The Elementals

★ 4.3 avg 229 votes

About this book

On a split of land cut off by the Gulf, three Victorian summer houses stand against the encroaching sand. Two of the houses at Beldame are still used. The third house, filling with sand, is empty...except for the vicious horror which is shaping nightmares from the nothingness that hangs in the dank, fetid air. The McCrays and Savages, two fine Mobile families allied by marriage, have been coming to Beldame for years. This summer, with a terrible funeral behind them and a messy divorce coming up, even Luker McCray and little India down from New York are looking forward to being alone at Beldame. But they won't be alone. For something there, something they don't like to think about, is thinking about them...and about all the ways to make them die.

4.3 ★★★★☆ average of 3 sources · 229 votes
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4.3/5 · 229 readers · 295 pages · ≈ 5 h 28 m · Moderate

How long does it take to read The Elementals?

About ≈ 5 h 28 m — 295 pages, assuming roughly 250 words per page at 225 words per minute.Typical novel≈ 5 h 56 mThe Elementals~5 h 28 m

How many pages is The Elementals?

295 pages in its most-read edition.Typical novel320The Elementals295

What genre is The Elementals?

It sits on the Horror shelves.

Who wrote The Elementals?

Michael McDowell.