Resultados de "Bram Stoker" en Todas las categorias

"Crooken Sands" is a short story by Bram Stoker. It was first published in the UK in the December 1, 1894 issue of Holly Leaves the Christmas Number of The Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News, London. Mr Arthur Fernlee Markam, who took what was known as the Red House above the Mains of Crooken, was a London merchant, and being essentially a cockney, thought it necessary when he went for the summer holidays to Scotland to provide an entire rig-out as a Highland chieftain, as manifested in chromolithographs and on the music-hall stage.

This chilling collection includes: "The Romance of Certain Old Clothes" by Henry James, "The Shadow" by E. Nesbit, "Monsieur Anastasius" by Dinah Maria Mulock, "John Granger" by Mary Elizabeth Braddon and more.

"The Music of Erich Zann" by H. P. Lovecraft: the author himself considered the story to be one of his masterpieces, and it is often deservedly included in various horror-story collections. The second short story was written by Bram Stoker. Indeed, THAT Stoker who wrote the epistolary novel "Dracula" - the very first novel that dealt with a vampire legend. "The Judge's House" (written in 1914) completes the collection, and its strongest point is building the atmosphere of fear, which is underlined by excellent voices and music.

"Dracula's Guest" is one of the stories published only after Stoker's death, and even though Dracula is in the title, he will not make it into the story. Interestingly enough, Jonathan Harker, the actual guest - also does not appear. This short story is actually an original introduction to Dracula. It is a slightly altered version of a chapter of the novel that was discarded during preparations for print. The final story is "The Room in the Tower", by Edward Frederic Benson. Strange, unsettling atmosphere is present right from the beginning, and it intensifies via recurrent nightmares - right up to the shocking climax of the final scene.

This audiobook features "The Tenant of the Cedars" by Mary Elizabeth Penn - a story about the vengeance of the dead. Little is known of the author other than the fact that she was published in magazines in the late Victorian era. On the other hand, Bram Stoker (author of the famed novel "Dracula") is a legend in the horror world. This collection features Stoker's short story, "A Dream of Red Hands". The theme is crime and punishment, seasoned with a hint of redemption.

Dracula by Bram Stoker, with some dialogue of the vampires translated in Romanian by Ana Talos.

"Dracula" is an 1897 Gothic horror novel by Irish author Bram Stoker. It introduced the character of Count Dracula, and established many conventions of subsequent vampire fantasy. The novel tells the story of Dracula's attempt to move from Transylvania to England so that he may find new blood and spread the undead curse, and of the battle between Dracula and a small group of men and a woman led by Professor Abraham Van Helsing.

Four horror stories, over 30 hours of audio entertainment. Horror stories are intended to frighten, startle, and even disgust the listener. The tales of blood-sucking vampires, headless horsemen, hideous creatures, and transformed humans will leave you terrified yet compelled to listen to the next.

Stephen Norman is to inherit her father’s vast fortune and estate. She seeks to ask Leonard Everard (a wastrel) to marry her, but only to prove that she can ask a man to marry her and defy 19th-century convention which says a man can only ask a woman to marry. This sets into motion a showdown between two old rivals for her hand in marriage, as Harold An Wolf (a gentleman) is in love with her.

William Collins Books and Decca Records are proud to present ARGO Classics, a historic catalogue of classic fiction read by some of the world’s most renowned voices. Originally released as vinyl records, these expertly abridged and remastered stories are now available to download for the first...

Der Erfinder von Dracula, dem Fürsten der Vampire, schreibt eine Liebesgeschichte: So unheilbringend wie die stürmische See vor der Steilküste Cornwalls - so gefährlich ist die Rivalität zweier Freunde im Werben um eine Frau. Eigentlich hat das Los die Entscheidung gebracht. Doch der Verlierer wird binnen eines Jahres zum Mörder...

Der Mathematikstudent Malcomson zieht in ein altes, leerstehendes Haus ein. Schnell nimmt er merkwürdige Geräusche wahr. Durch Mäuse und Ratten aufgeschreckt, will er mehr von dem früheren Besitzer des Hauses erfahren und begibt sich somit in größte Gefahr.

Als Graf Dracula eine angesehene Anwaltskanzlei beauftragt, ein passendes Objekt für ihn in London zu kaufen, ahnt niemand, in was für ein Chaos London gestürzt werden soll. Vor allen Jonathan Harker begreift die Auswirkungen seines Aufenthalts in Transsilvanien nicht.

Als Jonathan Harker nach Transsylvanien reist, um Graf Dracula zu treffen, überkommen ihn schon bei der Ankunft in den Karpaten schlimme Vorahnungen. Graf Dracula zwingt Harker gegen seinen Willen, in seinem Schloss zu bleiben. Doch das wahre Grauen beginnt erst als er fliehen kann und nach London zurückkehrt. Denn sein unheimlicher Gastgeber hat sich schon auf dem Weg dorthin gemacht...

This spectacular and haunting version of Bram Stoker's Dracula stars Orson Welles and was performed in 1938. Between 1879 and 1889 Bram Stoker was business manager for the world-famous Lyceum Theatre in London, where he supplemented his income by writing a large number of sensational novels. This, perhaps his most famous tale about the vampire Dracula, was published in 1897.

A lawyer arrives in Transylvania to help a mysterious Count with the purchase of a house and sets in motion a chain of terrible events. Bruce Alexander captures the dread that suffuses Stoker’s infamous horror story. Johnathan Harker’s discovery at the Gothic castle and the series of nightmarish incidents back in England that it prompts will continue to frighten listeners.

Kuangkat tutup peti mati itu, dan apa yang kulihat membuat jiwaku menggigil oleh rasa takut. Count itu terbaring di situ, tapi ia seperti telah mendapatkan kembali separo masa mudanya, karena rambut dan kumisnya yang sudah putih berubah menjadi kelabu kehitaman. Bibirnya berlumuran darah segar yang menetes dari sudut-sudut mulutnya, dan mengalir ke dagu dan lehernya. Makhluk mengerikan itu boleh dikatakan memuntahkan darah. Ia terbaring bagaikan seekor lintah yang keletihan karena kekenyangan. Senyum mengejek yang terbayang di wajahnya yang membengkak itu membuatku amat marah.

Dr. Van Helsing and his accomplices begin the chase to track down the infamous vampire Count Dracula before he completes his quest of moving into England and further spreading the undead disease. Even with the garlic, the crosses, and the holy water, the Count manages to entrance a fellow lady vampire hunter and bring her to the undead side. An invincible foe Dracula may appear to be, but Van Helsing and his group will stop short not even to death itself until they have conquered the most notorious villain of all time.

Bram Stoker’s Dracula is the quintessential Gothic horror novel that introduced one of literature’s most iconic villains—Count Dracula. The story unfolds through diary entries, letters, and newspaper clippings as Jonathan Harker, a young solicitor, travels to Transylvania to assist Count Dracula with his estate purchase in England.

Drácula é um clássico da literatura de terror e apresenta por meio de cartas, diários e notícias os ataques do vampiro Conde Drácula a moradores de Londres e da Transilvânia. O romance epistolar marcou o gênero e, mesmo não sendo a primeira obra a retratar esse mito literário, definiu o que conhecemos hoje como vampiro, influenciando a literatura, o cinema e o teatro.