The Outsider

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"The Outsider" is a classic horror short story by H. P. Lovecraft that follows a lonely, isolated narrator’s grim discovery of his own monstrous nature.

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The Outsider canonical 2
The Outsider and Others 1
the outsider 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf horror fiction work ⓘ
short story ⓘ
weird fiction work ⓘ
author H. P. Lovecraft ⓘ
centralTheme alienation ⓘ
identity ⓘ
isolation ⓘ
monstrosity ⓘ
self-discovery ⓘ
copyrightStatusInUnitedStates public domain ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
firstPublishedIn Weird Tales ⓘ
genre horror ⓘ
weird fiction ⓘ
hasAdaptation audio drama adaptations ⓘ
radio adaptations ⓘ
short film adaptations ⓘ
hasElement body horror ⓘ
gothic atmosphere ⓘ
graveyard imagery ⓘ
mirror revelation scene ⓘ
twist ending ⓘ
unreliable narrator ⓘ
hasInfluenced later horror fiction ⓘ
hasTone macabre ⓘ
melancholic ⓘ
includedIn The Outsider and Others ⓘ
linked to: The Outsider
influencedBy Edgar Allan Poe ⓘ
gothic literature ⓘ
language English ⓘ
literaryForm prose ⓘ
literaryMovement cosmic horror tradition ⓘ
weird fiction ⓘ
mainCharacter unnamed narrator ⓘ
narrativeFocus psychological horror ⓘ
narrativePointOfView first-person narration ⓘ
notableFor depiction of existential horror ⓘ
surprise self-recognition ending ⓘ
originalPublicationYear 1926 ⓘ
partOf H. P. Lovecraft bibliography ⓘ
protagonistCondition extreme loneliness ⓘ
social isolation ⓘ
protagonistRealization own monstrous nature ⓘ
publicationType pulp magazine ⓘ
publisherOfFirstMagazineAppearance Weird Tales ⓘ
setting ancient castle ⓘ
structure single continuous narrative ⓘ
wordCountRange short story length ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

H. P. Lovecraft → notableWork → The Outsider ⓘ
The Outsider → includedIn → The Outsider and Others ⓘ
linked to: The Outsider
Kilroy → symbolizes → the outsider ⓘ
linked to: The Outsider