Name: Dracula's Guest
SKU: 58095031
Price: 599.00 TWD
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Author: Stoker, Bram
ISBN: 9789355848727

Type

Physical Book

Author

Bram Stoker

Publisher

True Sign Publishing House Private Limited

Language

English

Pages

134

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

21.6x14x0.8 cm

Weight

0.18 kg.

ISBN13

9789355848727

Synopsis "Dracula's Guest"

"Dracula's Guest" by Bram Stoker is a mysterious and eerie short story that follows the adventures of an unnamed protagonist as they journey through Eastern Europe. The narrative is filled with a dark and suspenseful atmosphere, and the protagonist encounters a series of supernatural and unexplained events during their travels. The story is known for its cryptic and haunting narrative, and it retains the classic horror elements that Bram Stoker is famous for. While it is a standalone story, it is often considered a prelude or deleted chapter from Stoker's iconic novel, "Dracula," adding to its intrigue and connection to the world of vampires and the supernatural.

Bram Stoker

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Abraham "Bram" Stoker (Clontarf; November 8, 1847-London; April 20, 1912) was an Irish novelist and writer, known for his novel Dracula

His early horror stories, such as "The Crystal Cup" (1872), were published by the London Society, and The Chain of Destiny in the Shamrock magazine. In 1876, while working as a civil servant, he wrote a textbook named The Duties of Clerks of Petty Sessions in Ireland (1879), this book was used as a reference for a long time

Being a theater critic for the Dublin Evening Mail, co-owned by the famous Gothic novelist Sheridan Le Fanu, one of the most important of his time for stories like Carmilla, about a vampire, greatly influenced Stoker when writing Dracula. Stoker's critique of the play was high praise for the performance in Hamlet by actor Henry Irving, who hired him to be his personal secretary and manager of the Lyceum Theatre in London

While working for Irving, he was a literary critic for the Daily Telegraph and wrote several novels like The Snake's Pass (1890) and Dracula (1897) and, after Irving's death in 1905, The Lady of the Shroud (1909) and The Lair of the White Worm (1911)

His wife was the administrator of his literary estate, and she made known works such as what would be the introduction to Dracula, the short story Dracula's Guest

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