There is a penetrating dark mood and helplessness that permeates the story. For many lovers of horror, it is important to look to the past for the inspiration to our modern stories. Most of the action is alluded to, not described in detail, but is horrifying none-the-less. Stick with it, and you are rewarded with a dark and troubling tale. This is not what most modern readers/listeners are used to. Lovecraft spends much of the book creating mood through elaborate description and allusion. Though written in the early Twentieth Century, this tale reads with a distinctly Nineteenth Century feel. Soon, he finds himself mired in witchcraft, necromancy and alchemy, perhaps too deep to save his own soul. Charles becomes obsessed with finding not only all he can about the man, but also his methods. In his research, he discovers that he is the ancestor of a mysterious and shadowy figure who terrorized Eighteenth Century Providence. Charles Dexter Ward is fascinated by all things old.
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