About the book
Two friends on a fishing holiday in the west of Ireland find a ruin on the edge of a huge pit, and in the ruin a damp old manuscript. It is the diary of a recluse who lived there with his sister and his dog, Pepper. First pig-faced creatures climb out of the pit and lay siege to the house. Then, one night in his study, he watches the years begin to race past, until the Earth and the sun are dead. William Hope Hodgson's 1908 novel is a landmark of cosmic horror.
The House on the Borderland - William Hope Hodgson
Choose a chapter
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Chapter 1: The Finding of the Manuscript
About 20 min
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Chapter 2: The Plain of Silence
About 10 min
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Chapter 3: The House in the Arena
About 10 min
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Chapter 4: The Earth
About 5 min
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Chapter 5: The Thing in the Pit
About 10 min
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Chapter 6: The Swine-Things
About 15 min
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Chapter 7: The Attack
About 10 min
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Chapter 8: After the Attack
About 5 min
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Chapter 9: In the Cellars
About 5 min
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Chapter 10: The Time of Waiting
About 5 min
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Chapter 11: The Searching of the Gardens
About 10 min
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Chapter 12: The Subterranean Pit
About 15 min
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Chapter 13: The Trap in the Great Cellar
About 5 min
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Chapter 14: The Sea of Sleep
About 5 min
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Chapter 15: The Noise in the Night
About 15 min
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Chapter 16: The Awakening
About 5 min
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Chapter 17: The Slowing Rotation
About 10 min
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Chapter 18: The Green Star
About 10 min
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Chapter 19: The End of the Solar System
About 5 min
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Chapter 20: The Celestial Globes
About 5 min
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Chapter 21: The Dark Sun
About 5 min
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Chapter 22: The Dark Nebula
About 5 min
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Chapter 23: Pepper
About 5 min
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Chapter 24: The Footsteps in the Garden
About 5 min
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Chapter 25: The Thing from the Arena
About 15 min
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Chapter 26: The Luminous Speck
About 5 min
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Chapter 27: Conclusion
About 5 min