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Dracula / The Lair of the White Worm
Dracula has become a worldwide phenomenon, more popular today than when the famous vampire first appeared in 1897. Numerous films, plays and books have fuelled the legend and each new generation has become fascinated by the mysterious Count from Transylvania. There can be few who do not recognise the tall figure in the black swirling cloak as being the most notorious creation in horror fiction! It is surprising, therefore, that Dracula's creator, Bram Stoker, is little known today and his many other works lie unread and forgotten.
Here is the ideal opportunity to rediscover the remarkable talents of Bram Stoker in an omnibus edition of his two greatest novels, Dracula and The Lair of the White Worm. Since they were published both these works have suffered heavily from editing with many chapters having been left out altogether. Presented here are the complete, unabridged and original versions of both stories which give a true idea of Stoker's prowess as a story-telling genius, in the time-honoured tradition of the Gothic horror romance.
Dracula - the masterpiece of the genre combines Stoker's vivid use of imagination and description with a powerful sense of atmosphere and brooding intensity. A young Englishman travels to Transylvania where he meets the sinister Count Dracula. He learns his host's foul secrets of blood lust and is imprisoned within the Castle, abandoned to the attentions of the evil Count's disciples... Thus begins the story of Dracula, a tale to chill and terrify all but the bravest!
The Lair of the White Worm was Bram Stoker's last novel and, like Dracula, is considered to be amongst his best. Set in Staffordshire in 1860, it tells of the amazing powers of transformation possessed by an ancient monster, so developed in brain and abiliy as to be able to project itself in the form of a woman... The climax to the novel is certainly among the most tense and exciting of any of Stoker's books.
A must for all horror fans, this Bram Stoker Omnibus Edition will provide many hours of enjoyment... and many thrills to match.
Here is the ideal opportunity to rediscover the remarkable talents of Bram Stoker in an omnibus edition of his two greatest novels, Dracula and The Lair of the White Worm. Since they were published both these works have suffered heavily from editing with many chapters having been left out altogether. Presented here are the complete, unabridged and original versions of both stories which give a true idea of Stoker's prowess as a story-telling genius, in the time-honoured tradition of the Gothic horror romance.
Dracula - the masterpiece of the genre combines Stoker's vivid use of imagination and description with a powerful sense of atmosphere and brooding intensity. A young Englishman travels to Transylvania where he meets the sinister Count Dracula. He learns his host's foul secrets of blood lust and is imprisoned within the Castle, abandoned to the attentions of the evil Count's disciples... Thus begins the story of Dracula, a tale to chill and terrify all but the bravest!
The Lair of the White Worm was Bram Stoker's last novel and, like Dracula, is considered to be amongst his best. Set in Staffordshire in 1860, it tells of the amazing powers of transformation possessed by an ancient monster, so developed in brain and abiliy as to be able to project itself in the form of a woman... The climax to the novel is certainly among the most tense and exciting of any of Stoker's books.
A must for all horror fans, this Bram Stoker Omnibus Edition will provide many hours of enjoyment... and many thrills to match.
1000 pages, Hardcover
Published January 1, 1986
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About the author
Bram Stoker
2,731 books5,931 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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October 3, 2010
Dracula is, of course, five stars, but it's so long since I read The Lair of the White Worm that I can't really remember it. So, give it three and therefore an average four stars for this volume. Not much of a review, really!
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