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The Lancashire Witches: A Romance of Pendle ForestWilliam Harrison Ainsworth

The Lancashire Witches: A Romance of Pendle Forest

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Original author: William Harrison Ainsworth

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"The Lancashire Witches: A Romance of Pendle Forest" by William Harrison Ainsworth is a historical novel published in 1849. Based on the true story of the Pendle witches executed in 1612, the tale weaves together the dark history of witchcraft accusations with the turbulent backdrop of Henry VIII's English Reformation. When Abbot John Paslew refuses a mysterious man's demand to baptize his infant daughter, he unleashes a curse that echoes across generations, binding together religious upheaval, demonic bargains, and the tragic fate of families accused of witchcraft.

The Lancashire Witches: A Romance of Pendle Forest, by William Harrison Ainsworth. Republished by OpenStories from Project Gutenberg eBook #15493.

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54 Chapters

  1. 1.Front Matter298 words
  2. 2.Chapter I: The Beacon on Pendle Hill5,468 words
  3. 3.Chapter II: The Eruption2,210 words
  4. 4.Chapter III: Whalley Abbey4,182 words
  5. 5.Chapter IV: The Malediction2,260 words
  6. 6.Chapter V: The Midnight Mass2,337 words
  7. 7.Chapter VI: Teter Et Fortis Carcer2,674 words
  8. 8.Chapter VII: The Abbey MILL4,141 words
  9. 9.Chapter VIII: The Executioner1,944 words
  10. 10.Chapter IX: Wiswall Hall1,507 words
  11. 11.Chapter X: The Holehouses1,495 words
  12. 12.Chapter I: The May Queen4,405 words
  13. 13.Chapter II: The Black Cat and the White Dove2,252 words
  14. 14.Chapter III: The Asshetons6,659 words
  15. 15.Chapter IV: Alice Nutter4,963 words
  16. 16.Chapter V: Mother Chattox7,729 words
  17. 17.Chapter VI: The Ordeal by Swimming4,364 words
  18. 18.Chapter VII: The Ruined Conventual Church9,148 words
  19. 19.Chapter VIII: The Revelation4,112 words
  20. 20.Chapter IX: The Two Portraits in the Banqueting-Hall (1)8,845 words
  21. 21.Chapter IX: The Two Portraits in the Banqueting-Hall (2)5,589 words
  22. 22.Chapter X: The Nocturnal Meeting7,383 words
  23. 23.Chapter I: Flint4,901 words
  24. 24.Chapter II: Read Hall2,785 words
  25. 25.Chapter III: The Boggart's Glen2,944 words
  26. 26.Chapter IV: The Reeve of the Forest3,332 words
  27. 27.Chapter V: Bess's O' Th' Booth4,783 words
  1. 28.Chapter VI: The Temptation4,644 words
  2. 29.Chapter VII: The Perambulation of the Boundaries7,430 words
  3. 30.Chapter VIII: Rough Lee4,153 words
  4. 31.Chapter IX: How Rough Lee Was Defended by Nicholas4,277 words
  5. 32.Chapter X: Roger Nowell and His Double2,675 words
  6. 33.Chapter XI: Mother Demdike4,352 words
  7. 34.Chapter XII: The Mysteries of Malkin Tower3,620 words
  8. 35.Chapter XIII: The Two Familiars7,018 words
  9. 36.Chapter XIV: How Rough Lee Was Again Besieged4,094 words
  10. 37.Chapter XV: The Phantom Monk2,328 words
  11. 38.Chapter XVI: One O'clock!4,393 words
  12. 39.Chapter XVII: How the Beacon Fire Was Extinguished3,767 words
  13. 40.Chapter I: Downham Manor-House10,617 words
  14. 41.Chapter II: The Penitent's Retreat1,965 words
  15. 42.Chapter III: Middleton Hall4,515 words
  16. 43.Chapter IV: The Gorge of Cliviger3,903 words
  17. 44.Chapter V: The End of Malkin Tower4,864 words
  18. 45.Chapter VI: Hoghton Tower8,840 words
  19. 46.Chapter VII: The Royal Declaration Concerning Lawful Sports on the4,550 words
  20. 47.Chapter VIII: How King James Hunted the Hart and the Wild-Boar in5,757 words
  21. 48.Chapter IX: The Banquet4,088 words
  22. 49.Chapter X: Evening Entertainments3,861 words
  23. 50.Chapter XI: Fatality1,864 words
  24. 51.Chapter XII: The Last Hour2,146 words
  25. 52.Chapter XIII: The Masque of Death1,681 words
  26. 53.Chapter XIV: "one Grave."603 words
  27. 54.Chapter XV: Lancaster Castle1,301 words