Anthony Trollope achieved great success as a novelist in the Victorian Era, producing myriad works on political, social and gender issues of his day. This story is set in the fictional parish of Bowick, England, where a respectable American couple by the name of Peacocke have been hired as a house-mother and teacher at Dr. Wortle's Christian seminary academy. Scandal arises when the brother of Mrs. Peacocke's allegedly dead first husband appears. The legitimacy of the Peacockes'...
Bram Stoker’s “Dracula” is the novel that introduced the fictional creature known as the vampire to millions. It is considered by many as the single most important work in the gothic vampire horror genre. “Dracula,” while not the first appearance of the vampire in literature, is certainly the work that is most readily identified with the vampire genre and has spawned countless imitations and references. The novel is set sometime in the late 19th century and begins by being told from the...
Bram Stoker’s “Dracula” is the novel that introduced the fictional creature known as the vampire to millions. It is considered by many as the single most important work in the gothic vampire horror genre. “Dracula,” while not the first appearance of the vampire in literature, is certainly the work that is most readily identified with the vampire genre and has spawned countless imitations and references. The novel is set sometime in the late 19th century and begins by being told from the...
Bram Stoker’s “Dracula” is the novel that introduced the fictional creature known as the vampire to millions. It is considered by many as the single most important work in the gothic vampire horror genre. “Dracula,” while not the first appearance of the vampire in literature, is certainly the work that is most readily identified with the vampire genre and has spawned countless imitations and references. The novel is set sometime in the late 19th century and begins by being told from the...
Bram Stoker’s “Dracula” is the novel that introduced the fictional creature known as the vampire to millions. It is considered by many as the single most important work in the gothic vampire horror genre. “Dracula,” while not the first appearance of the vampire in literature, is certainly the work that is most readily identified with the vampire genre and has spawned countless imitations and references. The novel is set sometime in the late 19th century and begins by being told from the...
En la alejada Transilvania, un excéntrico castillo sobresale en medio de un bosque. Castillo que es habitado, a su vez, por un excéntrico personaje; un conde que, todo su aspecto, desde las uñas hasta los dientes, inspira miedo: el conde Drácula. Sin saber de la reputación de este temible personaje, Jonathan Harker se adentra en estas tierras lejanas para tratar con él un tema legal, ignorando que esta visita cambiará, no sólo su destino, sino el de todos aquellos que lo rodean. Siniestra obra...
En la alejada Transilvania, un excéntrico castillo sobresale en medio de un bosque. Castillo que es habitado, a su vez, por un excéntrico personaje; un conde que, todo su aspecto, desde las uñas hasta los dientes, inspira miedo: el conde Drácula. Sin saber de la reputación de este temible personaje, Jonathan Harker se adentra en estas tierras lejanas para tratar con él un tema legal, ignorando que esta visita cambiará, no sólo su destino, sino el de todos aquellos que lo rodean. Siniestra obra...
Bram Stoker’s “Dracula” is the novel that introduced the fictional creature known as the vampire to millions. It is considered by many as the single most important work in the gothic vampire horror genre. “Dracula,” while not the first appearance of the vampire in literature, is certainly the work that is most readily identified with the vampire genre and has spawned countless imitations and references. The novel is set sometime in the late 19th century and begins by being told from the...