The Case of Charles Dexter Ward: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide
The Case of Charles Dexter Ward by H. P. Lovecraft: the LibriVox audiobook summary, 9 original MP3 tracks, 4:05:22 running time and a link to listen.
The Case of Charles Dexter Ward, credited to H. P. Lovecraft, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.
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The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:
LibriVox recording of The Case of Charles Dexter Ward by H. P. Lovecraft. Read in English by Chris Pyle. 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. - Summary by Wikipedia
Recording facts
- Recording title: The Case of Charles Dexter Ward
- Author credits: H. P. Lovecraft
- Language: English
- Original MP3 tracks: 9
- Listed recording duration: 4:05:22
Catalogue topics
- literaure
- horror
- cthulhu mythos
- alchemy
- weird tales
- hermetic qabalah
Track guide
- 01 - Chapter 1: A Result and a Prologue — 12:58
- 02 - Chapter 2: An Antecedent and a Horror (Part 1) — 34:39
- 03 - Chapter 2: An Antecedent and a Horror (Part 2) — 17:05
- 04 - Chapter 3: A Search and an Evocation (Part 1) — 27:14
- 05 - Chapter 3: A Search and an Evocation (Part 2) — 21:57
- 06 - Chapter 4: A Mutation and a Madness (Part 1) — 22:29
- 07 - Chapter 4: A Mutation and a Madness (Part 2) — 32:42
- 08 - Chapter 5: A Nightmare and a Cataclysm (Part 1) — 41:38
- 09 - Chapter 5: A Nightmare and a Cataclysm (Part 2) — 34:40
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