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Was it a living woman that stood by his side, or a dead body reanimated for the time or the occasion in some strange manner. ... Read more

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Very odd sort of story
I'm not going to waste a lot of space here as the previous reviewer did an admirable job of summarizing.This story starts out as "Dracula", turns into "A Princess of Mars" (although, not as well written), and then just fizzles and dies.Frankly, it would have been more satisfying if the author had ended it sooner.I almost get the impression that the original publisher refused to touch this unless Stoker went back and added the whole Dracula-ish part.

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The story opens with a woman in white, a shroud, in a coffin on the water.A fairly odd sort of a both, that one.A bit of a gothic type of story, here.

This is one of those tales where the odd woman that might be a vampire turns up at your doorway trying out for a full length wet t-shirt contest.However, she only wants help, as she and others have been in an accident.

The protagonist does have a psychic aunt though, for some reason.

(2.5 STARS) Not Exactly a Horror Novel: Stoker's Strange Book about Love and Valor in the Land of Blue Mountains
`The Lady of the Shroud,' written in 1909 by the author of `Dracula' has been an obscure title, and will remain so forever. The book opens with a stunning sequence with a mysterious lady in a small coffin floating off the coast of the Blue Mountain, fictional country in Balkan Peninsula. Clearly Bram Stoker wrote this surprise opening, part imitating Wilkie Collins's style. (`The Lady of the Shroud' is written in the style of assorted documents like `The Woman in White' and of course, `Dracula.')

However, the intriguing opening soon drifts into very lengthy and boring sequences about the reading of a will, which changes the life of young intrepid Rupert Sent Leger. Rupert inherits enormous amount of money on condition that he help the people of the Blue Mountain and the Balkan acquire the independence from the threatening power surrounding them.

[NOT EXACTLY A GOTHIC NOVEL] But how does the titular `Lady of the Shroud' fit in the story? The scanty Gothic elements are provided by the enigmatic woman who knocks on the window of the Castle of Vissarion in the middle of the night. The beautiful lady in white shroud, soaked to the skin, asks Rupert to allow her to stay in his room, and warm herself. Rupert, suspecting that she might be a vampire, lets her in, and finds himself attracted to the majestic beauty of the lady. But who is she?

The truths about the lady are far from convincing, even far less interesting than the three female vampires in the Castle Dracula. For all the inclusion of such items as deserted church, `second sight' of Rupert's aunt, and very ritualistic midnight marriage, you will be disappointed if you are looking for any occult element in this book. What little Gothic factor in the first part of the book is dispersed in the second half, in which you read, most incredibly, about battleships and aeroplanes. In spite of the unique topics used here, Bram Stoker never succeeds in incorporating these high-tech items into the story, and his bland prose is not imaginative enough to successfully envision the new world of the Balkan nation.

To be honest, I found most part of the book very boring. Stoker throws several interesting things into the book's story, but he doesn't seem to understand that reading about ten or more pages of the minutest (and dull) accounts of the fictional country's coronation ceremony can be hardly attractive. You just cannot do that if you started a book with the `Lady' in the floating coffin. I know it is cruel to say this, but if the book has a merit, it might be that it shows how Stoker failed to realize and re-create the successful formula that worked in `Dracula' written about ten years before. ... Read more

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New in paperback: The story of the mind behind the monster (and the monster within the mind)-a tale of obsession and hero worship in Victorian England.

"What a splendid subject to sink one's teeth into," raved the Washington Post. Here was a six-foot-two Irishman with a red beard-a Victorian family man, a spirited debater, and the author of novels and short stories largely forgotten today. All, of course, except for Dracula, which has enjoyed countless stage and screen incarnations and transformations and haunted the dreams of many generations. Bram Stoker lived at the very center of late-Victorian social and artistic life and numbered among his friends Oscar Wilde, Walt Whitman, Mark Twain, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Whistler, Gladstone, and Tennyson. But it was his relationship with the mesmerizing, domineering actor Henry Irving that may have played the most crucial role in Stoker's life-a real-life monster who ultimately led to Stoker's most famous creation. In this book that the Baltimore Sun called "superb," Barbara Belford draws on unpublished archival material to reveal the links between the reticent author's life, his vampire tale, and the political, occult, cultural, and sexual background of the 1890's. ... Read more

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A biography of Bram Stoker and Henry Irving
If you open a copy of Bram Stoker and the Man Who Was Dracula you can see that the title page mentions a completely different title: Bram Stoker - A Biography of the Author of Dracula. To my opinion this title is much more relevant to the content of the book.

Indeed Barbara Belford draws an interesting picture of the person behind that gothic masterpiece Dracula. Like most biographies its starts with a description the parents and the youth of Bram Stoker, but then quickly puts the focus on the period when he actually wrote Dracula. At that time Bram was the assistant to the famous actor Henry Irving and hardly got out of the shadows of that self-centred man. According to the author Bram's obsession with the actor drove him to create the character of Count Dracula. This truly is an interesting thesis, but Barbara never really succeeds in getting convincing evidence on the table. A lot of her reasoning depends on heavily circumstantial evidence and assumptions on the personality of a man's life that was minimally documented. The fact that Barbara uses this link as a golden thread through the book becomes by times a bit tedious.

Apart from this flaw, this biography truly gives the reader a better understanding of the person of Bram Stoker, and Henry Irving for that matter. But it goes further than that: it paints a comprehensive picture of late-Victorian social and artistic life, dominated by an unstoppable drive for change and progress. On the brink of the new 20th Century, Bram Stoker is clearly a child of its time. Not surprising that his circle of friends include Oscar Wilde, Walt Whitman, Mark Twain and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Barbara is well aware of this impact and drapes this subtly though her story.

Not a lot has been written on the life of Bram Stoker, but this book certainly helps fill in this gap. ... Read more

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"The Ultimate Collection" is proud to present the best stories, novels, poetry and narratives of the most famous authors. All editions have been thoroughly reworked with interactive table-of-contents for easy access to the various parts of the book and have been optimized for Kindle. This edition includes the following writings:

Dracula
Dracula's Guest
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The acclaimed Couture Classics with cover designs by Ruben Toledo have become collector's items in the worlds of literature, fashion, design, and popular culture.Now, Toledo's signature style graces the covers of three new Deluxe Editions of gothic literature greats-Jane Eyre, Dracula, and The Picture of Dorian Gray-capturing the haunting beauty, sensual horror, and decadence of these iconic tales.

Perfect additions to the first set of Couture Classics: Wuthering Heights, Pride and Prejudice, and The Scarlet Letter. ... Read more

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Bram Stoker was a larger-than-life individual with more than a hint of the Transylvanian Count in his personality. This groundbreaking new biography illuminates a multi-faceted man of enormous creativity, and presents Dracula in the context of Stoker’s life and entire fictional output. ... Read more

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Excellent Biography
I was surprised at the style of this bio -- not purely chronological, that's for sure!Murray takes us through Bram's life, but shows us so many "links" and connections to well-known people of the time that I wish more could be uncovered about this surprising writer.As a young man he and his family were friends of the Wilde's, and growing up with Oscar Wilde had to be a trip in itself.And yet Bram was also raised in conservatively Christian values, and as he matured he was extremely opposed to various forms of indecency, even to the point of favoring censorship.He and his wife had one child, apparently did not care for the 'baby experience,' and thereafter his wife supposedly was frigid as well.So what's a healthy guy to do, especially if he manages a popular London theatre (working around all those actors all day!) and is acquainted with an enormous number of society people of the day?Friend of Walt Whitman when he was a young man, friend of Mark Twain in mid-life, and friend of Winston Churchill near the end of his life.Writer, of course, of Dracula, but also several other gothic novels and stories.Oh yes, and Bram died from the effects of what was most probably syphillis.Stoker is a complex character in his own right, and my only dissatisfaction with the book is that Murray could not tell us more. ... Read more

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A casi cien años de haber visto la luz, el conde Drácula goza todavía de buena salud. Salido de la pluma de Bram Stoker, este personaje, que se mueve entre la ficción erótica y la fantasmagoría, ha cobrado una vida que excede largamente el marco de la literatura. El hombre vampiro es un tema fascinante, cuyas huellas se pueden rastrear hasta la Biblia. Sin embargo, habrá que esperar hasta 1897 para que el vampirismo se asocie a un nombre propio: Drácula. Inspirado en la persona del voivode Drakula, conocido en el siglo XV como brujo o hechicero de la Valaquia, la creación de Stoker alcanzó fama universal. Este elegante conde, cuyo alimento es la sangre tibia que bebe inclinado sobre el cuello de bellas mujeres, ha colmado con su fórmula de la inmortalidad la imaginación de miles de lectores. El cine y el teatro tampoco dejaron de sucumbir al magnetismo de esa fascinante criatura. Sin embargo, las versiones que se han hecho no reproducen fielmente la fuerza original de esta magnífica novela de terror. Leer el texto completo, en cambio, es reencontrarse con los miedos y fantasías más hondos de la humanidad, en una creación perdurable que justifica el éxito incesante que siempre acompa?a esta obra de Bram Stoker. ... Read more

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A rarely-seen vampire novel from Bram Stoker, author of DRACULA. ... Read more

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Some Familiar Territory, Some Novel Ideas. Always Lucid and Insightful.
As its sub-subtitle implies, "Dracula: The Novel and the Legend" is "a study of Bram Stoker's Gothic Masterpiece" for the student or interested reader who wants to delve further into the history, characters, and allegory of "Dracula". Clive Leatherdale is one of "Dracula"'s foremost scholars, having edited the most comprehensively annotated edition of the novel, and a publisher himself of Bram Stoker's other works. The 2001 edition of "The Novel and the Legend" is the 3rd edition, revised to incorporate new scholarship. The first edition was published in 1985, when there was a dearth of "Dracula" scholarship, and the novel was only beginning to acquire a following in academia.

"The Novel and the Legend" contains 13 chapters, five of which are dedicated to the historical and literary genesis of the novel: the origins of the vampire, the vampire in Christian Eastern Europe since the late Middle Ages, the vampire in literature in Western Europe during the Age of Reason, the life and works of Bram Stoker, and the cultural, folkloric, literary, and historical origins of the novel. Three chapters focus on character analyses. And the final five chapters explore a variety of allegorical interpretations of the work: the sexual imagery, a Freudian analysis, Christian allegory and Darwinian determinism, symbolism reflecting the Major Arcana in Tarot cards, and social, political, and racial perspectives on the novel, including 20th century interpretations.

Clive Leatherdale is a good writer who excels particularly in writing about Bram Stoker, about whom he is as much of an expert as anyone is going to get. I have read a lot of books that offer analysis of "Dracula"'s origins and allegories. Though the discussions of Eastern European folklore and 19th century vampire literature will not be new to "Dracula" aficionados, Leatherdale is especially insightful. The Major Arcana analysis is entirely new to me; I haven't seen it in any other book or article. "The Novel and the Legend" is an excellent companion volume for fans or students of "Dracula". It could not possibly be comprehensive, but it does hit the major points in "Dracula" studies with insight, sharp prose, and Clive Leatherdale's characteristic wit. ... Read more

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Beautiful retelling in Comic Book Format***Loved it
As a long-time fan of the Bram Stoker/horror genre, I was a bit skeptical that this was yet another retelling of this long-loved story. I was pleasantly surprised at the format (have never seen this story in such format) which seems Comic-book/frames. The glossy pages with beautifully rendered artwork makes this one of the favorite gifts I have received in a long time. Happy to have it in my collection.

Fernando Fernandez last legacies
A superb rendition and interpretation of this classic horror. One of the final artistic work by Mr. Fernandez before he left the comic field in 1990s to focus exclusively on paintings.

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at first glance looks fabulous, especially to me as i love watercolor art.
at second glance, script and framing could be better. aiming at creating suspense, authors killed all suspense.
the way frames and texting are arranged makes it hard to read and hard to see the art.
the art itself is pretty at first glance, but quite mushy at second.
watercolor is difficult technique, and in this case it could have been done better. some things you can't even make out, irregardless of the format of the albume (which is rather large).
so, the verdict is "eee.." neither entirely bad, nor good.
i could have lived without it. ... Read more

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When Jonathan Harker travels to Transylvania to meet with the mysterious Count Dracula, he ends up enslaved by the vampire who wants to learn about England. Leaving Harker for dead, Dracula travels to London where he begins to menace Harker's fiancee, Mina, and her beautiful friend, Lucy. After escaping from Dracula's castle, Harker returns to London where he meets Abraham Van Helsing who may have a way to destroy the blood-sucking monster! Ben Templesmith provides an all-new, full-color illustration for all 27 chapters of this classic horror novel. Originally published in 1897, Dracula is one of the best-selling and most influential novels of all time. ... Read more

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Dracula is Dracula
Well there is nothing new for me to add for this item. the name speaks for itself :D

but there is something that i want to add regarding the info about this item.
This is not a Graphical/Illustrated retelling of the novel. but a resolitication with a couple pinup style illustrations scattered in between pages.

my only dissapoinment was this. I expected an illustrated version of the novel.

so i am gonna rate it 2 star, since it is nothing more than umteeenth time publishing with a new cover and a couple of illustrations. (this is not an evaluation regarding the novel itself but only the presentation and description of the item)
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This is one of severaltitles in BarronÂ's series of Graphic Classics, famous literary works retold in graphic novel form for young readers. Wonderfully atmospheric color illustrations and fast-paced narratives will keep older boys and girls absorbed, and many students will be inspired to delve into the literary classics in their original versions. Count Dracula, the legendary vampire who is Lord of the Undead, departs from his castle in Transylvania and arrives in London, where he begins claiming new victims. Here is one of the most chilling horror tales ever told. ... Read more

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Great concept, very poor execution.
I collect graphic novels based on classic literature, so I had high hopes for this series by Barron's.In addition to Dracula, they've also published Treasure Island, Frankenstein, Kidnapped, Moby-Dick, and Journey to the Center of the Earth (maybe others I'm unaware of too).It's a really cool concept, making comic books out of literature that can otherwise be a bit dry and difficult to get through, especially for teenagers.I'm giving it 2 stars for the idea alone.Unfortunately, Barron's does it very poorly.I was highly disappointed when I received my copy of Dracula, and promptly removed all the others in this series from my wishlist.

The problem is that this isn't a comic book per se, it's more of a childish adaptation of the novel's text with large illustrations to go with it.You open the book and instead of seeing pages of artwork with dialogue balloons and perhaps a bit of boxed text, instead it's mostly typed text accompanied by color illustrations.The illustrations are done in comic book style, but they're pretty small and only account for maybe 1\4th of the page space.In a comic book I expect the artwork to cover the entire page with a minimum of explanatory text.

I realize that a graphic novel is not actually a comic book, but for all intents and purposes they're the same thing.A graphic novel should be mostly artwork; that is all that separates it from a regular novel that happens to be illustrated.I own graphic novel versions of The Hobbit and several other classics done by Marvel Illustrated (yes, the same Marvel famous for Superman et al) and those books are absolutely gorgeous -- full-color artwork that covers the entire page, on heavy paper with a gloss finish, and the dialogue is taken directly from the text of the original novel rather than adapted.That's another issue with this series from Barron's; not only is the "graphic" portion severely lacking, but the large amounts of text underneath each illustration isn't even text from the novel.It's more like a quick recap of what's going on, necessary because the illustrations are so small that you can't really understand the story by looking at the scenes in the artwork.

For example, the first page of Barron's Graphic Classics "Dracula" includes an illustration that's two inches square (I measured) and shows Johnathan Harker and another man.The man is saying, "Must you go?" and holding out a small chain with what I assume is a crucifix dangling on it, but the picture's so small to begin with that it's difficult to tell what the tiny object is supposed to be.There is nothing in the illustration to give a clue as to where the two men are; no scenery or background of any kind, it's just a blank illustration box with what might be the vague outline of a house behind the two men.It's a black and white outline, only there so that the illustration box wouldn't be completely white, I assume.The text underneath this says, "Johnathan reaches a gloomy old inn, where he asks for news of Dracula.The innkeepers shudder and insist on giving him a crucifix."I don't know about you, but in a graphic novel I'd sorta like to actually SEE the gloomy old inn, not just an incomplete drawing of two men speaking with typed text underneath to assure me that this conversation is in fact taking place in a gloomy old inn in Transylvania.The entire book continues this way; the illustrations are small and they don't tell the story at all, the way a comic should.Instead they're merely that, illustrations -- small pictures that contribute a brief glimpse of things that are being explained and described in the text.And the text itself is a recap of Dracula in 40 pages, without a single line of it taken from the original novel.

Very, very disappointing effort from Barron's.Save yourself the disappointment and buy the Marvel Illustrated graphic novels instead.You'll be extremely impressed. ... Read more

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In 1897, Archibald Constable & Company published a novel by the unheralded Bram Stoker. That novel, Dracula, has gone on to become perhaps the most influential novel of all time. To commemorate the centennial of that great novel, Carol Margaret Davison has brought together this collection of essays by some of the world's leading scholars. The essays analyze Stoker's original novel and celebrate its legacy in popular culture. The continuing presence of Dracula and vampire fiction and films provides proof that, as Davison writes, Dracula is "alive and sucking."

"Dracula is a Gothic mandala, a vast design in which multiple reflections of the elements of the genre are configured in elegant sets of symmetries. It is also a sort of lens, bringing focus and compression to diverse Gothic motifs, including not only vampirism but madness, the night, spoiled innocence, disorder in nature, sacrilege, cannibalism, necrophilia, psychic projection, the succubus, the incubus, the ruin, and the tomb. Gathering up and unifying all that came before it, and casting its great shadow over all that came and continues to come after, its influence on twentieth-century Gothic fiction and film is unique and irresistible."

-from the Preface by Patrick McGrath

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Set in the early nineteenth century, Bram’s fiction “The Lady of the Shroud” is full of mystical and super-natural elements. A brilliant presentation of a lady who appears always in a shroud, this work engrosses the readers. The Balkan lands are presented and a slight political touch is also given towards the end. Mesmerizing!

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In celebration of our history’s rich oral tradition of storytelling, we invite you to bring your flashlight up to your chin and get ready to make your listeners want to sleep with a nightlight. Through the Flashlight’s Beam is a collection of the very best scary story classics including some of the most popular characters in the history of suspense including Frankenstein, Dracula, and the Headless Horseman as well as a cast of other ghosts, vampires, and other beasts sure to delight and terrify readers of all ages. These are the ultimate horror all-stars by the most familiar names in fear including Edgar Allan Poe, Mary Shelley, Bram Stoker, H. P. Lovecraft, Washington Irving and more. Whether you intend to read these stories at bedtime for a spine tingling tale before sleep, to your class each October to get everyone in the mood for Halloween, or by flashlight around the campfire, we think you’ll find chills and thrills aplenty in these tales. This book is offered in durable hardcover to withstand years of use and features a laminated cover for easy wipe-off clean-up.This collection is free of offensive language and adult situations, though parental guidance is strongly suggested. ... Read more

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FUN around the campfire
We bought this book for my daughters birthday camp out, and it sure was fun scaring all of the little 9 year old girls!It wasn't too scary for most of them, and we had a good time! ... Read more