Dracula

Informationen zum Autor Abraham Stoker was born near Dublin in 1847. He was virtually bedridden with an unidentified illness until the age of seven. After graduating from Trinity College, he followed his father into a career as a civil servant in Dublin castle, writing journalism and short stories in his spare time. In 1876 he met the actor Henry Irving and two years later became manager of Irving's Lyceum Theatre in London. Through Oscar Wilde's parents, Stoker met his wife Florence Balcombe. He wrote many books of which only Dracula (1897) is widely remembered. He died in 1912. Klappentext Sensual, dark and thrilling, Bram Stoker's Dracula remains the seminal work of Gothic fiction, and in this elegant edition, which includes an illuminating afterword by Jonty Claypole, readers can experience the horror and excitement as never before. Part of the Macmillan Collector's Library; a series of stunning, pocket-sized classics bound in real cloth with gold foiled edges and ribbon markers. These beautiful books make perfect gifts or a treat for any book lover When Jonathan Harker is summoned to Transylvania to finalize a property deal for the mysterious Count Dracula, he stumbles upon an ancient evil he is unprepared to face. When that evil escapes to England, the entire nation is suddenly under threat and only an aged vampire hunter, Professor Abraham Van Helsing, can put a stop to the bloodshed. An elegant gift edition of one of the greats of horror fiction Zusammenfassung An elegant gift edition of one of the greats of horror fiction

Product details

• Authors: Bram Stocker, Bram Stoker
• Publisher: Macmillan
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: from age 18
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 14.07.2016
• EAN: 9781909621626
• ISBN: 978-1-909621-62-6
• No. of pages: 528
• Dimensions: 105 mm x 157 mm x 25 mm
• Series: Collector's Library; Macmillan Collector's Library; Collector's Library; Macmillan Collector's Library; Collector's Library; Collector's Library; Monsters and Misfits
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Gothic, FICTION / Horror, FICTION / Gothic, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, Hallowe’en, Narrative theme: displacement, exile, migration, Classic horror & ghost stories, Hallowe?en, Classic horror and ghost stories, Epistolary fiction, Narrative theme: Journeys and voyages