Vampires: Back in Time to the First Darkness - The Original Classics - Hardcover

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle; Bram Stoker; Guy De Maupassant

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1780280165 ISBN 13: 9781780280165

Publisher: Watkins Publishing, 2011

Synopsis

Blood-sucking creatures of the night, the undead that stalk the living, vampires have haunted our imagination since time immemorial. This book brings together eight tales of horror that have terrified generations and inspired the most recent flowering of vampire literature, including Stephenie Meyer's bestselling Twilight series. You will discover classics of the genre including John Polidori's The Vampyre, written by Lord Byron's physician, as well as Carmilla, the novella that inspired Bram Stoker's Dracula and provoked a scandal with its lesbian vampire undercurrent. The collection also features a disturbing work by the genius of French short story writing, Guy de Maupassant, as well as Arthur Conan Doyle's tale of an encounter between Sherlock Holmes and a vampire. There is a nightmarish account of the undead by the acknowledged master of supernatural stories, E.F. Benson, and a tale of the terrifying resurrection of a dead lover by one of the founders of the Romantic movement, Johann Ludwig Tieck. Vampires also features the short story 'Dracula's Guest' by Bram Stoker, believed by many scholars to be the original first chapter of his novel Dracula, excised from the manuscript by the publisher. This fascinating and entertaining collection is an essential addition to every vampire fan's bookshelf.

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About the Author

The eight authors are: Johann Ludwig Tieck (1773-1853), a German poet and novelist, one of the founding fathers of Romanticism; John Polidori (1795-1821), the poet Lord Byron's physician; Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu (1814-1873), an Irish writer of Gothic tales and mystery novels; Bram Stoker (1847-1912), author of the novel Dracula; Guy de Maupassant (1850-1893), a Frenchman, considered one of the world's greatest short story writers; Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930), creator of super-sleuth Sherlock Holmes; E.F. Benson (1867-1940), best known for his Mapp and Lucia stories; and one anonymous author

Edition details

• Publisher: Watkins Publishing
• Publication date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1780280165
• ISBN 13: 9781780280165
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 352