Fascinated by history, young Charles Dexter Ward begins to delve into the life and activities of his ancestor, Joseph Curwen, who had a reputation as a researcher of dark secrets and a sorcerer. In his research, he goes a step too far, endangering not only his own life and sanity but also the lives of others.
The brevity of the above plot outline does not convey the true wealth of details in Lovecraft’s longest work of fiction. The case of Charles Dexter Ward astonishes with an abundance of details, especially concerning the history of Providence (some Lovecraft scholars even argue that the main character is not Charles Dexter Ward but the meticulously depicted hometown of the author). The idea for the work had been on the writer’s mind for a year. Initially, Lovecraft wanted to write a novel about Salem, but in September 1925, after reading a historical treatise on Providence titled “Providence in Colonial Times,” his imagination was so ignited that he changed the setting to his hometown. The main theme of “The Case of Charles Dexter Ward” is a reworking of the subject from “The Tomb” (which Lovecraft later revisits in “The Thing on the Doorstep”).
*Table of contents:*
00:00:00 Introduction
00:00:40 1.A Result and a Prologue
00:00:44 Chapter I
00:11:47 Chapter II
00:23:27 2.An Antecedent and a Horror
00:23:32 Chapter I
00:39:09 Chapter II
00:50:00 Chapter III
01:03:44 Chapter IV
01:16:43 Chapter V
01:30:12 Chapter VI
01:35:28 3.A Search and an Evocation
01:35:32 Chapter I
01:47:12 Chapter II
01:55:47 Chapter III
02:03:47 Chapter IV
02:16:59 Chapter V
02:26:17 Chapter VI
02:36:57 4.A Mutation and a Madness
02:37:03 Chapter I
02:46:48 Chapter II
02:59:41 Chapter III
03:09:55 Chapter IV
03:28:13 5.A Nightmare and a Cataclysm
03:28:15 Chapter I
03:36:07 Chapter II
03:45:15 Chapter III
03:54:40 Chapter IV
04:11:56 Chapter V
04:25:55 Chapter VI
04:36:54 Chapter VII
*Created by:*
▶ Narrated by Josh Greenwood
▶ Edited by Martin Gold
▶ Graphic by Jordan Harvey
Author: Howard Phillips Lovecraft https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLFA6HwSbUABqcFccVWq9F_TNHwxNAyM3C
Series: Cthulhu Mythos https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLFA6HwSbUABoiEgi91fLRCSUv_5-pWdzj
Date of creation: 1927
First publication: Weird Tales, 1941
Genre: Cosmic Horror
Language: English
Version: Unabridged, Full length
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