Lovecraft wrote this story in 1927, and as per legend, When HPL finished writing this novel he was so disappointed with the final draft that he decided to shelve it instead of publishing it, and only after Lovecraft's demise did this work found the light in 1941.
When the young Charles Dexter Ward becomes fascinated by the history of his wizard ancestor Joseph Curwen, who gained notoriety for haunting graveyards, he attempts to duplicate Curwen's cabbalistic and alchemical feats.
Set in 1928 in Providence, Rhode Island, the original novel appeared in the horror magazine Weird Tales in 1941, a couple of years after Lovecraft died. Charles Dexter Ward is a young man from a prominent Rhode Island family who has disappeared from a mental asylum. FNH Audio presents a complete and unabridged audio book of H.P. Lovecraft’s novel "The case of Charles Dexter Ward". Librivox Free Audiobook. The Case of Charles Dexter Ward is a short horror novel by American writer H. P. Lovecraft, written in early 1927, but not published during the author's lifetime. What starts as the curious interest of a young boy, growths up with the youth to become the obsession of the man. It follows a mystery of an institutionalized man, Charles Dexter Ward who vanishes from his cell, while his family’s doctor, Marinus Bicknell Willett, tries to unravel the reasons behind Ward’s insanity. When he visits he finds the place to be run-down and near-deserted, with a cult-like religion and a strange, degenerate population. Listen to The Case of Charles Dexter by H.P. Lovecraft,Adrian Griffin for free with a 30 day free trial. Lovecraft, this popular, renowned Radio audiobook is now available for free download from Spotify, Deezer, and in high quality from Audible as well. The Case of Charles Dexter Ward ch 1 ... Sheridan le Fanu] are "as good as 10 psychologists." The Case of Charles Dexter Ward is the only lengthy work of Lovecraft classified as a novel rather than a novella. The Shadow Over Innsmouth tells the first-person story of a young historian, Robert Olmstead, who, while investigating his family genealogy in New England, is intrigued to learn about a hated and mysterious fishing town called Innsmouth. Listen to unlimited* audiobooks on the web, iPad, iPhone and Android. [see art film: "Garlic is as good as 10 Mothers" (this latter case, you may likely tell me, would be rather difficult to show/reify)]. Charles is a young man, a young man with a passion, a driving passion, a love of the past. The Case of Charles Dexter Ward Audiobook (free download) One of the best-loved works by H.P.