Bram Stoker
21) The Gombeen Man
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Ascent Audio
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2012
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The Gombeen Man is an evil moneylender who several peasants owe money to. When the peasants find themselves unable to repay the wicked man on time, he is quick with his desire to take their land from them, refusing to take the payment from them in the future if they should be able to come up with it. The poor peasants are then forced to come up with a plan to keep their land from the evil Gombeen Man. This short story is actually a chapter from Stoker's...
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Pour la première fois, le texte original de ce roman fantastique de Stoker est publié dans son intégralité !
Assailli dans une pièce entièrement close par quelque chose ou quelqu'un, un éminent égyptologue est plongé dans un étrange état cataleptique. Puis, peu après, au même endroit, certains objets précieux disparaissent pendant que d'autres reviennent dans de troublantes et inexplicables conditions. Et, tandis que le mystère grandit,...
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"Dracula" is author Bram Stoker's masterpiece of gothic horror, a legendary tale of the undead, featuring the infamous - and original - vampire, Count Dracula himself.
Adapted into dozens of stage, screen and television performances since it was first published in 1897, here is the first, blood-curdling tale of the King of the Undead.
When Johnathan Harker is sent to visit Count Dracula at his castle in Transylvania to complete a real...
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First published in 1905, "The Man" is a Victorian Gothic novel by seminal horror writer Bram Stoker that has also been published under the title: "The Gates of Life". Abraham "Bram" Stoker (1847 – 1912) was an Irish author most famous for writing this novel, as well as the influence it has had upon the horror and vampire genre in print and film. Other notable works by this author include: "Miss Betty" (1898), "The Mystery of the Sea" (1902), and...
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Découvrez le dernier roman écrit par Bram Stoker
Qui est Lady Arabella, et quel ignoble secret la lie-t-elle pour l'éternité au Ver blanc qui hante le coin tranquille de l'Angleterre o vient de débarquer Adam Salton ? Par quelle ruse le jeune homme pourrait-il sauver la jolie Mimi Watford des griffes du monstre tapi dans les entrailles de la terre ? Jusqu'à quelle fantastique découverte les mènera leur hallucinante enquête à travers l'histoire,...
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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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Romantic and Horrific Stories (2021) is a collection of short fiction by Bram Stoker. Although he is largely remembered as the author of Dracula (1897), one of the greatest horror novels of all time, Stoker was a versatile writer whose gift for transmitting terror is matched by his ability to craft convincing and moving tales of love. "The Crystal Cup," first published in London Society in 1872, is the story of an artist who is forced to create a...
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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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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 this collection, werewolves, vampires and ghosts stalk their victims through the nights. Incorporating elements from both horror and fantasy, these supernatural stories are terrifying tales filled with extraordinarily imaginative creations. Often difficult to distinguish between the real villains of the world and the hallucinations of the fragile psyche, these stories will both disturb and enthral readers.
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The Primrose Path (1875) is the debut novel of Irish author Bram Stoker. Written over two decades before Dracula, his masterpiece, The Primrose Path helped to establish the Irish master of Gothic horror's reputation as a leading writer of the early-twentieth century. Inspired by the temperance movement, Stoker crafts a simple narrative about a man brought low through temptation and a lack of opportunity. Originally serialized in The Shamrock, a weekly...
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Superb selection of 14 spine-tingling stories by author of Dracula. "The Squaw," "The Burial of the Rats," "The Crystal Cup," "The Chain of Destiny," "The Castle of the King," "The Dualists" (probably Stoker's most horrifying story), "A Dream of Red Hands" and 7 more. Called by Stephen King "absolutely champion short stories." Introduction by Richard Dalby.
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Published two years after Bram Stoker's death, this collection of short stories from the famed author contains nine pieces filled with horrors and thrills. Filled with haunting rats, inexplicable tension, and an appearance from Dracula himself, Stoker's short stories uphold his reputation from his previous works and allows new audiences to re-discover the master of horror. This collection includes Dracula's Guest, The Judge's House, The Gipsy Prophecy,...
35) 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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Includes the short story "Dracula's Guest," thought to be the omitted first chapter of Dracula. Dracula is Bram Stoker's classic gothic tale of Count Dracula, one of the most famous characters ever created in fiction, his relationship with Jonathan and Mina Harker, pursuit by Professor van Helsing and ultimate destruction in the name of love. Intent on immigrating to England, Count Dracula enlists the services of Jonathan Harker to arrange the purchase...
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Dévorez le premier roman de Stocker, auteur mythique du sanglant Dracula
Arthur Severn, jeune Anglais qui vient d'hériter de la fortune de sa tante, découvre le Connemara. Il s'y éprend de Norah Joyce, dont le père est honteusement spolié par Murtagh Murdock, l'odieux Gombeen Man, usurier rural détesté par toute la communauté paysanne. Il aide son ami Dick Sutherland, géologue, à sonder la « tourbière mouvante » qui, à en croire divers...
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Experiencing a story read out loud is one of the oldest forms of entertainment there is. Fireside Reading is a way to slow down, reconnect with the timeless wisdom of great books and rediscover the simple pleasure of being read to. Join Gildart Jackson in front of a cozy fire as he reads an abridged edition of Bram Stoker's Dracula to you and your family.
40) Vampire Novels
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Compiled in one book, this is the essential collection of classic vampire books:
The Vampyre, a Tale, John Polidori
Carmilla, J. Sheridan Le Fanu
Dracula, Bram Stoker
Dracula's Guest, Bram Stoker
The House of the Vampire, George Sylvester Viereck
Varney the Vampire, Thomas Preskett Prest.