The Case of Charles Dexter Ward is a short horror novel (51,500 words) by American writer H. P. Lovecraft, written in early 1927, but not published during the author's lifetime. Set in Lovecraft's hometown of Providence, Rhode Island, it was first published (in abridged form) in the May and July …
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The Case of Charles Dexter Ward is a short horror novel (51,500 words) by American writer H. P. Lovecraft, written in early 1927, but not published during the author's lifetime. Set in Lovecraft's hometown of Providence, Rhode Island, it was first published (in abridged form) in the May and July issues of Weird Tales in 1941; the first complete publication was in Arkham House's Beyond the Wall of Sleep collection (1943). It is included in the Library of America volume of Lovecraft's work. The novel, set in 1928, describes how Charles Dexter Ward becomes obsessed with his distant ancestor, Joseph Curwen, an alleged wizard with unsavory habits. Ward physically resembles Curwen, and attempts to duplicate his ancestor's Qabalistic and alchemical feats. He eventually uses this knowledge to physically resurrect Curwen. Ward's doctor, Marinus Bicknell Willett, investigates Ward's activities and is horrified by what he finds.
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The Case of Charles Dexter Ward
127 pages
English language
Published 1994
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- 978-0-345-35490-7Copied ISBN!
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Case of Charles Dexter Ward
176 pages
English language
Published 2017
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- 978-1-78408-279-6Copied ISBN!
L'Affaire Charles Dexter Ward
181 pages
French language
Published March 15, 1998 by J'ai Lu.
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- 978-2-277-12410-8Copied ISBN!
L'Affaire Charles Dexter Ward, tome 3. Intégrale Lovecraft: Intégrale Lovecraft
French language
Published 2022
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- 978-2-35408-946-7Copied ISBN!
L'affaire Charles Dexter Ward
French language
Published Jan. 8, 2002 by J'ai Lu.
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- 978-2-290-31713-6Copied ISBN!
El caso de Charles Dexter Ward
184 pages
Spanish language
Published 2005
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- 978-84-206-3639-9Copied ISBN!
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- 58115
L'Affaire Charles Dexter Ward
126 pages
Published 2002
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