Bram Stoker

Broschiertes Buch

Dracula

Beschreibung

"I am longing to be with you, and by the sea, where we can talk together freely and build our castles in the air." The English solicitor, Jonathan Harker, travels to a castle in the Carpathian Mountains to see the Transylvanian noble, Count Dracula. At first, Harker is intrigued by the eccentric count, but as more mysterious and terrifying events occur, he realizes he's now a prisoner in the castle. When Dracula leaves Harker behind and travels to England, Harker's beloved fiancé Meena and her friend Lucy Westenra are put in grave danger, and a group of adversaries, led by the vampire hunter Abraham van Helsing, must do whatever it takes to stop Dracula. Featuring one of the most famous vampires in literature, Dracula is considered a masterpiece of the horror genre.

Autor

Bram Stoker (1847-1912) was an Irish author who was better known in his lifetime for his association with Sir Henry Irving, the most famous actor of his day. Born and raised in Dublin, Stoker graduated with honors in mathematics from Trinity College. He then joined his father in the Irish Civil Service at Dublin Castle, where he worked for the next eight years. During that time he became an unpaid drama critic for the Dublin Evening Mail and began his writing career. His first story, "The Crystal Cup," appeared in 1872; his first novel, The Primrose Path, was published in 1875. In 1876 he met Henry Irving after publishing a favorable review of Irving's Hamlet at the Theatre Royal in Dublin. In 1878 he became Irving's personal assistant and business manager of Irving's Lyceum Theatre-a post he maintained until Irving's death in 1905. In all, Stoker published some eighteen books before his death, Dracula being by far his most enduring work.

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Produktdetails

• Legend Classics
• Verlag: Legend Press Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 464
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Mai 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 198mm x 129mm x 27mm
• Gewicht: 322g
• ISBN-13: 9781787198302
• ISBN-10: 1787198308
• Artikelnr.: 52610683