The Lair of the White Worm Illustrated

By: Stoker, Bram

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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B087L6QPCS
• ISBN13: 9798639815218
• Release Date: January 1
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 204 Pages
• Weight: 0.53 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

The cat and the canary / The mongoose and the White Worm.

This book was reissued as “The Garden of Evil”. These reissues often came with new titles, cover art, and framing to attract readers who might not connect with the original name. You have probably read other stories by Abraham (Bram) Stoker, so you know that the writing is verbose. However, if you miss a sentence, you may miss a major point of the story. With parallel stories that overlap, if you do not read every word, you will find yourself with loose ends. There are sufficient twists and turns. There is a slow buildup to an action-packed end. This book will worm its way into your library. The movie just uses the Book title but uses its own story. Lair of The White Worm [Blu-ray] (1998)