Bram Stoker
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Born in November 1847 in Dublin, Ireland, Abraham Stoker was the third of seven children. Bed ridden with health issues until aged 7 he made a complete recovery on being sent to school. He was an excellent student excelling in math and with a keen interest in Theatre. He began his career as a theatre critic and after a favorable review was invited to meet the most important actor of the day, Henry Irving. They became great friends. After marriage...
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Born in November 1847 in Dublin, Ireland, Abraham Stoker was the third of seven children. Bed ridden with health issues until aged 7 he made a complete recovery on being sent to school. He was an excellent student excelling in math and with a keen interest in Theatre. He began his career as a theatre critic and after a favorable review was invited to meet the most important actor of the day, Henry Irving. They became great friends. After marriage...
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Bram Stoker's Dracula, published in 1897, stands as a seminal work in the Gothic horror genre and has left an indelible mark on popular culture. The novel, written in an epistolary format, recounts the story of Count Dracula's attempt to move from Transylvania to England to spread the undead curse. Upon its initial release, Dracula received mixed reviews but gained popularity over time, eventually becoming a classic. The novel's eerie atmosphere,...
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A ghost ship is wrecked in Whitby's harbour and the only clue to the whereabouts of the missing crew is in these clippings from the captain's log. Delve into the last voyage of Demeter in this harrowing chapter from Bram Stoker's Dracula.
The Last Voyage of Demeter is an extract from the most terrifying vampire fiction in literary history. First published as Chapter 7 of Bram Stoker's Dracula (1897), this volume explores the final sea voyage of...
5) Dracula
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Dracula ist ein 1897 veröffentlichter Roman des irischen Schriftstellers Bram Stoker. Die zentrale Figur, Graf Dracula, ist der wohl berühmteste Vampir der Literaturgeschichte. Der Londoner Rechtsanwalt Jonathan Harker reist auf Wunsch des Grafen Dracula nach Siebenbürgen, da dieser zuvor in London ein Haus erworben hat und nun den Kauf und die bevorstehende Überfahrt durch seinen Anwalt abklären lassen möchte. Auf der Hinfahrt bemerkt Harker...
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Born in November 1847 in Dublin, Ireland, Abraham Stoker was the third of seven children. Bed ridden with health issues until aged 7 he made a complete recovery on being sent to school. He was an excellent student excelling in math and with a keen interest in Theatre. He began his career as a theatre critic and after a favorable review was invited to meet the most important actor of the day, Henry Irving. They became great friends. After marriage...
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In 1890, The Snake's Pass was published in serialized form in the periodical The People. It is the story of Arthur Severn, an Englishman who has inherited wealth and a title through an aunt who took him under her wing to the exclusion of closer relations. His inheritance includes land in Ireland, and now that he is a man of leisure, he decides to tour the west of Ireland. As Bram Stoker's first full-length novel, The Snake's Pass is a heady blend...
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Drácula de Bram Stoker es una obra seminal de la literatura gótica. La narración se desarrolla a través de una serie de anotaciones en un diario, cartas y recortes de periódico, que proporcionan una perspectiva polifacética de los desgarradores acontecimientos que se suceden. La historia comienza con Jonathan Harker, un joven abogado inglés, que viaja al remoto castillo del Conde Drácula en Transilvania para ayudar en una transacción inmobiliaria....
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The iconic Gothic horror classics that gave birth to the monstrous myths that still inhabit our nightmares. Tragic heroines, windswept moors, dark and stormy nights, castle prisons, and forbidden desires realized at the greatest cost-these are the elements of Gothic horror, given its finest expression in these five enduring novels. Frankenstein: Obsessed with the secret of creation, Swiss scientist Dr. Victor Frankenstein cobbles together a body he...
10) Mummy
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.4 - AR Pts: 1
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In ancient Egypt, Queen Tera had herself mummified and she swore she would return to life. During an expedition to Egypt in 1947, Abel Trelawney and John Corbeck uncovered her tomb. Today, all is ready for her return. Tera's quest to fulfill her promise is brought into shocking detail in this striking graphic novel adaptation of Bram Stoker's novel. A creator biography and glossary help reluctant readers take the first step on the road to classic...
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Escrito antes que Drácula, en este cuento Bram Stocker despliega todo su talento en la narración en primera persona de un joven inglés que visita los barrios marginales de París y termina viviendo una odisea macabra desatada solo por la curiosidad frente a una realidad tan diferente a la suya.
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"El huésped de Drácula" de Bram Stoker es una novela corta que forma parte de una colección de relatos de terror. La colección incluye algunos episodios inéditos, como éste en cuestión que, por lo que se dice se corresponde con el primer capítulo de la mítica novela de Drácula, pero que su editor recortó por considerarla innecesaria para el conjunto.
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Audiolibro narrado en castellano. La guarida del gusano blanco última novela del autor irlandés Bram Stoker, quien mientras la escribía estaba consumido por la enfermedad que le llevaría a la muerte. La novela ambientada en el característico estilo gótico del autor narra la historia del australiano Adam Salton y su viaje a la casa de su tío Richard Salton en Inglaterra. Simultáneamente a la llegada de Adam, será la del heredero del castillo...
14) Bram Stoker
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Audiolibro narrado en castellano. La presente edición recoge dos relatos cortos de terror gótico del novelista y escritor irlandés Bram Stoker.
- "La Squaw" (1893) se desarrolla en Nuremberg donde el narrador y su esposa en su viaje de bodas conocen a Elías P Hutcheson un norteamericano con un carácter expresivo y altivo. Deciden visitar el castillo imperial y la terrorífica Torre de las Torturas. Una gata negra y su cachorro se cruzarán en...
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Audiolibro narrado en castellano. Bram Stoker ambienta su relato durante la vigilia de la Noche de Walpurgis, el momento en el que la superstición popular considera factible que brujas y muertos caminen juntos sobre la tierra. Un viajero inglés parte de Munich para adentrarse en carruaje hacia territorio desconocido donde pronto sentirá el terrible error cometido.
El Huésped de Drácula fue publicado en 1914, dos años después de la muerte de...
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An ancient evil lurks in the dark heart of Transylvania - but it won't lurk there forever. Now Count Dracula's immortal eyes look towards London, a new land full of opportunity and unsuspecting victims. A ragged band of survivors must stop him before it is too late... but how?
Manga Classics® proudly presents a beautiful, faithful recreation of Bram Stoker's famous vampire story Dracula.
17) Dracula
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Jonathan Harker, un jeune clerc de notaire londonien est invité à séjourner chez le comte Dracula pour régler quelques affaires mais dès son arrivée en Transylvanie, des signes inquiétants l'intrigue, les gens du coin tentent de le dissuader, le château est isolé et des phénomènes étranges se produisent. Le roman le plus érotique de la prude époque victorienne, il est devenu un grand classique et a inspiré nombres d'adaptations dont...
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Presented by actor author, Geoffrey Giuliano
Dracula is the now classic 1897 Gothic horror novel by Irish author Bram Stoker. It introduced the fearsome Count Dracula, and established many conventions of subsequent vampire fantasies. The novel tells the story of Dracula's attempt to move from Transylvania to England so that he may find new blood and spread the undead curse, and of the battle between Dracula and a small group of men and a woman led...