The Wyvern Mystery

A classic with a pinch of romance, a pinch of gothic, and a dash of mystery, are you interested yet? When young Alice Maybell’ father dies she is taken in by Squire Fairfield, a widower with two handsome young sons, Charles and Harry. As Alice grows into a lovely young woman she attracts the attentions of more than one admirer, not all welcome. She marries the man she loves whilst fleeing the home she grew up in, but the blissful happiness that follows is short-lived. She finds herself pulled into the middle of the secrets of her husbands family’s past. No one is quite what they seem, and there are many twists along the way. What is this dark secret in her husband’s past? Who - or what - is the malignant presence that haunts Carwell Grange? Join us as we answer these troubling questions in ‘The Wyvern Mystery’


By : Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu (1814 - 1873)

01 - Alice Maybell



02 - The Vale of Carwell



03 - The Grange



04 - The Old Squire and Alice Maybell



05 - The Terrace Garden



06 - The Old Squire Unlike Himself



07 - The Squires Eldest Son Comes Home



08 - Never Did Run Smooth



09 - in which the Squire Loses His Gold Headed Cane



10 - The Drive Over Cressley Common by Moonlight



11 - Home



12 - The Omen of Carwell Grange



13 - An Inspection of Carwell Grange



14 - A Letter



15 - Harry Arrives



16 - A Party of Three



17 - Mildred Tarnley’s Warning Story



18 - The Brothers’ Walk



19 - Coming In



20 - Harry Appears at the Grange



21 - Harry’s Beer and Conversation



22 - The Trout



23 - The Visitor



24 - The Summons



25 - Lilly Dogger is Sent to Bed



26 - The Lady has her Tea



27 - Through the House



28 - The Bell Rings



29 - Tom is Ordered Up



30 - The Old Soldier Grows More Friendly and Frightens Mrs. Tarnley



31 - News From Cressley Common



32 - An Unlooked-for Return



33 - Charles Fairfield Alone



34 - Awake



35 - Restless



36 - Through the Wall



37 - A Messenger



38 - Unreasonable Bertha



39 - An Abduction



40 - Pursuit



41 - Day-Twilight-Darkness



42 - Hatherton



43 - The Welcome



44 - The Wykford Doctor



45 - Speech Returns



46 - Harry Drinks a Glass and Spills a Glass



47 - Home to Wyvern



48 - A Twilight Visit



49 - The Heir of the Fairfields



50 - Bertha Velderkaust



51 - Sergent-Major Archdale



52 - A Talk With the Squire



53 - Harry Fairfield Grows Uneasy



54 - A Drive to Twyford



55 - How Fares the Child?



56 - The Old Squire Leaves Wyvern



57 - Marjory Trevellian



58 - The Enchanted Garden



59 - An Old Friend



60 - Tom Orange



61 - The Hour and the Man



62 - The March to Noulton Farm



63 - A Silent Farewell



64 - The March by Night



65 - Conclusion

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