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Greater Love
This short story was written by Bram Stoker the world famous author of Dracula. It is the story of a two young men, that have been best friends since childhood, who fall deeply in love with the same woman. They decide one of them should marry her and that the other should keep his love for her a secret. Unfortunately they don't know which one of them she would rather marry. To make matters worse, when her life is in danger they find that they will have to work together to save her from sure death.
17 pages, Kindle Edition
First published August 21, 2011
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About the author
Bram Stoker
2,737 books5,936 followersIrish-born Abraham Stoker, known as Bram, of Britain wrote the gothic horror novel
Dracula
(1897).
The feminist Charlotte Mathilda Blake Thornely Stoker at 15 Marino crescent, then as now called "the crescent," in Fairview, a coastal suburb of Dublin, Ireland, bore this third of seven children. The parents, members of church of Ireland, attended the parish church of Saint John the Baptist, located on Seafield road west in Clontarf with their baptized children.
Stoker, an invalid, started school at the age of seven years in 1854, 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 fruitful according to their kind in later years."
After his recovery, he, a normal young man, even excelled as a university athlete at Trinity college, Dublin form 1864 to 1870 and graduated with honors in mathematics. He served as auditor of the college historical society and as president of the university philosophical society with his first paper on "Sensationalism in Fiction and Society."
In 1876, while employed as a civil servant in Dublin, Stoker wrote a non-fiction book (The Duties of Clerks of Petty Sessions in Ireland, published 1879) and theatre reviews for The Dublin Mail, a newspaper partly owned by fellow horror writer J. Sheridan Le Fanu. His interest in theatre led to a lifelong friendship with the English actor Henry Irving. He also wrote stories, and in 1872 "The Crystal Cup" was published by the London Society, followed by "The Chain of Destiny" in four parts in The Shamrock.
In 1878 Stoker married Florence Balcombe, a celebrated beauty whose former suitor was Oscar Wilde. The couple moved to London, where Stoker became business manager (at first as acting-manager) of Irving's Lyceum Theatre, a post he held for 27 years. The collaboration with Irving was very important for Stoker and through him he became involved in London's high society, where he met, among other notables, James McNeil Whistler, and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. In the course of Irving's tours, Stoker got the chance to travel around the world.
The Stokers had one son, Irving Noel, who was born on December 31, 1879.
People cremated the body of Bram Stoker and placed his ashes placed in a display urn at Golders green crematorium. After death of Irving Noel Stoker in 1961, people added his ashes to that urn. Despite the original plan to keep ashes of his parents together, after death, people scattered ashes of Florence Stoker at the gardens of rest.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bram_Stoker
The feminist Charlotte Mathilda Blake Thornely Stoker at 15 Marino crescent, then as now called "the crescent," in Fairview, a coastal suburb of Dublin, Ireland, bore this third of seven children. The parents, members of church of Ireland, attended the parish church of Saint John the Baptist, located on Seafield road west in Clontarf with their baptized children.
Stoker, an invalid, started school at the age of seven years in 1854, 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 fruitful according to their kind in later years."
After his recovery, he, a normal young man, even excelled as a university athlete at Trinity college, Dublin form 1864 to 1870 and graduated with honors in mathematics. He served as auditor of the college historical society and as president of the university philosophical society with his first paper on "Sensationalism in Fiction and Society."
In 1876, while employed as a civil servant in Dublin, Stoker wrote a non-fiction book (The Duties of Clerks of Petty Sessions in Ireland, published 1879) and theatre reviews for The Dublin Mail, a newspaper partly owned by fellow horror writer J. Sheridan Le Fanu. His interest in theatre led to a lifelong friendship with the English actor Henry Irving. He also wrote stories, and in 1872 "The Crystal Cup" was published by the London Society, followed by "The Chain of Destiny" in four parts in The Shamrock.
In 1878 Stoker married Florence Balcombe, a celebrated beauty whose former suitor was Oscar Wilde. The couple moved to London, where Stoker became business manager (at first as acting-manager) of Irving's Lyceum Theatre, a post he held for 27 years. The collaboration with Irving was very important for Stoker and through him he became involved in London's high society, where he met, among other notables, James McNeil Whistler, and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. In the course of Irving's tours, Stoker got the chance to travel around the world.
The Stokers had one son, Irving Noel, who was born on December 31, 1879.
People cremated the body of Bram Stoker and placed his ashes placed in a display urn at Golders green crematorium. After death of Irving Noel Stoker in 1961, people added his ashes to that urn. Despite the original plan to keep ashes of his parents together, after death, people scattered ashes of Florence Stoker at the gardens of rest.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bram_Stoker
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Displaying 1 - 6 of 6 reviews
December 28, 2021
Swimming! Marriage! First love! This short story almost gets Stoker bingo on its own as two childhood friends fall in love with the same girl and try to find an honorable way to make sure she's happy. The title is a clue to the ending so, yeah, it was a little easy to see coming. Stoker's last short story?
May 6, 2016
"Greater Love" is a classic love triangle. It is a quick read but left me thinking about whether Bill or Joe loved Mary more.
June 10, 2020
Strange little short story. I liked parts.
July 2, 2023
3.25⭐
March 7, 2021
En anderledes og original "kærlighedshistorie" der fokusere mere på kærligheden i et venskab end den romantiske kærlighed.
July 8, 2012
I found this short story by accident when I was looking for books with the title Greater Love. I wanted to find out how many other books had this name because I am planning on using it for the final book in my vampire series. I was delighted to discover that Bram Stoker had written a story with this title, because my vampire books were based loosely on Dracula. I was even more excited when I read the book and found he'd based it on the same bible quote as me.
The story itself is quite straightforward. It is told completely in dialogue by a man who is recounting the story of his friend and the sacrifices he made for him and his wife. Stoker is very successful in capturing the voice of this simple, uneducated man, who does not have much of a way with words but who has a great story to tell. It is a simple morality tale that is easy to read, and clear in its message. I prefer a little more depth and ambiguity but for a short story it is enjoyable.
The story itself is quite straightforward. It is told completely in dialogue by a man who is recounting the story of his friend and the sacrifices he made for him and his wife. Stoker is very successful in capturing the voice of this simple, uneducated man, who does not have much of a way with words but who has a great story to tell. It is a simple morality tale that is easy to read, and clear in its message. I prefer a little more depth and ambiguity but for a short story it is enjoyable.
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