About “Sweet Ermengarde; or, The Heart of a Country Girl”
"Sweet Ermengarde" is a short comic story written by H. P. Lovecraft under the pseudonym "Percy Simple." It is considered a rare comedic piece in his early work and was likely written between 1919 and 1921. Scholars note that it is the only piece by Lovecraft that cannot be precisely dated. The story was first published in the 1943 Arkham House collection Beyond the Wall of Sleep. It stands out as a unique and light-hearted example of Lovecraft's early writing. (Summary adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.)
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