Derleth intended this series to comprise up to 50 novels telling the projected life-story of the region from the 19th century onwards, with analogies to Balzac's Human Comedy and Proust's Remembrance of Things Past.
Derleth planned to create a series of 50 novels that would chronicle the history of the region from the 19th century onward, drawing parallels to Balzac's Human Comedy and Proust's Remembrance of Things Past.