The Lamp from the Warlock's Tomb

The Lamp from the Warlock's Tomb

Author	John Bellairs
Illustrator	Edward Gorey
Series	Anthony Monday
Publisher	Dial/Dutton/Penguin Books
Published in English	1988
Media type	Print
Pages	168pp
ISBN	0-8037-0512-3
Preceded by	The Dark Secret of Weatherend
Followed by	The Mansion in the Mist

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The Lamp from the Warlock's Tomb is a gothic horror novel directed at child readers. Published in 1988, the novel is written by American writer John Bellairs and illustrated by Edward Gorey. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Plot summary

Anthony Monday and Myra Eells live in Minnesota, where odd things begin to occur after the purchase of an antique oil lamp.

Late one night at his high school, Anthony burns the lamp as part of his science project. Later, when leaving the school, he sees a strange, cobweb-covered apparition. Anthony flees in terror, but trips over the dead body of the school's night watchman. Later, while walking home from the library, Anthony sees the withered corpse of the watchman in an antique shop.

Ms. Eells confides in her brother Emerson, an expert in the occult, about the strange lamp and the even stranger sights and sounds seemingly ignited by the lamp. Emerson soon discovers the oil lamp is one of three items (à la bell, book, and candle) that are keeping a sinister spirit at bay.

References

1. "The Lamp from the Warlock's Tomb". Kirkus Reviews . April 15, 1988. Retrieved February 10, 2025.
2. Berrigan, Dawna (February 1989). "Bookwatching -- The Lamp from the Warlock's Tomb by John Bellairs". Language Arts. 66 (2). Urbana: 2016. ProQuest   196883564 – via ProQuest.
3. Sadasivan, Ruth (June 1988). "Fiction -- The Lamp from the Warlock's Tomb by John Bellairs". School Library Journal . 34 (10). New York: 100. ProQuest   211629914 – via ProQuest.

External links

• The Lamp from the Warlock's Tomb title listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database