Books by Bram Stoker

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Book SynopsisJonathan Harker viaja a Transilvania para cerrar un negocio inmobiliario con un misterioso conde que acaba de comprar varias propiedades en Londres; al llegar, en el Paso de Borgo un siniestro carruaje lo recoge para llevarlo, acunado por el canto de los lobos, a un castillo en ruinas. Tal es el inquietante principio de una novela magistral que alumbró uno de los personajes más populares y poderosos de todos los tiempos, pues si hay un mito literario que haya cobrado vida propia, sin duda es el del conde Drácula, el arquetipo mismo del vampiro.Publicada en 1897, y recibida como perteneciente al género gótico, sus repercusiones han desbordado con creces el ámbito cerrado del género. Así, esta novela sorprende por su solidez y arquitectura: la ausencia del erudito narrador decimonónico, sustituido por el género epistolar, y la acumulación de materiales de primera mano confieren al relato una modernidad narrativa insólita en este tipo de obras, al mismo tiempo que la lenta progresión e

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Book SynopsisThe greatest actor of his day, Sir Henry Irving (1838â1905) thrilled audiences with his tragedy and melodrama, his Hamlet and Richard III, most famously at the Lyceum Theatre in London. Born John Henry Brodribb, he took the name Irving for his first professional stage appearance in 1856. A long and exhausting apprenticeship followed, during which he played some 700 roles in theatres up and down the country before establishing his reputation in 1871 in the psychological thriller The Bells. In 1878, he took over the Lyceum and here, with his business manager Bram Stoker (1847â1912) and actress Ellen Terry (rumoured to be his mistress), he became the theatrical icon of his age. This engaging two-volume tribute by Stoker, his closest friend, was first published in 1906. Volume 1 includes reminiscences of Irving's Shakespeare, performances of The Bells, Faust and Tennyson's plays, Ellen Terry's acting and his appearances in America.Table of ContentsPreface; 1. Earliest recollections of Henry Irving; 2. The old school and the new; 3. Friendship; 4. Honours from Dublin university; 5. Converging streams; 6. Joining forces; 7. The Lyceum productions; 8. Irving begins management; 9. Shakespeare plays - 1; 10. Shakespeare plays - 2; 11. Shakespeare plays - 3; 12. Shakespeare plays - 4; 13. Irving's method; 14. Art-sense; 15. Stage effects; 16. The value of experiment; 17. The pulse of the public; 18. Tennyson and his plays - 1; 19. Tennyson and his plays - 2; 20. Tennyson and his plays - 3; 21. Tennyson and his plays - 4; 22. Waterloo - King Arthur - Don Quixote; 23. Art and hazard; 24. Vandenhoff; 25. Charles Matthews; 26. Charles Dickens and Henry Irving; 27. Mr J. M. Levy; 28. Visits to America; 29. William Winter; 30. Performance at West Point; 31. American reporters; 32. Tours-de-force; 33. Christmas; 34. Irving as a social force; 35. Visits of foreign warships; 36. Irving's last reception at the Lyceum; 37. The voice of England; 38. Rival towns; 39. Two stories; 40. Sir Richard Burton; 41. Sir Henry Morton Stanley; 42. Arminius Vambéry.

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Book Synopsis"I went down into the vaults. There lay the Count!He was either dead or asleep, I could not say which - for the eyes were open and stony but without the glassiness of death."The classic gothic horror story, presented in a totally engaging way through the immensley powerful illustrations, while staying true to the original prose novel by utilising authentic text and dialogue.Designed to encourage readers to enjoy classical literature, titles in the Classical Comics range stay true to the original vision of the authors. They also offer alternative text versions to cater for different readership levels. This title has been moderately and sympathetically abridged from the original text to fit within the graphic novel format.

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Book SynopsisObra dotada de una fuerza y riqueza argumental y literaria digna de R. L. Stevenson, e imbuida del magnetismo tétrico y emotivo de su inolvidable Drácula. Su trama se ambienta en las brumosas y accidentadas costas escocesas, los fantasmas de los españoles fallecidos en la catástrofe de la Armada Invencible, caserones perdidos llenos de escondrijos y pasadizos secretos, un tesoro prodigioso oculto en una gruta submarina; amores encendidos y odios desatados; todo ello, rodeado siempre por la inmensidad misteriosa del mar, trágica y asesina en sus tempestades y traicioneros arrecifes; y en los dramas espantosos que ocultan sus aguas. Pese a su notable calidad, es la primera vez que esta novela de Stoker se publica en castellano.

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Book SynopsisMucho más que una novela gótica, Drácula es un ejercicio literario excepcional.Jonathan Harker viaja a Transilvania para cerrar un negocio inmobiliario con un misterioso conde que acaba de comprar varias propiedades en Londres. Después de un viaje plagado de ominosas señales, Harker es recogido en el Paso de Borgo por un siniestro carruaje que lo llevará, acunado por el canto de los lobos, a un castillo en ruinas. Tal es el inquietante principio de una novela magistral que alumbró uno de los mitos más populares y poderosos de todos los tiempos: Drácula.

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