Delapore
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Delapore is the ill-fated narrator of H. P. Lovecraft’s horror story "The Rats in the Walls," whose investigation of his ancestral estate uncovers a monstrous family secret that drives him to madness.
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Lovecraft character
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fictional character ⓘ literary character ⓘ |
| ancestry | English ⓘ |
| appearsIn | The Rats in the Walls NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
cannibalistic practices of ancestors
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rats in the walls ⓘ underground caverns beneath Exham Priory ⓘ |
| createdBy | H. P. Lovecraft NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| creatorNationality | American ⓘ |
| discovers | ancestral atrocities beneath Exham Priory ⓘ |
| familyHistorySpans | centuries ⓘ |
| familyNameOrigin | Exham Priory family ⓘ |
| finalCondition | madness ⓘ |
| firstPublicationYear | 1924 ⓘ |
| fullName | Delapore NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | horror ⓘ |
| hasPet | cat ⓘ |
| investigates | Exham Priory NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| linkedToMotif |
buried secrets
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curse of bloodline ⓘ haunted ancestral house ⓘ |
| literarySignificance | central figure in one of Lovecraft’s best-known short stories ⓘ |
| locationOfEstate | England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| medium | short story ⓘ |
| mentalState | increasingly unstable ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| owns | Exham Priory NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedToTheme |
degeneration
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hereditary guilt ⓘ madness ⓘ |
| residesAt | Exham Priory NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| role |
narrator
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protagonist ⓘ |
| storyOriginallyPublishedIn | Weird Tales NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| storySettingPeriod | 20th century ⓘ |
| subgenre | weird fiction ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
adaptations in audio dramas
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comic adaptations of The Rats in the Walls ⓘ literary criticism on race and heredity in Lovecraft ⓘ |
| uncovers | monstrous family secret ⓘ |
| workBelongsToCycle | Cthulhu Mythos-adjacent fiction ⓘ |
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