The Lair of the White Worm (Version 2)


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(4.2 stars; 35 reviews)

The Lair of the White Worm (also known as The Garden of Evil) is a horror novel by Irish author Bram Stoker, who also wrote Dracula. It is partly based on the legend of the Lambton Worm. The book was published in 1911, the year before Stoker's death, with color illustrations by Pamela Colman Smith. In 1988, it was adapted into a film by Ken Russell. (Summary by Wikipedia) (5 hr 34 min)

Chapitres

Chapter 1 8:01 Lu par Mark Penfold
Chapter 2 14:28 Lu par Mark Penfold
Chapter 3 9:00 Lu par Mark Penfold
Chapter 4 19:09 Lu par Richard Kilmer (1942-2022)
Chapter 5 15:01 Lu par Richard Kilmer (1942-2022)
Chapter 6 11:38 Lu par Richard Kilmer (1942-2022)
Chapter 7 12:01 Lu par Richard Kilmer (1942-2022)
Chapter 8 15:41 Lu par Richard Kilmer (1942-2022)
Chapter 9 10:44 Lu par Richard Kilmer (1942-2022)
Chapter 10 15:42 Lu par Joshua Paul Johnson
Chapter 11 9:49 Lu par Ethan Rampton
Chapter 12 9:16 Lu par Ethan Rampton
Chapter 13 11:00 Lu par Elliott Miller
Chapter 14 14:54 Lu par Haylayer Flaga
Chapter 15 5:54 Lu par Barry Eads
Chapter 16 9:31 Lu par Barry Eads
Chapter 17 6:51 Lu par Haylayer Flaga
Chapter 18 8:03 Lu par Haylayer Flaga
Chapter 19 10:45 Lu par Haylayer Flaga
Chapter 20 12:37 Lu par Haylayer Flaga
Chapter 21 11:42 Lu par Haylayer Flaga
Chapter 22 5:48 Lu par Richard Schipper
Chapter 23 13:38 Lu par Richard Schipper
Chapter 24 12:44 Lu par Richard Schipper
Chapter 25 13:25 Lu par Barry Eads
Chapter 26 11:14 Lu par Barry Eads
Chapter 27 13:32 Lu par Barry Eads
Chapter 28 22:30 Lu par Barry Eads

Critiques

Not bad


(3 stars)

I guess I am not a Bram Stoker fan. The story doesn't really draw me in, I found myself listening just to hear how it ended. Some of the recordings are a bit rough; you can improve them with the equalizer. The quality noticeably improves the closer to the end of the book, so if you are a Stoker fan, go for it. I just felt the story itself was somewhat of a disappointment.

Wasted potential...


(2.5 stars)

The story has some potential but it is wasted because Stoker gave his plot a rather slow pace and dwells in stereotypical descriptions of the English countryside, Africans etc.

nice read


(5 stars)

would encourage reader to do more. Such as Victor Hugo, Churchill, Pope.