Dracula's Guest: And Other Weird Stories - Softcover

Stoker, Bram

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1484956702 ISBN 13: 9781484956700

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2013

Synopsis

This is not officially a sequel to “Dracula,” although written by the same author, but more of a missing chapter, which was discovered after his death. Join us for nine spine-chilling tales of horror, the supernatural, legends and unspeakable evils that will thrill, unnerve and entertain you.

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Review:

Having demonstrated a wry touch in his reading of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Brigadier Gerard stories, narrator Rupert Degas shifts gears smoothly with his narration of nine lesser-known works of terror from the author of Dracula. The title story - a section of the famous novel cut prior to publication - is a splendid introduction to both Stoker and Degas. Within a few short passages, the experiences of English solicitor Jonathan Harker, on business in Europe, change dramatically - particularly when he hears warnings against travelling on Walpurgis Night. Without added sound effects, Degas makes the reader hear the threatening cries and quiet isolation Harker experiences after his driver abandons him as night falls. A versatile array of accents enables Degas to ably portray all the stories' many characters. Burial of the Rats, in which a tourist to France must flee for his life, is another highpoint. --Publishers Weekly

About the Author:

Abraham Stoker was born on November 8, 1847, in Clontarf, Dublin, Ireland, the third of seven children. Bedridden with an unknown illness until age seven, this time gave him time to develop a vivid imagination. Eventually attending Trinity College in Dublin, from 1864 to 1870, he achieved a bachelor’s degree in Mathematics and was named University Athlete. Upon graduation, he became a well-known theater critic and founded the Dublin Sketching Club in 1874. In 1878, Bram married Florence Balcombe, ex-fiancé of Oscar Wilde. They had a son in 1879 and moved to London, where he became friends with Arthur Conan Doyle, to whom he was also related. It was there that he became the assistant to actor and Lyceum Theatre owner Henry Irving. Following Irving on his world tours, he met Theodore Roosevelt, William McKinley and Walt Whitman. In 1890, he began writing his dozen novels. “Dracula” was published in 1897. He also wrote several short story collections. Stoker died from a stroke on April 20, 1912, at the age of 64, in London, England. He was cremated and his ashes were placed in an urn at Golders Green Crematorium. His son’s ashes were eventually placed in the same urn.

About this edition

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1484956702
• ISBN 13: 9781484956700
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 168
• Editor: Hartmetz Richard S.