The Lair of the White Worm
In the English countryside, an ancient evil stirs beneath a sinister estate, where the beautiful, cold-blooded Lady Arabella March harbors a monstrous secret connected to a primeval white worm dwelling in a bottomless pit. Stoker’s final novel is a strange, feverish tale of Gothic horror, mesmerism, and lurking prehistoric menace. Lurid and dreamlike, it pits a young heir against forces of ancient malignity in a story dripping with dread and grotesque imagery. A curious and unsettling capstone to Stoker’s career, The Lair of the White Worm blends folklore, horror, and the uncanny, offering a bizarre and memorable descent into supernatural terror from the creator of Dracula.
About the Author
Bram Stoker (1847-1912) was an Irish writer and, for nearly three decades, business manager of London’s Lyceum Theatre. Though he wrote several novels and short-story collections, his reputation rests entirely on Dracula, whose blend of folklore, travelogue, and Victorian dread has never gone out of…
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The Lair of the White Worm (1911) is a public domain work.
| # | Chapter | Length | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Adam Salton Arrives | 8:51 | |
| 2 | The Caswalls of Castra Regis | 14:45 | |
| 3 | Diana's Grove | 8:45 | |
| 4 | The Lady Arabella March | 17:03 | |
| 5 | The White Worm | 13:38 | |
| 6 | Hawk and Pigeon | 11:09 | |
| 7 | Oolanga | 10:54 | |
| 8 | Survivals | 15:30 | |
| 9 | Smelling Death | 10:42 | |
| 10 | The Kite | 15:36 | |
| 11 | Mesmer's Chest | 10:42 | |
| 12 | The Chest Opened | 10:15 | |
| 13 | Oolanga's Hallucinations | 11:01 | |
| 14 | Battle Renewed | 17:52 | |
| 15 | On the Track | 6:03 | |
| 16 | A Visit of Sympathy | 9:32 | |
| 17 | The Mystery of "The Grove" | 7:39 | |
| 18 | Exit Oolanga | 9:16 | |
| 19 | An Enemy in the Dark | 12:11 | |
| 20 | Metabolism | 13:39 | |
| 21 | Green Light | 13:07 | |
| 22 | At Close Quarters | 5:57 | |
| 23 | In The Enemy's House | 14:17 | |
| 24 | A Startling Proposition | 13:29 | |
| 25 | The Last Battle | 14:26 | |
| 26 | Face to Face | 12:25 | |
| 27 | On the Turret Roof | 14:47 | |
| 28 | The Breaking of the Storm | 24:52 |
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