Bram Stoker






Bram Stoker

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born
November 08, 1847

died
April 20, 1912

gender
male

place of birth
Fairview, Dublin, Ireland

genre
Horror


about this author

He was born in 1847 at 15 Marino Crescent – then as now called "The Crescent" – in Fairview, a coastal suburb of Dublin, Ireland. His parents were Abraham Stoker and the feminist Charlotte Mathilda Blake Thornely. Stoker was the third of seven children. Abraham and Charlotte were members of the Clontarf Church of Ireland parish and attended the parish church (St. John the Baptist located on Seafield Road West) with their children, who were both baptised there.

Stoker was an invalid until he started school at the age of seven — when he made a complete and astounding recovery. Of this time, Stoker wrote, "I was naturally thoughtful, and the leisure of long illness gave opportunity for many thoughts which were f...more




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Dracula Dracula
by Bram Stoker
avg rating 3.86 — 18,125 ratings — published 1897
481 editions
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The Lair of the White Worm The Lair of the White Worm
by Bram Stoker
avg rating 3.04 — 141 ratings — published 1911
31 editions
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Dracula's Guest and Other Weir... Dracula's Guest and Other Weird Tales
by Bram Stoker
avg rating 3.54 — 87 ratings — published 1914
33 editions
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The Jewel of Seven Stars The Jewel of Seven Stars (Alan Rodgers Books)
by Bram Stoker
avg rating 3.28 — 78 ratings — published 1903
37 editions
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Classics of Horror: Dracula/Fr... Classics of Horror: Dracula/Frankenstein/2 Books in 1
by Bram Stoker, Mary Shelley
avg rating 4.23 — 30 ratings — published 1989
8 editions
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The Mystery of the Sea The Mystery of the Sea
by Bram Stoker
avg rating 3.57 — 23 ratings — published 1902
4 editions
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The Lady of the Shroud The Lady of the Shroud
by Bram Stoker
avg rating 3.71 — 17 ratings — published 1909
8 editions
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The Snake's Pass The Snake's Pass
by Bram Stoker
avg rating 3.54 — 13 ratings — published 1890
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Bram Stoker, Five Novels Bram Stoker, Five Novels
by Bram Stoker, S.T. Joshi
avg rating 4.62 — 8 ratings — published 2006
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Best Ghost and Horror Stories Best Ghost and Horror Stories
by Bram Stoker, Richard Dalby (introduction)
avg rating 3.36 — 11 ratings — published 1997
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"We learn from failure, not from success!"
Bram Stoker (Dracula)
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"Listen to them - children of the night. What music they make."
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"Oh, the terrible struggle that I have had against sleep so often of late; the pain of the sleeplessness, or the pain of the fear of sleep, and with such unknown horror as it has for me! How blessed are some people, whose lives have no fears, no dreads; to whom sleep is a blessing that comes nightly, and brings nothing but sweet dreams."
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