![]() ![]() That put him in touch with a wide network of writers. In 1913 he wrote a letter to the editor of Argosy magazine which led to an invitation to join United Amateur Press Association. Lovecraft and his mother moved to a smaller home. Then in 1904, when Lovecraft was 14, his grandfather died and didn’t leave much money. His grandfather’s fortune began to dissipate. What he called a nervous breakdown caused him to drop out of high school. Intellectually curious, he liked high school and loved science. He learned to read in his grandfather’s large library. The spacious house looked down on park-like grounds with winding walks, arbors and a fountain. His grieving mother then smothered him emotionally.įor much of his childhood, Lovecraft lived in his grandfather’s large home with his mother, two aunts, grandfather and servants. When Lovecraft was three years old his father was committed to Butler Hospital for doing and saying strange things. ![]() ![]() Sarah, Howard, and Winfield Lovecraft in 1892 ![]()
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