The quest of Iranon by H. P. Lovecraft
"The Quest of Iranon" by H. P. Lovecraft is a fantasy short story written in 1921. A golden-haired youth wanders from city to city, singing tales of Aira, the magnificent place where he claims he was once a prince. Accompanied by a companion who ages while he remains unchanged, Iranon searches endlessly for his lost homeland. But when an old shepherd finally reveals the truth about Aira's existence, Iranon must confront a
devastating reality about his past. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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About this eBook
| Author | Lovecraft, H. P. (Howard Phillips), 1890-1937 |
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| Illustrator | Finlay, Virgil, 1914-1971 |
| Title | The quest of Iranon |
| Original Publication | New York, NY: Weird Tales, 1939. |
| Series Title | Produced from Weird Tales March 1939. |
| Note | Wikipedia page on this work: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Quest_of_Iranon |
| Credits | Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 77.0 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature |
| Subject | Short stories |
| Subject | Fantasy fiction |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 73182 |
| Release Date | Mar 16, 2024 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
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