The Lancashire WitchesINTRODUCTION.Reading editionChapter navigation59 reading sectionsGo to chapterChoose a chapter…Front matterA Romance of Pendle Forest.William Harrison Ainsworth, Esq.INTRODUCTION.Chapter I · —THE BEACON ON PENDLE HILL.Chapter II · —THE ERUPTION.Chapter III · —WHALLEY ABBEY.Chapter IV · —THE MALEDICTION.Chapter V · —THE MIDNIGHT MASS.Chapter VI · —TETER ET FORTIS CARCER.Chapter VII · —THE ABBEY MILL.Chapter VIII · —THE EXECUTIONER.Chapter IX · —WISWALL HALL.Chapter X · —THE HOLEHOUSES.BOOK THE FIRST.Chapter I · —THE MAY QUEEN.Chapter II · —THE BLACK CAT AND THE WHITE DOVE.Chapter III · —THE ASSHETONS.Chapter IV · —ALICE NUTTER.Chapter V · —MOTHER CHATTOX.Chapter VI · —THE ORDEAL BY SWIMMING.Chapter VII · —THE RUINED CONVENTUAL CHURCH.Chapter VIII · —THE REVELATION.Chapter IX · —THE TWO PORTRAITS IN THE BANQUETING-HALL.Chapter X · —THE NOCTURNAL MEETING.BOOK THE SECOND.Chapter I · —FLINT.Chapter II · —READ HALL.Chapter III · —THE BOGGART'S GLEN.Chapter IV · —THE REEVE OF THE FOREST.Chapter V · —BESS'S O' TH' BOOTH.Chapter VI · —THE TEMPTATION.Chapter VII · —THE PERAMBULATION OF THE BOUNDARIES.Chapter VIII · —ROUGH LEE.Chapter IX · —HOW ROUGH LEE WAS DEFENDED BY NICHOLAS.Chapter X · —ROGER NOWELL AND HIS DOUBLE.Chapter XI · —MOTHER DEMDIKE.Chapter XII · —THE MYSTERIES OF MALKIN TOWER.Chapter XIII · —THE TWO FAMILIARS.Chapter XIV · —HOW ROUGH LEE WAS AGAIN BESIEGED.Chapter XV · —THE PHANTOM MONK.Chapter XVI · —ONE O'CLOCK!Chapter XVII · —HOW THE BEACON FIRE WAS EXTINGUISHED.BOOK THE THIRD.Chapter I · —DOWNHAM MANOR-HOUSE.Chapter II · —THE PENITENT'S RETREAT.Chapter III · —MIDDLETON HALL.Chapter IV · —THE GORGE OF CLIVIGER.Chapter V · —THE END OF MALKIN TOWER.Chapter VI · —HOGHTON TOWERChapter VII · —THE ROYAL DECLARATION CONCERNING LAWFUL SPORTS ON THE SUNDAY.Chapter VIII · —HOW KING JAMES HUNTED THE HART AND THE WILD-BOAR IN HOGHTON PARK.Chapter IX · —THE BANQUET.Chapter X · —EVENING ENTERTAINMENTS.Chapter XI · —FATALITY.Chapter XII · —THE LAST HOUR.Chapter XIII · —THE MASQUE OF DEATH.Chapter XIV · —"ONE GRAVE."Chapter XV · —LANCASTER CASTLE.Previous chapter ←William Harrison Ainsworth, Esq.Next chapter →Chapter I · —THE BEACON ON PENDLE HILL.All chapters and sections (59)Opening pagesFront matterOther sectionsA Romance of Pendle Forest.William Harrison Ainsworth, Esq.INTRODUCTION.Chapters12345678910Other sectionsBOOK THE FIRST.Chapters12345678910Other sectionsBOOK THE SECOND.Chapters1234567Other sectionsChapter VIII · —ROUGH LEE.Chapters91011121314151617Other sectionsBOOK THE THIRD.Chapters1234567Other sectionsChapter VIII · —HOW KING JAMES HUNTED THE HART AND THE WILD-BOAR IN HOGHTON PARK.Chapters9101112131415The Last Abbot of Whalley.← William Harrison Ainsworth, Esq.CHAPTER I.—THE BEACON ON PENDLE HILL. →