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The Case of Charles Dexter Ward

H. P. Lovecraft

  • Fantasy
  • Book language: English
  • 115 pages

The Case of Charles Dexter Ward is a horror novella by H. P. Lovecraft. It follows a young man from Providence whose unsettling changes and disappearance lead to an investigation into his ancestry and occult studies. Its atmospheric suspense and gradual revelation make it a compelling listen for fans of weird fiction.

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Opening of the book

“The essential Saltes of Animals may be so prepared and preserved, that an ingenious Man may have the whole Ark of Noah in his owne 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.”

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Contents

  1. Epigraph
  2. List of Illustrations

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