From a private hospital for the insane near Providence, Rhode Island, there recently disappeared an exceedingly singular person. He bore the name of Charles Dexter Ward... A young intellectual is lured to his doom through his obsession with his ancestor, a reputed necromancer. Never published in Lovecraft's lifetime, this is the iconic American author's most powerful exploration of an inquisitive mind overwhelmed by the dark arts.

Incantations of black magic unearthed unspeakable horrors in a quiet town near Providence, Rhode Island. Evil spirits are being resurrected from beyond the grave, a supernatural force so twisted that it kills without offering the mercy of death!

A man becomes embroiled in the past, due to his fascination with the history of his wizard ancestor, and attempts to duplicate his ancestor's Qabalistic and alchemical feats, eventually resurrecting him.

From a private hospital for the insane near Providence, Rhode Island, there recently disappeared an exceedingly singular person. He bore the name of Charles Dexter Ward, and was placed under restraint most reluctantly by the grieving father who had watched his aberration grow from a mere eccentricity to a dark mania involving both a possibility of murderous tendencies and a profound and peculiar change in the apparent contents of his mind. Doctors confess themselves quite baffled by his case, since it presented oddities of a general physiological as well as psychological character.

successive Gaol Lane and King Street of other periods - he would look upward to the east and see the arched flight of steps to which the highway had to resort in climbing the slope, and downward to the west, glimpsing the old brick colonial schoolhouse that smiles across the road at the ancient Sign of Shakespeare's Head where the Providence Gazette and Country-Journal was printed before the Revolution. Then came the exquisite First Baptist Church of 1775, luxurious with its matchless Gibbs steeple, and the Georgian roofs and cupolas hovering by. Here and to the southward the neighbourhood became better, flowering at last into a marvellous group of early mansions; but still the little ancient lanes led off down the precipice to the west, spectral in their many-gabled archaism and dipping to a riot of iridescent decay where the wicked old water-front recalls its proud East India days amidst polyglot vice and squalor, rotting wharves, and blear-eyed ship-chandleries, with such surviving alley names as Packet, B

This is a masterful tale of horror that was first published in Weird Tales magazine in 1941. It is the story of young Charles Dexter Ward, who in 1918 becomes embroiled in the past, due to his fascination with the history of his wizard ancestor--who was known for his haunting of graveyards, his apparent lack of aging, and his chemical experiments. Ward physically resembles this ancestor, Curwen, and he attempts to duplicate his ancestor's magic and alchemical feats. The horrors he finds, and the true identities of Ward and Curwen, form the crux of horror of the tale.

A nameless terror surges through the centuries to engulf the soul of Charles Dexter Ward, a brilliant New England antiquarian. Evil spirits, malefic gods and fear-stricken superstitions still lurk in vile catacombs beneath the surface of a blighted land. Ward is driven to unleash these loathsome horrors upon a defenceless world, possessed by the demonic shade of his ancestor, Joseph Curwen, a warlock steeped in the blackest arts of magic. Now Ward must also master these obscene rituals and pay his price in blood - human blood.

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.Charles Dexter Ward is a young man from a prominent Rhode Island family who has disappeared from a mental asylum. He had been incarcerated during a prolonged period of insanity, during which he exhibited minor and inexplicable physiological changes. His empty cell is found to be very dusty. The bulk of the story concerns the investigation conducted by the Wards' family doctor, Marinus Bicknell Willett, in an attempt to discover the reason for Ward's madness and physiological changes. Willett learns that Ward had spent the past several years attempting to discover the grave of his ill-reputed ancestor, Joseph Curwen. The doctor slowly begins to reveal the truth behind the legends surrounding Curwen, an eighteenth-century shipping entrepreneur and alleged alchemist, who was in reality a necromancer and mass murderer. A raid on Curwen's farm was remarkable for the shouted incantations, lights, explosions, and some not-quite-human figures shot down by the raiders. The raiders swore any witnesses to strict secrecy about what they saw and heard.As Willett's investigations proceed, he finds that Charles had recovered Curwen's ashes, and through the use of magical formulae contained in documents found hidden in Curwen's home in Providence, was able to call forth Curwen from his "essential saltes" and resurrect him. Willett also finds that Curwen, who resembles Charles enough to pass for him, murdered and replaced his modern descendant and resumed his evil activities. Although Curwen convinces onlookers that he is Charles, his anachronistic mindset and behaviour lead authorities to certify him insane and imprison him in an asylum.

When Charles Dexter Ward escapes from a mental asylum Wards' family doctor, Marinus Bicknell Willett, endeavours to unearth the reason for the madness and physiological changes that afflicted his patient. Willett learns that Ward had spent the last few years looking for the grave of his ancestor entrepreneur and alleged alchemist, Joseph Curwen. However, Willet discovers that the notable entrepreneur guarded a terrible secret. A chilling tale of evil spirits and supernatural forces, "The Case of Charles Dexter Ward" is highly recommended for fans of horror fiction and is not to be missed by those who have read and enjoyed other works by this author. Howard Phillips Lovecraft (1890-1937) was an American writer of supernatural horror fiction. Though his works remained largely unknown and did not furnish him with a decent living, Lovecraft is today considered to be among the most significant writers of supernatural horror fiction of the twentieth century. Read & Co. is publishing this classic novel now as part of our "Fantasy and Horror Classics" imprint in a new edition with a dedication by George Henry Weiss.

The Case of Charles Dexter Ward is a horror novel by Howard Phillips Lovecraft. Charles Dexter Ward is a young scientist and ancient. During his research he discovers the dark figure of Joseph Curwen, an ancestor of the famous sorcerer. Obsessed by the practices of his ancestor, she closes in the laboratory and start practicing terrible limbs, reaching the threshold of madness. Called by the relatives of Charles, Dr. Willett discover the causes of mental degeneration of the protagonist. WITHOUT ILLUSTRATIONS ------ About the author cover:Marco Torricelli was born in Genoa. He drew Candy Candy, Topolino, Piccolo Ranger, Zagor - which he is currently working on - Thor, Tex and has collaborated with magazines such as Magic Girl, Corto Maltese, Eternauta. He has been the cover artist of Andersen magazine school.He has contributed with his comics and illustrations to the Messaggero di Gesù Bambino di Praga of the Padri carmelitani of Arenzano (Genoa).He, together with Moreno Burattini was the author of the first Zagor Gigante, published in 2011 in the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the character.In 2012 Arte e Crescita Edizioni publishes La cerbiatta scomparsa (The disappeared fawn), an illustrated e-book for children. Since 2013 he has been in Comics Bay, a self-publishing website created by the writer and scriptwriter Giorgio Pezzin, with Parabole di Gesù a fumetti (Comic parables of Jesus). In 2014, write and published the book "Shon il ladro" on Amazon. Author page: http://www.amazon.com/-/e/B00J6EF9RAFb: https://www.facebook.com/marco.torricelli.3

A young intellectual is lured to his doom through his obsession with his ancestor, a reputed necromancer. Never published in Lovecraft's lifetime, this is the iconic author's most powerful exploration of an inquisitive mind overwhelmed by the dark arts.

The Case of Charles Dexter Ward

Edition perfect as a gift. "The deliberate effacement of every memory of the dead man from Providence life and annals was vastly aided by the influence of the raiding leaders. They had not at first meant to be so thorough, and had allowed the widow and her father and child to remain in ignorance of the true conditions; but Capt. Tillinghast was an astute man, and soon uncovered enough rumours to whet his horror and cause him to demand that the daughter and granddaughter change their name, burn the library and all remaining papers, and chisel the inscription from the slate slab above Joseph Curwen's grave. He knew Capt. Whipple well, and probably extracted more hints from that bluff mariner and anyone else ever gained repecting the end of the accursed sorcerer."

H.P. Lovecraft's classic and chilling novella about a man's quest to rediscover the abilities of his ancestor, a necromancer. In the process, the dead rise and enemies are unleashed.

The Case of Charles Dexter Ward is a novella by H. P. Lovecraft written in early 1927. It was first published in the May and July issues of Weird Tales in 1941 under the title The Madness Out of Time. It is one of the few Lovecraft stories to take place in his hometown of Providence, Rhode Island.The essential Saltes of Animals may be so prepared and preserved, that an ingenious Man may have the whole Ark of Noah in his own Studie, and raise the fine Shape of an Animal out of its Ashes at his Pleasure; and by the lyke Method from the essential Saltes of humane Dust, a Philosopher may, without any criminal Necromancy, call up the Shape of any dead Ancestour from the Dust whereinto his Bodie has been incinerated.- Borellus

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With creepy, spooky art, and sinister, suspenseful text, I. N. J. Culbard brings new life-and death-to H. P. Lovecraft's psychological mystery of forbidden knowledge and pursuits. Young Charles Dexter Ward is fascinated by the history of Joseph Curwen, his wizard ancestor of the 17th century. Curwen was notorious for haunting graveyards, practicing alchemy, and never aging! Ward can't help his fixation: He himself looks just like Curwen. In an attempt to duplicate his ancestor's cabbalistic feats, he resurrects the fearsome Curwen . . . and then the true horror begins!

Welcome Page -- About The Case of Charles Dexter Ward -- Contents -- He Was Providence -- Tombs of Madness -- Chapter 1: A Result and a Prologue -- Chapter 2: An Antecedent and a Horror -- Chapter 3: A Search and an Evocation -- Chapter 4: A Mutation and a Madness -- Chapter 5: A Nightmare and a Cataclysm -- About H.P. Lovecraft -- About the Introducer -- Endpapers -- About the cover and endpapers -- More from Apollo -- About Apollo -- Copyright First published in 1941 and set aginst the rich canvas of New England history, this is American author H. P. Lovecraft's exploration of a mind destroyed by an obsession with an ancestor, a reputed necromancer

Incantations of black magic unearthed unspeakable horrors in Providence, Rhode Island. Evil spirits are being resurrected from beyond the grave, a supernatural force so twisted that it kills without offering the mercy of death!The Case of Charles Dexter Ward is a short novel by 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 1918, 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.

A young man cursed by the ultimate invocation of evil incantations of black magic unearthed unspeakable horrors in a quiet town near Providence, Rhode Island. Evil spirits-whose memory lived on in ...

First published in 1941 and set aginst the rich canvas of New England history, this is American author H. P. Lovecraft's exploration of a mind destroyed by an obsession with an ancestor, a reputed necromancer.

A nameless terror surges through centuries to engulf the soul of Charles Dexter Ward, a brilliant New England antiquarian. Evil spirits, malefic gods whose memory lives on in whispered legends and fear-stricken superstitions, still lurk in vile catacombs beneath the surface of a blighted land. Ward is driven to unleash these loathsome horrors upon a defenceless world, possessed by the demonic shade of his ancestor Joseph Curwen, a warlock steeped in the blackest arts of magic. Now Ward too must master these obscene rituals, and pay the price in blood. Human blood. The Case Of Charles Dexter Ward remains the only full-length work of fiction by HP Lovecraft, the master of 20th century horror. It has inspired such classic horror films as Roger Corman's The Haunted Palace and Lucio Fulci's The Beyond. This new edition also includes Lovecraft's rare History of the Necronomicon, plus a challenging new introduction by DM Mitchell (editor, The Starry Wisdom). DM Mitchell is the editor of the acclaimed Lovecraftian anthology The Starry Wisdom (Creation Books, 1995), and now Associate Editor of Creation Oneiros. He lives in Wales, UK. H. P. Lovecraft (1890-1937) is the most important and influential horror writer of the twentieth century. His stories of occult nightmare and cosmic terror have drawn praise from William S. Burroughs, Angela Carter and Jorge Luis Borges and continue to inspire new generations of writers, film-makers.

This new edition of Lovecraft's masterpiece has been edited by scholar S. T. Joshi with an introduction, afterword, and exhaustive notes. It is illustrated with photographs by Donovan K. Loucks of sites around Providence, Rhode Island, that are mentioned in the text.

The novel tells the story of young Charles Dexter Ward, who becomes embroiled in the past, due to his fascination with the history of his wizard ancestor, Joseph Curwen (who had left Salem for Providence in 1692, and acquired notoriety for his haunting of graveyards, his apparent lack of aging, and his chemical experiments). Ward physically resembles Curwen, and attempts to duplicate his ancestor's Qabalistic and alchemical feats, eventually locating Curwen's remains and by means of his "essential Saltes", resurrecting him. Ward's doctor, Marinus Bicknell Willett, becomes enmeshed in Ward's doings, investigating Curwen's old Pawtuxet bungalow which Ward has restored. The horrors of what Willett finds, and the crux of the identities of Ward and Curwen, form the hinge of horror on which the novel moves.

This early work by H. P. Lovecraft was originally published in 1941. Born in 1890 in Rhode Island, USA, Lovecraft began writing at a very young age, quickly developing a deep and abiding interest in science. In 1913, Lovecraft joined the UAPA (United Amateur Press Association) but it was four years later, in 1917, that he began to focus on fiction, producing such well-known early stories as 'Dagon' and 'A Reminiscence of Dr. Samuel Johnson'. However, it was during the last decade of his life that Lovecraft produced his most notable works, such as 'the Dunwich Horror' and 'The Call of Cthulhu' which subsequently earned him his place as one of the most influential horror writers of the 20th century. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900's and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions.

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The Case of Charles Dexter ward by HP Lovecraft (1965)

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Bei der Erforschung seiner eigenen Vergangenheit gerät ein Genealoge an einen mysteriösen Vorfahren, der als Wiedergänger mit dämonischen Absichten in die Gegenwart einbricht. Klassische Horrorgeschichte von 1926..

Una de las tres novelas de Lovecraft, en la que el horror se funde con materiales narrativos de naturaleza realista.

Lovecraft y su obscuro talento para poder hilar historias raras, inc?modas y espeluznantes, hace gala de ?ste en El caso de Charles Dexter Ward. Un joven acomodado que descubre en su ascendencia a un extra?o nigromante, hecho con el cual se desencadenan extra?os sucesos, tanto en su f?sico como en su psique.

Escrita por H. P. Lovecraft, puede considerarse como una de las principales obras del autor. Basada en el conocido asunto de las Brujas de Salem en 1692 y ambientada en su Providence natal, el autor relata los extra�os eventos que rodean al protagonista (Charles Dexter Ward) y a su misterioso antepasado, el ocultista Joseph Curwen, desaparecido en v�speras de la Guerra de Independencia de los Estados Unidos. Excelente combinaci�n de relato policial con los Mitos de Cthulhu con un emocionante duelo m�gico como final. ARGUMENTO: El personaje principal, Charles Dexter Ward, es un joven de una familia inglesa y acaudalada que (al comienzo de la historia) se dice ha desaparecido despu�s de un per�odo de locura que se ven�a gestando desde hace un tiempo, acompa�ado por menores, aunque inquietantes, alteraciones fisiol�gicas. La historia se cuenta desde la perspectiva de la investigaci�n del doctor Marinus Bicknell Willet sobre la causa que hizo perder la cordura a Ward, adem�s de tan extra�as modificaciones f�sicas. Al comienzo de la historia nos enteramos de que Ward es descendiente de Joseph Curwen, un personaje extra�o que realizaba ritos alquimistas con prop�sitos nigrom�nticos. Ward descubre el legado de Curwen y retoma la investigaci�n de �ste. Luego de regresar de viajes donde se hizo con saberes ocultos y oscuras amistades, vuelve a Providence para buscar la tumba de su antepasado. Finalmente empieza el descenso definitivo de Ward a la locura, una degradaci�n tanto f�sica como psicol�gica que lleva finalmente a un desenlace donde se unen la fascinaci�n por lo antiguo, la maldici�n familiar, oscuros rituales y secretos arcanos tan indecibles que la ciencia no debiera hallar jam�s.

Fantasy. Fiction. Horror. Extenso relato de H. P. Lovecraft, perteneciente a su primera etapa de cuentos góticos y muy influidos tanto por el estilo como por los trucos de estructura de Edgar Allan Poe. En él se trata la historia de un científico loco capaz de reanimar cadáveres y su relación con el narrador de la historia a lo largo de los años, en una espiral cada vez mayor de truculencia y venganza. Esta historia, una de las más celebradas de su autor, dio origen a la famosa pelíc

Charles Dexter Ward decide buscar los rastros de un misterioso antepasado, Joseph Curwen. En su investigación, se encuentra con fuerzas insospechadas y terribles, que le acarrearán consecuencias nefastas. Esta novela clásica de terror, con elementos de vampirismo, golems, conjuros e invocaciones, no hace sino advertirnos de un peligro real y trascendente: "No invoquéis nada que no podáis controlar".

Nueva edici n corregida, nueva tipograf a, nuevo formato.Dice Lovecraft: "Todas mis historias, aunque sin relaci n entre si, est n basadas en la creencia o leyenda de que este mundo estuvo habitado por otra raza que, por practicar la magia negra, perdi su lugar y fue expulsada, pero todav a vive en el exterior dispuesta a tomar posesi n de esta tierra" H.P. LOVECRAFTEn este libro de 512 p ginas una selecci n de lo mejor de Lovecraft. Contiene las siguientes historias: EL MODELO DE PICKMAN, LA TUMBA, LA CASA ENCANTADA, ARTHUR JERMYN, LOS SUE OS EN LA CASA DE LA BRUJA, EN LAS MONTA AS DE LA LOCURA, EN LA CRIPTA, EL HORROR DE DUNWICH, EL CASO DE CHARLES DEXTER WARD.Pero el espect culo fue peor de lo que hab a temido. Hay horrores que superan a todos los horrores imaginables, y aqu l era uno de ellos. De los hongos brotaba un vapor amarillo y luminoso, que burbujeaba a una altura gigantesca en vagos perfiles medio humanos medio monstruosos, a trav s de los cuales pude ver el hogar y la chimenea. Era todo ojos -lobunos y burlones-, y la rugosa cabeza, parecida a la de un insecto, terminaba en una especie de niebla que remolineaba p tridamente a su alrededor y se desvanec a finalmente por la chimenea. Digo que vi aquella cosa, pero s lo he conseguido rastrear su condenable tentativa de forma a trav s de una consciente retrospecci n. En aquel momento no era para m m s que una nube fosforescente envolviendo y disolviendo en una horrible plasticidad al nico objeto en el cual estaba concentrada mi atenci n. Aquel objeto era mi t o, el venerable Elihu Whipple, cuyo rostro ennegrecido me miraba con una expresi n angustiada, como si quisiera advertirme contra el horror que hab a hecho presa en l. No comprendo c mo pude evitar el volverme loco. Creo que lo que me salv fue el hecho de que me hab a estado preparando f sica y espiritualmente para aquel instante crucial, y mis reacciones fueron una serie de movimientos reflejos. D ndome cuenta de que aquel maligno burbujeo no era una sustancia atacable con materias qu micas, ignor el lanzallamas que se ergu a a mi izquierda, puls el interruptor del tubo Crookes y lo enfoqu hacia aquella escena fantasmal. Se produjo una neblina azulada y un fren tico chisporroteo, y la fosforescencia amarilla disminuy en intensidad a mis ojos. Pero no tard en darme cuenta de que aquella disminuci n era s lo de contraste, y que las ondas de la m quina eran absolutamente ineficaces... Ya disponible la tercera selecci n. Buscar en el punto com.

Continuador de la tradición del cuento de terror, H. P. Lovecraft (1890-1937) innovó el género con aportaciones procedentes de una veta personalísima de temas y obsesiones en la que se dan cita el mundo sobrenatural, el saber esotérico y las ensoñaciones oníricas. Creador de una mitología fantástica y prolífico autor de cuentos y relatos breves, publicó asimismo tres novelas, entre las que destaca El caso de Charles Dexter Ward, obra en que el horror se funde con materiales narrativos de naturaleza realista en el mejor estilo lovecraftiano.