touch of superstition, they descend into the house's festering basement—only to awaken something far older and far more terrible than they ever imagined.
In The Shunned House, H. P.
Lovecraft crafts a haunting tale of ancestral horror, buried secrets, and the limits of reason when confronted with the supernatural. It’s a classic entry in Lovecraft's mythos of unseen horrors lurking just beneath the surface of the everyday world.