The Lair of the White Worm

By: Stoker, Bram

Book Excerpt: ...ove and good wishes, or the memory of them, can make life sweeter, yours shall be a happy one. Now, my dear boy, let us turn in. We start early in the morning and have a long drive before us. I hope you don't mind driving? I was going to have the old travelling carriage in which my grandfather, your great-grand-uncle, went to Court when William IV. was king. It is all right--they built well in those days--and it has been kept in perfect order. But I think I have done better: I have sent the carriage in which I travel myself. The horses are of my own breeding, and relays of them shall take us all the way. I hope you like horses? They have long been one of my greatest interests in life.""I love them, sir, and I am happy to say I have many of my own. My father gave me a horse farm for myself when I was eighteen. I devoted myself to it, and it has gone on. Before I came away, my steward gave me a memorandum that we have in my own place more than a thousand, nearly all good.""I am glad, my boy. AnoClose...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B08KBGMG5X
• ISBN13: 9798675309481
• Release Date: January 1
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 148 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"

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)