"The Strange High House in the Mist" is a short story by H. P. Lovecraft. Written on November 9, 1926, it was first published in the October 1931 issue of Weird Tales. It concerns a character traveling to the titular house which is perched on the top of a cliff which seems inaccessible both by land and sea, yet is apparently inhabited.
Thomas Olney, a Β«philosopherΒ» visiting the town of Kingsport, Massachusetts with his family, is intrigued by a strange house on a cliff overlooking the ocean. It is unaccountably high and old and the locals have a generations-long dread of the place which no one is known to have visited. With great difficulty, Olney climbs the crag, approaches the house, and meets the mysterious man who lives there. The only door opens directly onto a sheer cliff, giving access only to mist and Β«the abyssΒ». The transmittal of archaic lore and a life-altering encounter with the supernatural ensue, as Olney is not the only visitor that day. He returns to Kingsport the next day, but seems to have left his spirit behind in the strange, remote dwelling.
Famous works of the author Howard Phillips Lovecraft: At the Mountains of Madness, The Dreams in the Witch House, The Horror at Red Hook, The Shadow Out of Time, The Shadows over Innsmouth, The Alchemist, Reanimator, Ex Oblivione, Azathoth, The Call of Cthulhu, The Cats of Ulthar, The Dunwich Horror, The Doom that Came to Sarnath, The Festival, The Silver Key, The Other Gods, The Outsider, The Temple, The Picture in the House, The Shunned House, The Terrible Old Man, The Tomb, Dagon, From Beyond, What the Moon Brings.
ΠΡΠΎΡΡΡΠΌ Π»ΡΠ΄ΡΠΌ ΠΎΠ±ΡΠ΅Π½ΠΈΠ΅ Ρ ΠΏΠΎΡΡΡΡΠΎΡΠΎΠ½Π½ΠΈΠΌΠΈ ΡΠΈΠ»Π°ΠΌΠΈ Π½ΠΈΠΊΠΎΠ³Π΄Π° Π½Π΅ ΠΏΡΠΈΠ½ΠΎΡΠΈΠ»ΠΎ Π΄ΠΎΠ±ΡΠ°.
ΠΠ΄Π½ΠΎΠΎΠ±ΡΠ°Π·Π½Π°Ρ ΠΆΠΈΠ·Π½Ρ Π²ΠΎΡΠΏΠΈΡΡΠ²Π°Π΅Ρ ΡΠΎΠΌΠΈΡΠ΅Π»ΡΠ½ΡΡ ΠΆΠ°ΠΆΠ΄Ρ Π½Π΅ΠΈΠ·Π²Π΅Π΄Π°Π½Π½ΠΎΠ³ΠΎ.
ΠΠΎ ΡΡΡΠ°ΠΌ Ρ ΡΠΊΠ°Π» Π·Π° ΠΠΈΠ½Π³ΡΠΏΠΎΡΡΠΎΠΌ Ρ ΠΌΠΎΡΡ ΠΏΠΎΠ΄Π½ΠΈΠΌΠ°Π΅ΡΡΡ ΡΡΠΌΠ°Π½. ΠΠ΅Π»ΡΠΉ ΠΈ ΡΠ»ΠΎΠΈΡΡΡΠΉ, ΠΎΠ½ ΠΏΠΎΠ΄Π½ΠΈΠΌΠ°Π΅ΡΡΡ ΠΈΠ· ΠΌΠΎΡΡΠΊΠΈΡ Π³Π»ΡΠ±ΠΈΠ½ ΠΊ ΡΠ²ΠΎΠΈΠΌ ΡΠΎΠ±ΡΠ°ΡΡΡΠΌ ΠΎΠ±Π»Π°ΠΊΠ°ΠΌ, ΠΏΡΠΈΠ½ΠΎΡΡ ΠΈΠΌ Π²ΠΈΠ΄Π΅Π½ΠΈΡ ΠΏΠΎΠ΄Π²ΠΎΠ΄Π½ΡΡ ΠΏΠ°ΡΡΠ±ΠΈΡ ΠΈ ΡΠ°ΠΈΠ½ΡΡΠ²Π΅Π½Π½ΡΡ ΠΏΠ΅ΡΠ΅Ρ ΠΠ΅Π²ΠΈΠ°ΡΠ°Π½Π°. ΠΠΎΠ·Π΄Π½Π΅Π΅ ΡΠ°ΡΡΠΈΡΠΊΠΈ ΡΡΠΈΡ Π²ΠΈΠ΄Π΅Π½ΠΈΠΉ Π²ΠΎΠ·Π²ΡΠ°ΡΠ°ΡΡΡΡ Π½Π° Π·Π΅ΠΌΠ»Ρ Π²ΠΌΠ΅ΡΡΠ΅ Ρ ΡΠΈΡ ΠΈΠΌΠΈ Π»Π΅ΡΠ½ΠΈΠΌΠΈ Π΄ΠΎΠΆΠ΄ΡΠΌΠΈ, ΠΊΠΎΡΠΎΡΡΠ΅, ΠΏΠ°Π΄Π°Ρ Π½Π° ΠΎΡΡΡΠΎΠ²Π΅ΡΡ ΠΈΠ΅ ΠΊΡΡΡΠΈ, Π²Π΄ΠΎΡ Π½ΠΎΠ²Π»ΡΡΡ ΠΆΠΈΠ²ΡΡΠΈΡ ΠΏΠΎΠ΄ Π½ΠΈΠΌΠΈ ΠΏΠΎΡΡΠΎΠ². Π§Π΅Π»ΠΎΠ²Π΅ΠΊΡ Π² ΡΡΠΎΠΉ ΠΆΠΈΠ·Π½ΠΈ ΡΡΡΠ΄Π½ΠΎ ΠΎΠ±ΠΎΠΉΡΠΈΡΡ Π±Π΅Π· ΡΠ°ΠΉΠ½ ΠΈ ΡΡΠ°ΡΠΈΠ½Π½ΡΡ Π»Π΅Π³Π΅Π½Π΄, Π±Π΅Π· ΡΠ΅Ρ ΡΠΊΠ°Π·ΠΎΡΠ½ΡΡ ΠΈΡΡΠΎΡΠΈΠΉ, ΡΡΠΎ ΠΏΠΎ Π½ΠΎΡΠ°ΠΌ Π½Π°ΡΠ΅ΠΏΡΡΠ²Π°ΡΡ Π΄ΡΡΠ³ Π΄ΡΡΠ³Ρ Π΄Π°Π»Π΅ΠΊΠΈΠ΅ ΠΏΠ»Π°Π½Π΅ΡΡ. ΠΠΎΠ³Π΄Π° Π² ΠΏΠΎΠ΄Π²ΠΎΠ΄Π½ΡΡ Π³ΡΠΎΡΠ°Ρ ΡΡΠΈΡΠΎΠ½ΠΎΠ² ΠΈ Π² Π΄ΡΠ΅Π²Π½ΠΈΡ Π·Π°ΡΠΎΠ½ΡΠ²ΡΠΈΡ Π³ΠΎΡΠΎΠ΄Π°Ρ Π·Π²ΡΡΠ°Ρ ΠΏΠ΅ΡΠ²ΠΎΠ±ΡΡΠ½ΡΠ΅ ΠΌΠ΅Π»ΠΎΠ΄ΠΈΠΈ ΠΠ»Π°ΡΡΠΈΡΠ΅Π»Π΅ΠΉ ΠΡΠ΅Π²Π½ΠΎΡΡΠΈ, Π²Π΅Π»ΠΈΠΊΠΈΠ΅ ΡΡΠΌΠ°Π½Ρ ΠΏΠΎΠ΄Π½ΠΈΠΌΠ°ΡΡΡΡ ΠΊ Π½Π΅Π±Π΅ΡΠ°ΠΌ, Π½Π΅ΡΡ Ρ ΡΠΎΠ±ΠΎΠΉ ΡΠ°ΠΉΠ½ΠΎΠ΅ Π·Π½Π°Π½ΠΈΠ΅, Π½Π΅Π΄ΠΎΡΡΡΠΏΠ½ΠΎΠ΅ ΡΠ΅Π»ΠΎΠ²Π΅ΠΊΡ. Π ΡΠ°ΠΊΠΈΠ΅ ΠΌΠΈΠ½ΡΡΡ Π³Π»Π°Π·Π°, ΡΡΡΡΠ΅ΠΌΠ»Π΅Π½Π½ΡΠ΅ Π² ΡΡΠΎΡΠΎΠ½Ρ ΠΌΠΎΡΡ, Π²ΠΈΠ΄ΡΡ ΠΎΠ΄Π½Ρ Π»ΠΈΡΡ Π±Π΅Π»Π΅ΡΡΡ ΠΏΡΡΡΠΎΡΡ, ΠΊΠ°ΠΊ Π΅ΡΠ»ΠΈ Π±Ρ ΠΊΡΠ°ΠΉ ΡΡΠ΅ΡΠ° Π±ΡΠ» ΠΊΡΠ°Π΅ΠΌ Π²ΡΠ΅Π»Π΅Π½Π½ΠΎΠΉ, Π° ΠΊΠΎΠ»ΠΎΠΊΠΎΠ»Π° Π½Π° Π½Π΅Π²ΠΈΠ΄ΠΈΠΌΡΡ Π±Π°ΠΊΠ΅Π½Π°Ρ Π·Π²ΠΎΠ½ΡΡ ΡΠΎΡΠΆΠ΅ΡΡΠ²Π΅Π½Π½ΠΎ ΠΈ ΠΏΡΠΎΡΡΠΆΠ½ΠΎ, ΡΠ»ΠΎΠ²Π½ΠΎ ΠΏΠ°ΡΡ Π² Π²ΠΎΠ»ΡΠ΅Π±Π½ΠΎΠΌ ΠΎΠΊΠ΅Π°Π½Π΅ ΡΡΠΈΡΠ°.
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