The Lair of the White Worm

Author: Bram Stoker
Publisher: Jovian Press
ISBN: 1537811185
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 114

Book Description
In a tale of ancient evil, Bram Stoker creates a world of lurking horrors and bizarre denizens: a demented mesmerist, hellbent on mentally crushing the girl he loves; a gigantic kite raised to rid the land of an unnatural infestation of birds, and which receives strange commands along its string; and all the while, the great white worm slithers below, seeking its next victim...

The Lair of the White Worm and the Lady of the Shroud

Author: Bram Stoker
Publisher: Tales of Mystery & the Superna
ISBN: 9781840226454
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 431

Book Description
Here are two great, neglected horror novels by Bram Stoker, author of "Dracula," together in one volume for the first time

The Lair of the White Worm

Author: Bram Stoker
Publisher: Binker North
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 374

Book Description
"This book centers around Adam Salton who is contacted by his granduncle in England, for the purpose of establishing a relationship between these last two members of the family. Adam travels to Richard Salton's house in Mercia, and quickly finds himself in the center of some inexplicable occurrences. The new heir to the Caswall estate, Edgar Caswall appears to be making some sort of a mesmeric assault on a local girl. And, a local lady, Arabella March, seems to be running a game of her own, perhaps angling to become Mrs. Caswall. There is something strange about Lady March, something inexplicable and evil."--Online-literature.com.

The Lair of the White Worm

Author: Bram Stoker
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781535198585
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 158

Book Description
The novel is a horror story about giant white worm that can transform itself into a woman. It was first published in the UK in 1911 by William Rider and Son, Limited, London.

The Lair of the White Worm Annotated

Author: Bram Stoker
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 196

Book Description
On a farm owned by Eve Trent (Catherine Oxenberg) and her sister Mary (Sammi Davis), young archaeologist Angus Flint (Peter Capaldi) discovers a large and inexplicable skull, which he soon deduces belonged to the D'Ampton Worm, a mythical beast supposedly slain generations ago by the ancestor of the

The Lair of the White Worm Illustrated

Author: Bram Stoker
Publisher: Independently Published
ISBN: 9781675383469
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 203

Book Description
Lambton Worm. It has also been issued as The Garden of Evil.In 1925 a highly abridged and rewritten[clarification needed] form was published.[3] It was shortened by more than 100 pages, the rewritten book having only 28 chapters instead of the original 40. The final eleven chapters were cut down to only five, leading some critics to complain that the ending was abrupt and inconsistent.[4]The Lair of the White Worm was very loosely adapted by Ken Russell into a 1988 film of the same name.The first episode of the German radio drama "Die Schwarze Sonne", produced by the label LAUSCH, is loosely based on the events of The Lair of the White Worm.[5] The main characters of the radio drama are also based on the protagonists of the novel and feature in the rest of the episodes even though the plot turns away from Stoker's original story.

The Lair of the White Worm

Author: Bram Stoker
Publisher:
ISBN: 1846373581
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 320

Book Description
This large print title is set in Tieras 16pt font as reccomended by the RNIB.

The Lair of the White Worm

Author: Bram Stoker
Publisher: Independently Published
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 204

Book Description
"The Lair of the White Worm is a horror novel by the Irish writer Bram Stoker. It was first published by Rider and Son of London in 1911[1][2] - the year before Stoker's death - with colour illustrations by Pamela Colman Smith. The story is based on the legend of the Lambton Worm. It has also been issued as The Garden of Evil.In 1925 a highly abridged and rewritten[clarification needed] form was published.[3] It was shortened by more than 100 pages, the rewritten book having only 28 chapters instead of the original 40. The final eleven chapters were cut down to only five, leading some critics to complain that the ending was abrupt and inconsistent.[4]The Lair of the White Worm was very loosely adapted by Ken Russell into a 1988 film of the same name.The first episode of the German radio drama ""Die Schwarze Sonne"", produced by the label LAUSCH, is loosely based on the events of The Lair of the White Worm.[5] The main characters of the radio drama are also based on the protagonists of the novel and feature in the rest of the episodes even though the plot turns away from Stoker's original story."

The Lair of the White Worm

Author: Bram Bram Stoker
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781521965085
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 106

Book Description
How is this book unique? Font adjustments & biography included Unabridged (100% Original content) Illustrated About The Lair Of The White Worm by Bram Stoker The Lair of the White Worm is a horror novel by the Irish writer Bram Stoker. The story is based on the legend of the Lambton Worm. Plot : The plot focuses on Adam Salton, originally from Australia, who is contacted by his great-uncle, Richard Salton, in 1860 Derbyshire for the purpose of establishing a relationship between these last two members of the family. His great-uncle wants to make Adam his heir. Adam travels to Richard Salton's house in Mercia, Lesser Hill, and quickly finds himself at the centre of mysterious and inexplicable occurrences. The new heir to the Caswall estate (known as Castra Regis or the Royal Camp), Edgar Caswall, appears to be making some sort of a mesmeric assault on a local girl, Lilla Watford, while a local lady, Arabella March, seems to be running a game of her own, perhaps angling to become Mrs. Caswall. Edgar Caswall is a slightly pathological eccentric who has Mesmer's chest which he keeps at the Castra Regis Tower. Caswall wants to recreate mesmerism, associated with Franz Mesmer, which was a precursor to hypnotism. He has a giant kite in the shape of a hawk to scare away pigeons which have gone berserk and attacked his fields.

Famous Impostors

Author: Bram Stoker
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN:
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 394

Book Description
This book deals with the exposing of various impostors and hoaxes. One of Bram Stoker's last works, it is a survey of various charlatans, rogues, and other practitioners of make-believe. With a cheerfully withering eye for their cons, Stoker introduces us to many famous fakers including: royal pretenders (such as Perkin Warbeck, who claimed King Henry VII's throne), the Wandering Jew, John Law, Arthur Orton, women masquerading as men, hoaxers, Chevalier D'eon, the Bisley Boys, and others.