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The Silver Key

a short story written by H. P. Lovecraft
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The Silver Key
H. P. Lovecraft · Public Domain · Wikimedia

Facts

16 properties
Instance of
literary work
Inception
1926[11]
Author
H. P. Lovecraft[1]
Genre
horror fiction, science fiction, weird fiction[3][4][5]
Language of work or name
English[9]
Publication date
1929[12]
Follows
The Unnamable[6]
Followed by
The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath[7]
Part of the series
Dream Cycle[8]
Characters
Randolph Carter[13]
Country of origin
United States[10]
First line
When Randolph Carter was thirty he lost the key of the gate of dreams.[15]
Form of creative work
short story[17]
Last line
Certainly, I look forward impatiently to the sight of that great silver key, for in its cryptical arabesques there may stand symbolised all the aims and mysteries of a blindly impersonal cosmos.[16]
Publisher
Weird Tales[2]
Title
The Silver Key[14]
🏷️ Also known as
en The Silver Key de Der silberne Schlüssel es La llave de plata fr La Clé d'argent he מפתח הכסף it La chiave d'argento ja 銀の鍵 ja 銀の鍵の門を越えて ro Cheia de argint ru Врата серебряного ключа uk Срібний ключ zh 銀鑰匙
🔖 Identifiers · 8
Colon Classification
O111,6M90,51
Freebase ID
/m/0g1pnv
ISFDB title ID
41900
MusicBrainz work ID
4e068f2a-1244-4477-919f-fba673fb3d26
NooSFere story ID
21955
Open Library ID
OL22298319W
Project Gutenberg ebook ID
70478
Vegetti Catalog of Fantastic Literature NILF ID
1050720

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← Present in work 4
Q673519;-!, Lovecraft Country, Randolph Carter, Kingsport
Genre 3
science fiction, weird fiction, horror literature
← Mb:writer 2
H. P. Lovecraft, H. P. Lovecraft
Author 1
H. P. Lovecraft
Characters 1
Randolph Carter
Country of origin 1
United States
Followed by 1
The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath
Followed by (predecessor) 1
The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath
Follows 1
The Unnamable
Form of creative work 1
short story
Instance of 1
literary work
Language of work or name 1
English
Part of the series 1
Dream Cycle
Publisher 1
Weird Tales
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  1. [1] ↑ . Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  14. [14] ↑ . Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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