Bram Stoker

This classic novel tells of the famous Count Dracula's arrival on the shores of Whitby in northeast England from his home in Transylvania and of his evil journey of destruction. Dracula was not literature's first vampire but Bram Stoker's creature is certainly the most influential and has given rise to a whole new genre of blood-sucking horror. The book was first published in 1897 and, as well as horror, can perhaps be considered part of what was at the time the popular genre of "invasion fiction." Britain was at the height of its imperial power and this story plays on the public's anxieties of conquest by a foreign, or in this case supernatural, power.

The Lair of the White Worm is a horror novel by the Irish writer Bram Stoker. It was first published by Rider and Son of London in 1911- the year before Stoker's death - with colour illustrations by Pamela Colman Smith. The story is based on the legend of the Lambton Worm. It has also been issued as The Garden of Evil. In 1925 a highly abridged and rewritten clarification needed] form was published. It was shortened by more than 100 pages, the rewritten book having only 28 chapters instead of the original 40. The final eleven chapters were cut down to only five, leading some critics to complain that the ending was abrupt and inconsistent. The Lair of the White Worm was very loosely adapted by Ken Russell as a 1988 film of the same name. The first episode of the German radio drama "Die Schwarze Sonne", produced by the label LAUSCH, is loosely based on the events of The Lair of the White Worm. The main characters of the radio drama are also based on the protagonists of the novel and feature in the rest of the episodes even though the plot turns away from Stoker's original story. The plot focuses on Adam Salton, originally from Australia, who is contacted by his great-uncle, Richard Salton, in 1860 Derbyshire 6] for the purpose of establishing a relationship between these last two members of the family. His great-uncle wants to make Adam his heir. Adam travels to Richard Salton's house in Mercia, Lesser Hill, and quickly finds himself at the centre of mysterious and inexplicable occurrences. The new heir to the Caswall estate (known as Castra Regis or the Royal Camp), Edgar Caswall, appears to be making some sort of a mesmeric assault on a local girl, Lilla Watford, while a local lady, Arabella March, seems to be running a game of her own, perhaps angling to become Mrs. Caswall. Edgar Caswall is a slightly pathological eccentric who has Mesmer's chest which he keeps at the Castra Regis Tower. Caswall wants to recreate mesmerism, associated with Franz Mesmer, which was a precursor to hypnotism. He has a giant kite in the shape of a hawk to scare away pigeons which have gone berserk and attacked his fields. Adam Salton discovers black snakes on the property and buys a mongoose to hunt them down. He then discovers a child who has been bitten on the neck. The child barely survives. He learns that another child was killed earlier while animals were also killed in the region. The mongoose attacks Arabella who shoots it to death. Arabella tears another mongoose apart with her hands. Arabella then murders Oolanga, the African servant, by dragging him down into a pit or hole. Adam witnesses the murder which he cannot prove. Adam then suspects Arabella of the other crimes. Adam and Sir Nathaniel de Salis, who is a friend of Richard Salton's, then plot to stop Arabella by whatever means necessary. They suspect that she wants to murder Mimi Watford, whom Adam later marries. Nathaniel is a Van Helsing-type character who wants to hunt down Arabella. The White Worm is a large snake-like creature that dwells in the hole or pit in Arabella's house located in Diana's Grove. The White Worm has green glowing eyes and feeds on whatever is thrown to it in the pit. The White Worm ascends from the pit and seeks to attack Adam and Mimi Watford in a forest. Adam plans to pour sand into the pit and to use dynamite to kill the giant White Worm while it is inside the pit. In the final scene, Adam Salton, Mimi Watford, and Nathaniel de Salis confront Arabella and Edgar Caswall. A thunderstorm and lightning destroy Diana's Grove by igniting the dynamite.... Abraham "Bram" Stoker (8 November 1847 - 20 April 1912) was an Irish author, best known today for his 1897 Gothic novel Dracula.

Dracula is an 1897 novel by Irish author Bram Stoker, featuring as its primary antagonist the vampire Count Dracula. Dracula has been attributed to many literary genres including vampire literature, horror fiction, the gothic novel and invasion literature. Structurally it is an epistolary novel, that is, told as a series of diary entries and letters. Literary critics have examined many themes in the novel, such as the role of women in Victorian culture, conventional

First published by Heinemann in 1903, The Jewel of Seven Stars is a horror novel whose story is a first-person narrative of a young man pulled into an archaeologist's plot to revive Queen Tera, an ancient Egyptian mummy. It explores common fin-de-si cle themes such as imperialism, the rise of the New Woman and feminism, and societal progress.

Classics for Your Collection: goo.gl/U80LCr --------- The Man is a romantic novel by Bram Stoker, the author of Dracula, written in 1905. It has also been published under the title The Gates of Life. The Man is a novel from the Victorian era of British history and culture. The Victorian Era was the period during the reign of Queen Victoria, from her coronation on 20 June 1837 until her death on 22 January 1901. The Victorian era is known for its long period of peace, prosperity, and national pride for the British Empire. In The Man, the renowned author of Dracula serves you a rich Gothic romance meal. This tale brings the mystery and intrigue that delights readers of Dracula into the realm of romance, and will disappoint neither Stoker admirers nor hardcore readers of the romantic genre. We meet lovely teenager Stephen (her father wanted a boy...) and Harold, approaching manhood, at the outset. We're to find out about their lives from their births to adulthood. They are beautifully drawn characters, almost too perfect each, physically and in terms of integrity and strength. Stephen is given some male characteristics due to the wishes of her father and her being his only child. Harold is a thoughtful and physically superior fellow and becomes The Man of the title. They come to be raised together as trusted intimates, siblings in all but blood. They make errors which alter both of their lives and badly affect the rather adult-like turn their feelings for one another take. Stoker's descriptive skills that are so vibrant in Dracula show up here too, descriptions of thought processes and feelings in his characters, of setting and mood for his story. Scroll Up and Grab Your Copy Timeless Classics for Your BookshelfClassic Books for Your Inspiration and Entertainment Visit Us at: goo.gl/0oisZU

Dr cula (Vlad Draculea), protagonista de la novela hom nima del irland s Bram Stoker, de 1897, que dio lugar a una larga lista de versiones de cine, c mics y teatro. Dr cula es el m s famoso de los vampiros humanos. Se dice que Stoker fue asesorado por un erudito sobre temas orientales, el h ngaro Hermann (Arminius) Vamb ry, que se reuni algunas veces con el escritor para comentarle las peripecias del verdadero Dr cula.

The Man is a 1905 Victorian novel by Bram Stoker, best known for Dracula. A typical Gothic novel, it features horror and romance. The Man has also been published as The Gates of Life. The Victorian Era, the reign of Queen Victoria from her coronation on 20 June 1837 to her death on 22 January 1901, is known as a long period of peace, prosperity and national pride for the British Empire. It was a bold transition from the Georgian era, largely defined by logic, rationalism and a progression towards romanticism and mysticism in religion, societal values and the arts. In international relations, the Georgian era was widely regarded as a period of peace and Britain involved themselves in little external conflict. However, within the American colonies there was much unrest. In British domestic relations, the political agenda became increasingly liberal and was marked by shifts toward political, industrial and social reform. During the Victorian era, Britain experienced an unprecedented economic and population growth. The end of the era, when The Man was written, coincided with Europe's Belle poque. Like Britain's Victorian era, the period was characterized by optimism, peace, advances in technology and scientific discoveries

Dracula's Guest and Other Weird Stories is a collection of short stories by Bram Stoker, first published in 1914, two years after Stoker's death. The same collection has been issued under short titles including simply Dracula's Guest. Meanwhile collections published under Dracula's Guest and longer titles contain different selections of stories.

Gro druck Der Londoner Rechtsanwalt Jonathan Harker reist auf Wunsch des Grafen Dracula nach Siebenb rgen, da dieser zuvor in London ein Haus erworben hat und nun den Kauf und die bevorstehende berfahrt durch seinen Anwalt abkl ren lassen m chte. Auf der Hinfahrt bemerkt Harker einige f r ihn wunderliche Dinge. Eine Anwohnerin bergibt Harker einen Rosenkranz, um ihn zu sch tzen. In Bistritz nimmt er eine Postkutsche, und am Borgo-Pass (Tihuta-Pass) wird er von einem Kutscher abgeholt und zum Wohnsitz des Grafen begleitet. Die ersten Tage verlaufen ruhig, doch Harker wird gebeten, einige R ume nicht zu betreten und verspricht, sich daran zu halten. Er bemerkt, dass der Graf kein Spiegelbild hat und einen gierigen Gesichtsausdruck beim Anblick von Blut bekommt, als er sich bei der Rasur schneidet. Bald wird der Graf dem jungen Engl nder unheimlich, schon allein seine u erliche Erscheinung ist seltsam: lange, sehr wei e, spitze Z hne und auff llig rote Lippen.