# The Case of Charles Dexter Ward

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- Authors: [H. Lovecraft](https://www.bookquiver.com/h-lovecraft)
- Language: en_GB
- Published: 2015-07-30

## Description

It's 1928. Charles Dexter Ward has escaped his mental asylum after having lived a privileged life on Rhode Island. When a doctor is sent to investigate his cell he finds a disturbing obsession with his ill-reputed ancestor and doppelganger, Joseph Curwen. Joseph Curwen is bad news; an aristocrat, a magician and a murderer. When Charles attempts to resurrect Curwen, he risks his own doom and that of his closest friends and family...

## Editions

### The Case of Charles Dexter Ward

- Publisher: gateway
- Medium: ebook
- ISBN: 978-14-7321-435-4
- Published: 2015-07-30
- Language: en_GB