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...
Jonathan Harker saadetakse kaugesse Euroopa nurka kohtuma ühe oma firma kliendiga. Loss on mahajäetud ja krahv väga veider võõrustaja. Kuid noor Jonathan ei oska kahtlustadagi, et ta ise ja talle kõige lähedasemad inimesed satuvad kohutavasse ohtu ja peavad läbi elama jubedusi, mida keegi ei oska isegi ette kujutada. Nüüd peavad nad Dracula leidma ja hävitama, enne kui vampiir nemad hävitab.
Graf Dracula, der Fürst der Dunkelheit, verlegt seinen Wohnsitz nach London, um seine unstillbare Gier nach Blut zu befriedigen. In einer dramatischen Jagd verfolgen der junge Dr. Seward und sein Lehrmeister Prof. van Helsing gemeinsam mit dem Anwalt Jonathan Harker und dessen Frau Mina den «Jäger der Nacht» bis nach Transylvanien, um ihn auszuschalten.
Chills race up and down young solicitor Jonathan Harker's spine as he enters the eerie castle of a Transylvanian count. His host, Count Dracula, is a curious creature that becomes enamored with the photograph of Harker's fiancee, Mina. Dracula decides he must find the enchanting Mina and have her as his own. He boards a boat and makes the long journey to find Mina as the ship's crew mysteriously disappears one by one. Van Helsing, called to care for Mina's friend Lucy, senses...
El conde Drácula es uno de los personajes literarios más famosos de todos los tiempos y fruto de la imaginación del autor irlandés Bram Stoker (1847-1912). Un inmortal vampiro deja los oscuros rincones de su castillo en Transilvania para emprender una macabra aventura en Inglaterra, dejando a su paso muerte, miedo y cambiando para siempre la vida de todos aquellos que se cruzan en su camino.Hace su primera aparición en las páginas de la novela homónima, «Drácula» (1897) y pronto despierta en el...
"Dracula's Guest and Other Weird Stories" is a collection of short stories that includes «Dracula's Guest,» «The Judge's House,» «The Squaw,» «The Secret of the Growing Gold,» «A Gipsy Prophecy,» «The Coming of Abel Behenna,» «The Burial of the Rats,» «A Dream of Red Hands,» and «Crooken Hands.» Among the most captivating of these tales is «Dracula's Guest,» which is widely believed to be the first chapter of Stoker's original «Dracula» manuscript. A young...
This carefully crafted ebook: «Famous Imposters (Pretenders & Hoaxes including Queen Elizabeth and many more revealed by Bram Stoker)» is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. Famous Impostors is the fourth and final book of nonfiction by Bram Stoker, published in 1910. It is a book that deals with exposing various impostors and hoaxes. Table of Contents : Preface Pretenders Perkin Warbeck The Hidden King «Stefan Mali» The False Czar The False Dauphins...
"Famous Impostors" is the fourth and final book of nonfiction by Bram Stoker, published in 1910. It is a book that deals with exposing various impostors and hoaxes. Contents: Pretenders Perkin Warbeck The Hidden King Stephan Mali The False Dauphins Princess Olive Practitioners of Magic Paracelsus Cagliostro Mesmer The Wandering Jew John Law Witchcraft and Clairvoyance Witches Doctor Dee La Voisin Sir Edward Kelley Mother Damnable Matthew Hopkins Arthur Orton (Tichborne...
Jonathan Harker, ein junger Rechtsanwalt aus England, ist unterwegs zum Grafen Dracula, um diesen bezüglich des Erwerbs eines Anwesens in London zu beraten. Auf der Reise gerät er in die Nähe eines von der Bevölkerung plötzlich verlassenen Dorfes. Die Neugier des jungen, verwegenen Mannes ist geweckt und alle Mahnungen des verängstigten Kutschers, den verfluchten Ort besonders in der Walpurgisnacht zu meiden, sind vergebens …