A ghost ship is wrecked in Whitby's harbour and the only clue to the whereabouts of the missing crew is in these clippings from the captain's log. Delve into the last voyage of Demeter in this harrowing chapter from Bram Stoker's Dracula . The Last Voyage of Demeter is an extract from the most terrifying vampire fiction in literary history. First published as Chapter 7 of Bram Stoker's Dracula (1897), this volume explores the final sea voyage of Demeter, the Russian ship unknowingly carrying Transylvania's undead Count Dracula. Weeks before its final destination, strange and supernatural events began haunting Demeter. The captain started keeping a log to record the death, darkness, and fear that had taken hold of his crew, but will the Whitby locals be able to discern the truth before it's too late? Featuring black-and-white illustrations, this unique volume has been published by Fantasy and Horror Classics for a new generation of readers to immerse themselves in the thrilling tale of the doomed voyage and the merciless Count Dracula.
Irish-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.
I do think this is just a chapter or segment of Dracula, which I will get around to. I don't think there's a lot of horrifying vampire stuff in here, or much vampire stuff at all, it's more just talking about working on a ship and some eerie, strange occurrences. I still really enjoyed this, there's just not a lot to it for me.
This book is just a reprint of the chapters from Dracula so it’s definitely not worth it to buy this copy if you already have Dracula in your collection.
IF you're looking for a spooky Halloween vampire book, look no further. This takes place in the 1700s on a sailing ship. It is dark and depressing but also gripping.