Abraham "Bram" Stoker (8 November 1847 – 20 April 1912) was an Irish novelist and short story writer, best known today for his 1897 Gothic novel Dracula. During his lifetime, he was better known as personal assistant of actor Henry Irving and business manager of the Lyceum Theatre in London...
The Jewel of Seven Stars is a horror novel by Bram Stoker (the author of Dracula), first published in 1903. The story is about an archaeologist's plot to revive Queen Tera, an ancient Egyptian mummy.
Count Dracula is a vampire who terrifies the countryside in his quest for human blood, but the residents soon learn his real identity and vow to destroy him.
Rupert is the outcast in his family and must endure the difficult life of living in a castle in the Blue Mountains in order to inherit a fortune from his uncle.
When Adam Salton moves to his uncle's house, he begins to experience strange and unexplainable events.
Margaret Rowly dies during childbirth, and her husband, Norman, raises their daughter, Stephen, to be somewhat androgynous.
"The Burial of the Rats" was first published in the January 26, 1896 and February 2, 1896 issues of Lloyd's Weekly Newspaper (London) and the Boston Herald (Boston).
The history of the Brents had been something similar, but showing the causes of decadence in their aristocratic and not their plebeian forms. They, too, had sent their shoots to the wars; but their positions had been different and they had often attained honour-for without flaw they were gallant...
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It is widely believed that "Dracula's Guest" is actually the deleted first chapter from the original Dracula manuscript, which the publisher felt was superfluous to the story.