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Old Roger Melton has died, leaving behind one of the greatest fortunes in Europe. His arrogant relative Ernest Melton expects to be the heir, but, much to the family's surprise, Roger leaves his vast estate to his obscure young nephew, Rupert Sent Leger. But Rupert's newfound wealth comes with strange conditions attached, one of which is that he must inhabit the old castle of Vissarion in the remote Balkan nation known as the Land of the Blue Mountains.

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Rats and mice, and beetles and creaky doors, and loose slates, and broken panes, and stiff drawer handles, that stay out when you pull them and then fall down in the middle of the night...Rats is bogeys, I tell you, and bogeys is rats, and don't you get to think anything else! Ghosts, vampires, werewolves and even rats, all make an appearance in this collection of frighteningly good classic stories from Bram Stoker, Charles Dickens, Rudyard Kipling and more!

Dive into Bram Stokers debut novel, Primrose Path, originally serialized in The Shamrock magazine in 1875. Long before he captivated readers with Dracula, Stoker crafted a poignant tale of the OSullivans, a joyful Irish family who abandon their simple Dublin life in pursuit of Jerry OSullivans dream of becoming a theatrical carpenter in London. Joined by his devoted wife, Katey, their journey quickly turns into a harrowing saga as they confront the harsh realities of urban life. The squalor and moral decay of the city threaten to unravel their happiness, leading to a series of heartbreaking ...

El abogado inglés Jonathan Harker se despide de su prometida Mina para realizar un viaje de negocios a Transilvania, donde vive el Conde Drácula. Nunca imaginó que quedaría atrapado en el remoto Castillo a merced de extrañas criaturas que lo llevarán a la locura. Mientras que Mina espera su regreso en casa de su bella amiga Lucy, llega un barco a Londres procedente del Bósforo con un extraño pasajero, El Conde Drácula. De pronto la pobre Lucy comienza a sufrir una extraña enfermedad, en su cuello han aparecido dos extraños orificios que intrigan al doctor Seward, quien pide consejo al afamado doctor Abraham Van Helsing.

Chills race up and down young solicitor Jonathan Harker's spine as he enters the eerie castle of a Transylvanian count. His host, Count Dracula, is a curious creature who becomes enamored with the photograph of Harker's fiancée, Mina. Dracula decides he must find the enchanting Mina and have her as his own.

In 1897, at the age of 50, Bram Stoker was touring manager to the actor Henry Irving and was enjoying a modest success as a journalist and writer. Publication in that year of Dracula was to bring him international and lasting fame.

Step into the haunting world of Bram Stokers Dracula, published in 1897, a pivotal work in the Gothic horror genre that predates it with a rich tapestry of eerie tales. Presented in an epistolary format, the narrative unfolds through the journals and letters of its main characters. At its heart lies the chilling tale of Count Dracula, the oldest and most malevolent of vampires, who sets his sights on England, intent on expanding his dark legacy. A band of five determined friends rises to confront him, ultimately driving him back to his ominous castle in Transylvania. While the story itself is ...

Before Twilight and True Blood, only one vampire commanded “the children of the night". In this bloodthirsty tale of unholy terror, Count Dracula slips into Victorian London with a cargo of his native Transylvanian soil - so he can rest between victims. The city seems helpless against his frightful power, and only one man, Dr. Van Helsing, can stop the carnage. But to do this, he must uncover the vampire’s lair and pierce his heart with a wooden stake.

A história gira em torno de um jovem que, ao encontrar uma cigana misteriosa, se vê envolvido em uma profecia perturbadora. A cigana faz uma série de declarações vagas, mas carregadas de uma sensação de fatalismo, criando um clima de tensão e suspense. O conto é marcado pelo caráter inquietante e sombrio da profecia, que se torna cada vez mais relevante à medida que o protagonista tenta lidar com a situação e compreender se a profecia se concretizará ou não.

No litoral selvagem da Cornualha, dois amigos de infância viram rivais disputam Sarah — e a decisão do romance é entregue ao acaso, numa moeda e num pacto de "um ano". Quando o prazo se aproxima e o mar começa a dar sinais de mau presságio, a promessa vira obsessão… e Pencastle passa a esperar a "vinda" de Abel Behenna como quem teme uma conta que ainda vai ser cobrada.

Powers of Darkness is an incredible literary discovery. In 1900, Icelandic publisher and writer Valdimar Asmundsson set out to translate Bram Stoker's world-famous 1897 novel Dracula. Called Makt Myrkranna (literally, 'Powers of Darkness'), this Icelandic edition included an original preface written by Stoker himself. Makt Myrkranna was published in Iceland in 1901 but remained undiscovered outside of the country until 1986, when Dracula scholarship was astonished by the discovery of Stoker's preface to the book.

Bram Stoker was an Irish author, and Dracula is his most famous book. Dracula was published in 1897. It was not the first vampire novel. For example, it draws on Carmilla by Sheridan Le Fanu, who at one time was Stoker's employer in Dublin. But Dracula is without doubt the most famous vampire novel. It is narrated here by Tony Walker, producer and narrator of The Classic Ghost Stories Podcast.

A menacing tale from one of the masters of horror fiction! If you only know Bram Stoker for his novel Dracula then be prepared for some chilling nights shivering in the candlelight. This is truly one of the most frightening haunted house stories you will ever hear. Enjoy!

Sixteen thrilling and chilling stories by some of the greatest writers of horror and the supernatural.

Relatos fantásticos de gatos y trenes es un intento por reivindicar a dos criaturas que por frecuentación o excesiva confianza solemos rebajar a simples arquetipos. Los gatos y los trenes ocupan un lugar privilegiado en este libro, y no justamente por asociaciones caprichosas sino por astucias mutuas, por sincronías, por merodeos cómplices en la noche. Los narradores clásicos incluidos evidencian un destino que pocos han logrado eludir: es imposible escribir un relato habitado por felinos o ferrocarriles sin que el misterio sea el verdadero protagonista.

Dracula is an epistolary novel, written as a collection of realistic but completely fictional diary entries, telegrams, letters, ship's logs, and newspaper clippings, all of which added a level of detailed realism to the story, a skill which Stoker had developed as a newspaper writer.

Enter, dear listener, and wander the shadowed halls of The Bram Stoker Library - a place where candlelight flickers upon forgotten pages and every whisper carries the echo of the uncanny. Here, the great tales of terror, mystery, and dark romance are read in full, as though drawn from an age-worn journal discovered at midnight. From ancient castles to haunted seas, each episode invites you to sit by the fire and hear the words as they were meant to be heard: slow, immersive, and deliciously strange. Open the parchment, still your breath, and step beyond the veil into the Gothic imagination.

Frederick Jaeger stars in a BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation of the legend that has haunted the imagination of millions for over a hundred years! Summoned to the forbidden heart of the Carpathian mountains, in the depths of Transylvania, Jonathan Harker journeys to Castle Dracula. There he becomes the unwitting prisoner of the mysterious nobleman whom local legend insists is nosferatu, the vampire…

Tom Hiddleston ( The Night Manager) stars as Jonathan Harker, with David Suchet ( Poirot) as Dracula in Liz Lochhead's powerful BBC radio adaptation of the classic novel by Bram Stoker. When solicitor Jonathan Harker sets off for Transylvania to sell the mysterious Count Dracula a Gothic mansion, his bride-to-be, Mina, begs him to stay - to no avail. But on arrival at Dracula's castle, deep in a black forest surrounded by wolves, Harker wishes he had listened to his fiancée.