Tonight, we’ll read the fantasy story “Celephaïs” written by H.P. Lovecraft in 1920. In it, Kuranes, the child of landed English gentry, travels to the magical city of his childhood dreams after finding himself dispossessed in the contemporary city of London.

The story contrasts the bleakness of earthly reality with the splendor of a vividly imagined world, emphasizing themes of escapism and nostalgia. Part of Lovecraft’s Dream Cycle, it offers a poetic and haunting exploration of the power of dreams.

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