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The Bodymaster
Harold Ward · 1923 · Science Fiction, Horror & Gothic
An impossible strangling outside Doctor Darius Lessman's private sanitarium draws an investigator into a Weird Tales record of hidden medical horror, bodily control and a final question that refuses to rest.
Inside this edition
Every LitLab edition is illustrated from the text itself — the world of the book mapped, its people drawn, its scenes staged. 22 plates are open to everyone in this book; here are 8 of them.
Harold Ward in Weird Tales
The Characters of The Bodymaster
The Sanitarium Witnesses
New York, Sanitarium and Investigation
The Underbrush RoadThe fugitive breaks from the trees toward the motorcar.
The Case Frame
The Fugitive at the RoadA man flees the sanitarium with the Bodymaster at his back.
The HearingRespectability weighs against the accused man.
This edition
- Title
- The Bodymaster
- Author
- Harold Ward (1879–1950)
- First published
- 1923
- Illustrated plates
- 55 original artworks · 22 open to everyone
- Chapters
- 15 · about 12,318 words
- Reading time
- 49 min
- Language
- EN
- Formats
- Read online · EPUB and PDF download with a subscription
- Publisher
- LitLab — The Illustrated Classics
- On LitLab since
- September 2026
- Rights
- Text in the public domain. Illustrations and edition © LitLab.
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