Length9m
About this audiobook
"Polaris" is a short story by H. P. Lovecraft, written in 1918 and first published in the December 1920 issue of the amateur journal The Philosopher. It is noteworthy as the story that introduces Lovecraft's fictional Pnakotic Manuscripts, the first of his arcane tomes.
Critic William Fulwiler writes that "'Polaris' is one of Lovecraft's most autobiographical stories, reflecting his feelings of guilt, frustration, and uselessness during World War I. Like the narrator, HPL was 'denied a warrior's part', for he 'was feeble and given to strange faintings when subjected to stress and hardships'".
Like many Lovecraft stories, "Polaris" was in part inspired by a dream, which he described in a letter: "Several nights ago I had a strange dream of a strange city-a city of many palaces and gilded domes, lying in a hollow betwixt ranges of grey, horrible hills.... I was, as I said, aware of this city visually. I was in it and around it. But certainly I had no corporeal existence."
Audiobook details
GenreRomance, General Fiction
Length9 mins
Narrated byPeter Coates
FormatAudiobook
Publish dateFeb 23, 2024
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1H. P. Lovecraft-Polaris_Intro
2_Polaris
3H. P. Lovecraft-Polaris_Outro
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Protecting The PackJulie Miller5h 43m$24 · $0.00
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