The Street

By H. P. Lovecraft

H. P. Lovecraft was one of the greatest horror writers of all time. His seminal work appeared in the pages of legendary Weird Tales and has influenced countless writer of the macabre. This is one of those stories.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Start Publishing LLC
• Release date: Feb 10, 2014
• ISBN: 9781609773199

H. P. Lovecraft

Renowned as one of the great horror-writers of all time, H.P. Lovecraft was born in 1890 and lived most of his life in Providence, Rhode Island. Among his many classic horror stories, many of which were published in book form only after his death in 1937, are ‘At the Mountains of Madness and Other Novels of Terror’ (1964), ‘Dagon and Other Macabre Tales’ (1965), and ‘The Horror in the Museum and Other Revisions’ (1970).

Reviews for The Street

[aneris-3 · Rating: 1 out of 5 stars]

Well, there had to be at least one. If only it wasn't this ridiculous.

One of the weakest (and worst) stories I've read so far; one of those that almost makes you embarrassed for reading them. I kept thinking stick to horror, stick to dreams, lay off the politics and history.

Lovecraft was influenced by the real threat of terrorism, crime and Bolshevism, but the way The Street is told is ridiculous, embarrassing even. It starts with the founding of the titular place and there he conveniently forgets the previous inhabitants.
The story goes on how the place was wonderful but then those Others came and ruined it. "In these writings the people were urged to tear down the laws and virtues that our fathers had exalted; to stamp out the soul of the old America - the soul that was bequeathed through a thousand and a half years of Anglo-Saxon freedom, justice, and moderation." There was some kind of plot to destroy 'the Western Land' (...), but the souls of the old houses the Others occupied killed them all and saved the day.

I am writing this only to remind myself of the reason for the rating. After this, I'll try to forget it. I'll even leave it in horror because it was a horror to read it.