Opening this collection, now in a new paperback edition, is a terrifying encounter with a werewolf, a scene from an early draft of Dracula. Here, too, is The Squaw,"" Bram Stoker's most blood-curdling story, set in a medieval torture chamber. The theatrical world features in ""Death in the Wings,"" a tale of brutal revenge. Also included is the dramatic finale from the 1903 novel The Jewel of the Seven Seas, with its raising of a mummy from the dead, which so shocked Edwardian readers that it was later expurgated. These twelve stories all display the fascination with the strange and the gruesome that made Bram Stoker (1847-1912) a master of the macabre. ""Dracula author goes with the proven in this collection of horror stories.""--Library Journal.
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Peter Haining edits an excellent presentation of Stoker's lesser-known horror classics: tales which display the same talents which elevated Dracula to popular reading levels. From a medieval torture chamber to the rising of a mummy from the dead, this contains numerous satisfying tales. -- Midwest Book Review
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Bram Stoker was born in Dublin in 1847. After graduating from Trinity College he worked in the Irish Civil Service before becoming drama critic for the Dublin Mail. He became business manager of the English actor Sir Henry Irving in 1878 and began thereafter to publish novels and stories, mostly horror fiction, including Dracula. Peter Haining was a celebrated anthologist and the author of more than 60 non-fiction titles.
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Nice Collection of Stoker's Less Known,
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This is a really nifty collection of Stoker's lesser known works. I contains numerous short stories from different periods of his career as well as some from Sir Henry Irving.It also contains the original ending to "The Jewel of the Seven Stars." This portion alone is enough to purchase the book in my opinion. If you are a fan of Bram Stoker or like Victorian/Edwardian literature, this one is for you.
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