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Abraham Stoker was born in Dublin, Ireland on the 8th of November 1847, the third of seven children. Strikingly at Trinity College, Dublin his health had returned with such vigour that he was named their University Athlete whilst also achieving a BA in Mathematics with honours. At this time his interest in theatre became a job offer to be the Dublin Evening Mail’s theatre critic, co-owned by Sheridan Le Fanu. He now began to also write short stories and in 1872 ‘The Crystal Cup’ was published. An interest in art developed and he co-founded the Dublin Sketching Club.

Abraham Stoker was born in Dublin, Ireland on the 8th of November 1847, the third of seven children. He began to also write short stories and in 1872 ‘The Crystal Cup’ was published. An interest in art developed and he co-founded the Dublin Sketching Club. Despite this busy life Stoker continued to write and these works paved the way for his most famous creation, published in 1897, ‘Dracula’. It is rightly recognised as one of the greatest horror novels of all time and although not the first with a theme of Vampires, it is undoubtedly the most well-known.

Abraham Stoker was born in Dublin, Ireland on the 8th of November 1847, the third of seven children. He began to also write short stories and in 1872 ‘The Crystal Cup’ was published.

The Lair of the White Worm was published in 1911, shortly before Bram Stoker’s death. Set in rural England, the novel follows Adam Salton, recently returned from Australia, who encounters a mysterious series of events, all of which seem to be connected to the legend of the white worm

Il romanzo si apre con Jonathan Harker che si reca in Transilvania presso il Castello del Conte Dracula per fargli firmare dei documenti per l'acquisto di una casa in Inghilterra. Si accorge subito che il conte ha qualcosa di sovrumano e di diabolico e soprattutto discutibili abitudini notturne ma nello stesso tempo ne è attratto e non riesce a fuggire. Così come tutti quelli che entrano in contatto con il conte e che vengono, inesorabilmente, coinvolti in un'avventura mostruosa.

Schon bald nach seiner Ankunft im Schloss des Grafen Dracula fallen dem jungen Anwalt Jonathan Harker merkwürdige Dinge auf. Groß ist sein Entsetzen, als sich der Graf als Vampir entpuppt. Die hypnotische Gewalt, die der Vampir über Frauen ausübt, die heimliche Leidenschaft für eine abweichende, nicht ausschließlich auf den Zweck der Fortpflanzung beschränkte Sexualität, der Vampirbiss in den Hals des weiblichen Opfers.

A masterpieces of horror literature, Dracula brilliantly evokes a nightmare world of vampires and vampire hunters and illuminates the dark corners of Victorian sexuality and desire. Count Dracula travels from his castle in the Carpathian Mountains to England on a ship in which the entire crew is lost. Upon his arrival, the count entrances Lucy Westenra and Mina Harker, both women doomed to become vampires—unless Jonathan Harker and Professor Abraham Van Helsing can stop the count.

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Dracula is a novel by Bram Stoker, published in 1897. As an epistolary novel, the narrative is related through letters, diary entries, and newspaper articles. It has no single protagonist but opens with solicitor Jonathan Harker taking a business trip to stay at the castle of a Transylvanian nobleman, Count Dracula. Harker escapes the castle after discovering that Dracula is a vampire, and the Count moves to England and plagues the seaside town of Whitby. A small group, led by Abraham Van Helsing, hunt Dracula and, in the end, kill him.

Dracula is a novel by Bram Stoker, published in 1897. As an epistolary novel, the narrative is related through letters, diary entries, and newspaper articles. It has no single protagonist but opens with solicitor Jonathan Harker taking a business trip to stay at the castle of a Transylvanian nobleman, Count Dracula. Harker escapes the castle after discovering that Dracula is a vampire, and the Count moves to England and plagues the seaside town of Whitby. A small group, led by Abraham Van Helsing, hunt Dracula and, in the end, kill him.

"Dracula's Guest" follows an Englishman (whose name is never mentioned) on a visit to Munich before leaving for Transylvania. It is Walpurgis Night, and in spite of the hotelier's warning to not return late, the young man later leaves his carriage and wanders toward the direction of an abandoned "unholy" village. As the carriage departs with the frightened and superstitious driver, a tall and thin stranger scares the horses at the crest of a hill.

The Mystery of the Sea, a mystery novel by Bram Stoker, was originally published in 1902. Stoker is best known for his 1897 novel Dracula, but The Mystery of the Sea contains many of the same compelling elements. It tells the story of an Englishman living in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, who meets and falls in love with an American heiress. She is involved with the intrigues of the Spanish-American War, and a complex plot involving second sight, kidnapping, and secret codes unfolds over the course of the novel.

The Lair of the White Worm is a horror novel by the Irish writer Bram Stoker. It was first published by Rider and Son of London in 1911 - the year before Stoker's death - with colour illustrations by Pamela Colman Smith. The story is based on the legend of the Lambton Worm. It has also been issued as The Garden of Evil.

Dracula is a novel by Bram Stoker, published in 1897. An epistolary novel, the narrative is related through letters, diary entries, and newspaper articles.In Dracula, Bram Stoker created one of the great masterpieces of the horror genre, brilliantly evoking a nightmare world of vampires and vampire hunters

Jonathan Harker, un uomo curioso e spavaldo, decide di percorrere un sentiero vietato verso un villaggio maledetto durante la notte di Valpurga. Prigioniero nel castello del Conte Dracula, si trova a fare la parte del topo in un crudele gioco che il Conte organizza con il suo ospite.

En español neutro, narración humana: El huésped de Drácula, La Squaw, La casa del Juez, El entierro de las ratas.

Die Gruselkabinett Hörspiel Box 5 beinhaltet die Geschichten: "Draculas Gast" und "Dracula" von Bram Stoker.

Die Gruselkabinett Hörspiel Box 1 beinhaltet die Geschichten: "Carmilla, der Vampir" von J.S. LeFanu, "Das Amulett der Mumie" von Bram Stoker, "Die Familie des Vampirs" von A.K. Tolstoi und "Das Phantom der Oper" von Gaston Leroux.

Die Gruselkabinett Hörspiel Box 9 beinhaltet die Geschichten: "Jagd der Vampire" von Barbara Hambly, "Das Schloss des weißen Lindwurms" von Bram Stoker und "Die Spinne" von Hanns Heinz Ewers.

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 ...