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Adam Salton pasó casualmente por el Empire Club de Sydney y se encontró con una carta de su tío abuelo. Poco menos de un año antes había tenido noticias del anciano caballero, Richard Salton, revelándole su parentesco y asegurándole que no había podido escribirle más pronto a causa de sus enormes dificultades en dar con el paradero de su sobrino nieto. Adam quedó muy complacido y respondió cordialmente; a menudo había oído a su padre hablar de la rama más antigua de la familia con quienes él y los suyos habían perdido el contacto hacía mucho tiempo. Había comenzado una interesante correspondencia. Adam abrió apresuradamente la carta que acababa de llegar, que contenía una amable invitación para instalars en Lesser Hill con su tío abuelo tanto tiempo como le fuera posible. «Verdaderamente, escribía Richard Salton, espero que se establezca aquí permanentemente. Usted sabe, mi querido muchacho, que nosotros somos los últimos descendientes de nuestra estirpe y sería conveniente que usted me sucediera cuando llegue el momento. En este año de 1860 voy a cumplir los ochenta y aun cuando nuestra familia es longeva, mi vida no puede prolongarse más allá de límites razonables. Estoy dispuesto a quererle y a proporcionarle un hogar junto a mí todo lo feliz que usted desee. Por lo tanto, venga tan pronto como reciba esta carta y compruebe la bienvenida que espero darle. Por si le facilitase las cosas, le envío una libranza bancaria de doscientas libras esterlinas. Venga pronto y podremos gozar juntos de algunos días felices. Si está a su alcance concederme el placer de su visita, envíeme lo antes posible una carta diciéndome cuándo debo esperarlo. Cuando llegue usted a Plymouth o Southampton, o a cualquier puerto a que esté destinado, espere a bordo, que me uniré a usted lo más pronto posible»

Abraham Stoker, known as Bram Stoker, was an Irish author who is celebrated for his 1897 gothic horror novel Dracula. This book includes some of Stoker's most famous stories, namely, "Dracula's Guest," "The Judge's House," "The Squaw," "The Secret of the Growing Gold", "A Gipsy Prophecy," "The Coming of Abel Behenna," "The Burial of the Rats," "A Dream of Red Hands" and "Crooken Sands". Dracula's Guest is a short story by Bram Stoker, first published in the short story collection Dracula's Guest and Other Weird Stories (1914).

"I hope this adaptation will introduce new readers to Stoker's great novel."-Gary Reed"It was a treat to draw this book. I'm really glad I got the chance to take a stab at Dracula."-Becky CloonanWhen Englishman, Jonathan Harker is sent to Transylvania to visit his client, the mysterious nobleman Count Dracula, he uncovers the terrifying secret of his host. Dracula is a vampire, an immortal creature who feeds off of the blood of the living. And Dracula is moving to England in search of fresh victims to satisfy his bloodlust. At the top of his list is Harker's own fiancée, the beautiful Mina Murray. Suddenly Harker finds himself in a race against time to stop Dracula before it's too late. But how do you kill a monster that is already dead? Set an a world of innocence threatened by unspeakable horror, this is an all-new-suspense-filled graphic novel adaptation of the benchmark horror novel.

Beyond the genre-defining influence of Dracula, Bram Stoker was also a master of the short story form. This new collection of the author's tales represents his diverse interests in the macabre and uncanny.

Irish author Bram Stoker's horror book, The Jewel of Seven Stars, was initially made available by Heinemann in 1903. The story is a first-person narrative of a young guy who becomes involved in an archaeologist's scheme to bring Queen Tera, an Egyptian mummy, back to life. At the request of his daughter Margaret, renowned Egyptologist Abel Trelawny summons Malcolm Ross to his home. Malcolm observes that others in the room are affected by the "mummy scent," which is there due to the abundance of Egyptian artifacts in Margaret's room. The doctor believes Silvio is to blame for the scratch wounds on Abel's elbow since a huge mommy cat bothers Margaret's cat. Corbeck describes his journey to Egypt with Trelawny in search of the tomb containing the sarcophagus. He thinks that by opening the coffer, some magic will be released, reviving the mummy and reawakening Tera's spirit. According to Trelawny, ancient Egyptians possessed contemporary scientific knowledge, such as the discovery of radium and the invention of electricity. Malcolm worries about the impact on religion if the power of the ancient Egyptian gods is proven. As the lamps are lit, the coffer begins to glow, emitting a green vapor that passes into the sarcophagus. Suddenly, a storm shatters a window, blowing vapor around the room.

A cuyo fin permítaseme enumerar a los distintos miembros de su familia y explicar algunas de sus ocupaciones e idiosincrasias. Mi padre, Ernest Halbard Melton, era hijo único de Ernest Melton, primogénito de sir Geoffrey Halbard Melton, de Humcroft, condado de Salop, en sus tiempos juez de paz y presidente de la audiencia territorial. Mi bisabuelo, sir Geoffrey, había heredado una pequeña propiedad de su padre, Roger Melton. Por cierto, en su época el nombre se deletreaba Milton, pero mi tatarabuelo cambió la i de la primera sílaba por una e, como quiera que era un hombre práctico muy poco dado al sentimentalismo, y para que la opinión pública no lo confundiera con otros miembros de la familia de cierto individuo radical llamado Milton, que escribió poesía y fue una especie de funcionario en tiempos de Cromwell, mientras que nosotros somos conservadores. El mismo espíritu práctico que originó el cambio de ortografía en el apellido lo empujó también a meterse en negocios. Así, siendo aún joven, se hizo curtidor. A tal fin utilizó los estanques y arroyos así como los bosques de acacias de su propiedad, sita en Torraby, Suffolk, Como le fueron bien los negocios, amasó una fortuna considerable, parte de la cual destinó a la compra de las tierras de Shropshire, que dejó en heredad con vínculo inalienable y de las que yo soy heredero por línea directa.

Bram Stoker: Dracula | Neuerscheinung 2023, neu editiert, mit zahlreichen erläuternden Fußnoten | Jonathan Harker, ein aufstrebender junger Rechtsanwalt aus London, wird für einen lukrativen Auftrag nach Transylvanien (Siebenbürgen, heute Teil Rumäniens) gerufen: Er soll einen reichen Adeligen bei der Umsiedlung nach England unterstützen. Doch nach kurzer Zeit merkt Harker: Er hat es mit einem hochintelligenten, aber grauenhaften Untoten, einem Vampir zu tun, der von Menschenblut lebt und sich mit verlockend schönen, aber ebenso abscheulichen Gespielinnen umgibt. In Harkers Heimatstadt London, einer der damals größten Metropolen der Welt, wartet eine unendliche Schlachtbank ahnungsloser und hilfloser Menschen auf den blutrünstigen Grafen, der offenbar nicht aufzuhalten ist ... | Dieser berühmteste aller Vampir-Romane wurde in rund 45 Sprachen übersetzt und unzählige Male verfilmt und anderweitig adaptiert.

Bistritz, 3 de mayo. Salí de Münich a las 8:35 de la noche del primero de mayo, llegué a Viena a la mañana siguiente, temprano; debí haber llegado a las seis cuarenta y seis; el tren llevaba una hora de retraso. Budapest parece un lugar maravilloso, a juzgar por lo poco que pude ver de ella desde el tren y por la pequeña caminata que di por sus calles. Temí alejarme mucho de la estación, ya que, como habíamos llegado tarde, saldríamos lo más cerca posible de la hora fijada. La impresión que tuve fue que estábamos saliendo del oeste y entrando al este. Por el más occidental de los espléndidos puentes sobre el Danubio, que aquí es de gran anchura y profundidad, llegamos a los lugares en otro tiempo sujetos al dominio de los turcos. Salimos con bastante buen tiempo, y era noche cerrada cuando llegamos a Klausenburg, donde pasé la noche en el hotel Royale. En la comida, o mejor dicho, en la cena, comí pollo preparado con pimentón rojo, que estaba muy sabroso, pero que me dio mucha sed. (Recordar obtener la receta para Mina). Le pregunté al camarero y me dijo que se llamaba "paprika hendl", y que, como era un plato nacional, me sería muy fácil obtenerlo en cualquier lugar de los Cárpatos. Descubrí que mis escasos conocimientos del alemán me servían allí de mucho; de hecho, no sé cómo me las habría arreglado sin ellos.

When friends Mina and Lucy take a much-awaited trip, they come across an eerie and supernatural mystery. What is this creature of the night? Trade in horror for the most adorable Count Dracula we've seen in his 124-year history! Sneak a glimpse of the iconic vampire's eerie castle and bat friends in Transylvania in this must-have board book edition of Bram Stokers's classic Dracula. With foil on the cover and engaging illustrations throughout, Baby's Classics: Dracula is a delightful addition to baby's first storytime collection! Can you catch the Count and discover his secret? Written with baby in mind, this gothic retelling promises to delight parents and kids alike. From Starry Forest Books, Baby's Classics will delight your little one with the world's best stories. Collect them all!

"Old Hoggen had disappeared: and murder was naturally suspected."At the time of his death in 1912, Bram Stoker was preparing for publication three volumes of stories. The first, Dracula's Guest, saw print in 1914; the second and third never manifested. Old Hoggen and Other Adventures is a tantalising possibility of one of these unrealised selections, and the stories in this volume span the author's entire career. In reading them, one thing becomes clear: adventure and mystery rival even the gothic in Stoker's literary heart. And yet, one will find among these pages many of the same themes found in Dracula: reverence for the dead, the malice of wicked men, black humour, hidden fortunes, daring bravery, exotic locales, a deep love of the sea, and the creeping intrusion of the supernatural.

This academic edition contains the complete, unabridged, original text beautifully formatted and easy to read. Comes with study aids created by two high school teachers. Features chapter synopses and reading comprehension questions. There is also a section on Vlad the Impaler and how he relates to this book.The book begins with a humorous and honest foreword by Vinnie Corbo. His foreword helps set the tone for approaching and understanding the value of this book.The book itself has been professionally designed to give the respect that a classic of this nature deserves. Great for teachers, students and parents.

Bram Stoker wrote a short story named "Dracula's Guest." A young Englishman is followed in "Dracula's Guest" as he travels to Transylvania. The young guy subsequently leaves his carriage and walks off, disregarding the hotel owner's advice to arrive on time. After a few hours, it starts to snow as he approaches a barren valley; as a dark storm intensifies, he seeks refuge in a forest of cypress and yew trees. Soon, the moonlight reveals his location as a cemetery, and he finds himself in front of a marble tomb with a huge iron spike embedded in the roof. The Englishman's problems are still far from over. As he slowly comes to his senses after the ordeal, he experiences a feeling of disgust that he associates with a warm sensation in his chest and the licking of his throat. The horsemen who first discover the Englishman unconscious in a tomb describe him as an animal that is "a wolf-and yet not a wolf." Additionally, they observe that blood is on the tomb while his neck is unblooded. When the men later return the Englishman to his hotel, they tell him that it was none other than his eager host Count Dracula who had sent a telegram warning the Maître d'hôtel of "dangers from snow and wolves and night."

The Lair of the White Worm is a horror novel written by the Irish writer Bram Stoker. It was first published by Rider and Son of London in 1911 - the year prior to Stoker's demise. The story is based on the legend of the Lambton Worm and the book has been issued as The Garden of Evil.The protagonist, Adam Salton is contacted by his uncle, Richard Salton, who needs to make his beneficiary of his estate. He quickly finds himself in the middle of mysterious events, with Sir Nathaniel de Salis as his assistant. The White Worm is a huge snake-like animal dwelling profound under Arabella's home in Diana's Forest. Sir Nathaniel is a Van Helsing-type character who needs to chase down Arabella, who he accepts, with expanding conviction.Adam and Sir Nathaniel start to think that Arabella is at real fault for different wrongdoings and that she needs to kill Mimi Watford. Sir Nathaniel accepts the White Worm plummets from winged serpents, who exchanged actual power for tricky. The Worm climbs from its pit and looks to go after Adam and Mimi Watford. Adam can thwart Arabella's different endeavors to kill Mimi. Arabella offers to sell Diana's Woods, which Adam purchases determined to obliterate the Worm.

In this intriguing literary fragment an English visitor to southern Germany suffers a terrifying ordeal.