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The Red Room

Author
H. G. Wells
Series
World Classics
Language
English
Length
18 pages
ISBN
9781787241862
Published
22 February 2017
Imprint
Fantastica
  • haunted room
  • psychological horror
  • supernatural
  • darkness
  • fear
  • skepticism
  • candlelight
  • gothic castle
  • terror
  • human psyche

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Description

The story follows a confident young man determined to debunk the myths surrounding a reportedly haunted room in Lorraine Castle. Armed with only candles, he enters the red room, convinced that fear is purely psychological. However, as darkness encroaches and his candles begin to extinguish one by one, his skepticism wanes, giving way to an enveloping terror. Wells masterfully explores the shadows that dwell in the corners of the human mind, revealing that sometimes, the greatest fear is fear itself.

Author

H. G. Wells (1866–1946) was born in Bromley, trained in biology under Huxley, and turned that laboratory habit into fiction. The Time Machine sent a Victorian into deep time; The War of the Worlds brought the sky down on the Home Counties. He wrote as if the future were a social problem with monsters attached. The novels argue while they entertain. A draper's son who made scientific romance a public language.

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