The Complete Works of Bram Stoker

by Bram Stoker

This meticulously edited collection contains complete works by writer Bram Stoker, the pioneer in vampire fiction and the author of the novel Dracula. The edition includes all other supernatural horrors and gothic novels, as well as occult and supernatural short stories.
Contents:
Novels:
Dracula
The Snake's Pass
The Watter's Mou'
The Mystery of the Sea
The Jewel of Seven Stars
The Man (The Gates of Life)
The Lady of the Shroud
The Lair of the White Worm (The Garden of Evil)
The Primrose Path
The Shoulder of Shasta
Lady Athlyne
Miss Betty
Short Stories:
Under the Sunset
The Rose Prince
The Invisible Giant
The Shadow Builder
How 7 Went Mad
Lies and Lilies
The Castle of the King
The Wondrous Child
Snowbound: The Record of a Theatrical Touring Party
The Occasion
A Lesson in Pets
Coggins's Property
The Slim Syrens
A New Departure in Art
Mick the Devil
In Fear of Death
At Last
Chin Music
A Deputy Waiter
Work'us
A Corner in Dwarfs
A Criminal Star
A Star Trap
A Moon-Light Effect
Dracula's Guest & Other Weird Stories
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
Crooken Sands
Other Stories
The Red Stockade
The Dualists
The Crystal Cup
Buried Treasures
The Chain of Destiny
Our New House
The Man from Shorrox'
A Yellow Duster
The 'Eroes of the Thames
The Way of Peace
Greater Love
Lord Castleton Explains
The Seer
Midnight Tales
Famous Imposters
Bram Stoker (1847-1912) was an Irish author, best remembered as the author of the influential horror novel Dracula. Stoker spent several years researching European folklore and mythological stories of vampires. His Dracula became a part of popular culture and it established many conventions of subsequent vampire fantasy.

Genres: Horror, Fiction, Classics

91 pages, Kindle Edition

First published February 12, 2004

About the author

Irish-born Abraham Stoker, known as Bram, of Britain wrote the gothic horror novel Dracula (1897).

The feminist Charlotte Mathilda Blake Thornely Stoker at 15 Marino crescent, then as now called "the crescent," in Fairview, a coastal suburb of Dublin, Ireland, bore this third of seven children. The parents, members of church of Ireland, attended the parish church of Saint John the Baptist, located on Seafield road west in Clontarf with their baptized children.

Stoker, an invalid, started school at the age of seven years in 1854, when he made a complete and astounding recovery. Of this time, Stoker wrote, "I was naturally thoughtful, and the leisure of long illness gave opportunity for many thoughts which were fruitful according to their kind in later years."

After his recovery, he, a normal young man, even excelled as a university athlete at Trinity college, Dublin form 1864 to 1870 and graduated with honors in mathematics. He served as auditor of the college historical society and as president of the university philosophical society with his first paper on "Sensationalism in Fiction and Society."

In 1876, while employed as a civil servant in Dublin, Stoker wrote a non-fiction book (The Duties of Clerks of Petty Sessions in Ireland, published 1879) and theatre reviews for The Dublin Mail, a newspaper partly owned by fellow horror writer J. Sheridan Le Fanu. His interest in theatre led to a lifelong friendship with the English actor Henry Irving. He also wrote stories, and in 1872 "The Crystal Cup" was published by the London Society, followed by "The Chain of Destiny" in four parts in The Shamrock.

In 1878 Stoker married Florence Balcombe, a celebrated beauty whose former suitor was Oscar Wilde. The couple moved to London, where Stoker became business manager (at first as acting-manager) of Irving's Lyceum Theatre, a post he held for 27 years. The collaboration with Irving was very important for Stoker and through him he became involved in London's high society, where he met, among other notables, James McNeil Whistler, and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. In the course of Irving's tours, Stoker got the chance to travel around the world.

The Stokers had one son, Irving Noel, who was born on December 31, 1879.

People cremated the body of Bram Stoker and placed his ashes placed in a display urn at Golders green crematorium. After death of Irving Noel Stoker in 1961, people added his ashes to that urn. Despite the original plan to keep ashes of his parents together, after death, people scattered ashes of Florence Stoker at the gardens of rest.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bram_Stoker

Reviews

[Micah Lewter · Rating 4 out of 5]

I enjoyed this one quite a bit, though I read it off and on over the course of several years. I am thankful for the opportunity to read an author's entire works, and to see them tackle different subjects.

Stoker's most famous novel, of course, is Dracula, but it was interesting to read how varied he was in subject matter. Some romances, some horror stories, some moral tales; the range is quite varied.

However, this particular edition suffered from some very poor copy editing, especially in certain novels. It made the reading hard in some place. Also, the collection would have been improved by putting the works in chronological order, so we could study the author's progress. Also, a biography would have been good, as would some critical works (historic perspectives, literary notes, etc.).

Still, the collection was quite enjoyable. It was great to read some of his lesser known works.

[James · Rating 3 out of 5]

Bram Stoker, most well known for Dracula, I feel this is his best works. He also wrote other works around the Dracula/ Vampire theme which were also fun, humourous, well written. However, beyond such works, I feel that his other works were mediocre at best. Looking at 'Lair or the White Worm' for example, it started off which such great potential and it built up, built up to a great book, turn the page and it very quickly spiraled into a poorly thought out and planned work.

[Fred · Rating 4 out of 5]

Read Dracula, about 11% of the volume.
The novel is much better than the classic movie. Well worth reading and very enjoyable.

[Bee · Rating 3 out of 5]

Read:

Dracula's Guest - 3/5
The Burial of the Rats. Dec 22. - 3/5
The Judge's House - 3/5
The Lair of the White Worm. May 22. - 1/5