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The Snake Fiend
Farnsworth Wright · 1923
A jealous admirer follows newlyweds to an isolated railroad camp, where a friendship in rattlesnake country begins to conceal a dangerous design.
Inside this edition
Every LitLab edition is illustrated from the text itself — the world of the book mapped, its people drawn, its scenes staged. 19 plates are open to everyone in this book; here are 8 of them.
The Railroad Camp on the California-Nevada Border
The Jimerson CabinThe isolated cabin where Allen and Marjorie make their home.
The Jimersons and Crimi
Characters of The Snake Fiend
Allen Jimerson — Profile
Jack Crimi — Profile
A Home at the Desert CampMarjorie and Allen begin their new life beside the unfinished western rail line.
Among the Ridge RocksCrimi studies rattlesnakes among the sun-warmed rocks above the camp.
This edition
- Title
- The Snake Fiend
- Author
- Farnsworth Wright
- First published
- 1923
- Illustrated plates
- 41 original artworks · 19 open to everyone
- Chapters
- 1 · about 3,547 words
- Reading time
- 14 min
- Language
- EN
- Formats
- Read online · EPUB and PDF download with a subscription
- Publisher
- LitLab — The Illustrated Classics
- On LitLab since
- September 2026
- Rights
- Text in the public domain. Illustrations and edition © LitLab.
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