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The House on the Borderland
William Hope Hodgson · 1908 · Science Fiction, Horror & Gothic
Two anglers in remote western Ireland uncover a weathered manuscript beside a vanished house. Its unnamed author describes an isolated life with his sister and faithful dog, a vast pit beneath the grounds, and visions that stretch from domestic terror to the limits of the cosmos.
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This edition
- Title
- The House on the Borderland
- Author
- William Hope Hodgson (1877–1918)
- First published
- 1908
- Illustrated plates
- 64 original artworks · 20 open to everyone
- Chapters
- 27 · about 50,127 words
- Reading time
- 3 h 21 min
- Language
- EN
- Formats
- Read online · EPUB and PDF download with a subscription
- Publisher
- LitLab — The Illustrated Classics
- On LitLab since
- August 2026
- Rights
- Text in the public domain. Illustrations and edition © LitLab.
- Source text
- Project Gutenberg #10002
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