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The Dreams in the Witch House

short story by H. P. Lovecraft
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The Dreams in the Witch House

Summary

The Dreams in the Witch House is a literary work[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (583 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • The Dreams in the Witch House authored H. P. Lovecraft[3].
  • The Dreams in the Witch House's instance of is recorded as literary work[4].
  • The Dreams in the Witch House's genre is horror literature[5].
  • The Dreams in the Witch House's genre is science fiction[6].
  • The Dreams in the Witch House's genre is weird fiction[7].
  • The Dreams in the Witch House's part of the series is recorded as Dream Cycle[8].
  • The Dreams in the Witch House's Commons category is recorded as The Dreams in the Witch House[9].
  • The Dreams in the Witch House's language of work or name is recorded as English[10].
  • The Dreams in the Witch House's country of origin is recorded as United States[11].
  • 1932 marks the founding of The Dreams in the Witch House[12].
  • The Dreams in the Witch House was released on July 1933[13].
  • The Dreams in the Witch House's characters is recorded as Nyarlathotep[14].
  • The Dreams in the Witch House's published in is recorded as Weird Tales[15].
  • The Dreams in the Witch House's published in is recorded as The Sleeping and the Dead[16].
  • The Dreams in the Witch House's published in is recorded as Horror Omnibus[17].
  • The Dreams in the Witch House's published in is recorded as Great Untold Stories of Fantasy and Horror[18].
  • The Dreams in the Witch House's published in is recorded as To Sleep, Perchance to Dream...Nightmare[19].
  • The Dreams in the Witch House's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'The Dreams in the Witch House'}[20].
  • The Dreams in the Witch House's first line is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Whether the dreams brought on the fever or the fever brought on the dreams Walter Gilman did not know.'}[21].
  • The Dreams in the Witch House's last line is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': "The workmen crossed themselves in fright when they came upon this blasphemy, but later burned candles of gratitude in St. Stanislaus' Church because of the shrill, ghostly tittering they felt they would never hear again."}[22].
  • The Dreams in the Witch House's copyright status is recorded as public domain[23].
  • The Dreams in the Witch House's form of creative work is recorded as short story[24].

Product Details

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MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Prose[25]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 8ae2e4b0-79bb-4a13-85fe-dc0d0fcb2c78[26]

Body

Authorship and Creation

The Dreams in the Witch House authored H. P. Lovecraft[3].

Publication

The Dreams in the Witch House was published on July 1933[13]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[10]. Genres include horror literature[5], science fiction[6], and weird fiction[7]. Its part of the series is recorded as Dream Cycle[8].

Subject and Themes

The Dreams in the Witch House's part of the series is recorded as Dream Cycle[8].

Why It Matters

The Dreams in the Witch House ranks in the top 3% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (583 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[27] It is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]

Related Entities

H. P. Lovecraft literary work public domain United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [25] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [26] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [27] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [28] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 8w ago · KaleemBot bot · 2026-05-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Genre → horror literature, science fiction, weird fiction
    Genre → —
    Part of series → —
    Country of origin → United States
    + 15 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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