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- Primrose Path, 1875
- The Duties of Clerks of Petty Sessions in Ireland (nonfiction), 1879
- Under the Sunset, 1881
- A Glimpse of America (nonfiction), 1886
- The Snake's Path, 1890
- The Watter's Mou', 1895
- Dracula, 1897
- Miss Betty, 1898
- The Mystery of the Sea, 1902
- The Man, 1905
- Lady Athlyne, 1908
- Snowbound: The Record of a Theatrical Touring Party, 1908
- The Lady of the Shroud, 1909
- Famous Imposters (nonfiction), 1910
- Lair of the White Worm, 1911
- Dracula's Guest, 1914
A Good Place To Start
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Bram Stoker (1847 - 1912)
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I think it's safe to assume that Dracula is his most famous work, at least in modern times after the vampire craze and several movie versions. You might as well start there.
You have a few options as to how to get the book. You can download it for free, but what's the fun in that. I prefer isbn 0785800425 which is a collection of Dracula, Dracula's Guest and an unrelated story Lair of the
white Worm. In that set you get a good variety.
For sheer whimsy I also like isbn 0763625086 which is a liberal modernization of the story, slightly truncated. It's not the classic but the book is beautiful complete with blood soaked pages and creepy illustrations that fit the hastily written journal style of the book. A must for any Dracula fan, despite the re-write.
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Abraham "Bram" Stoker supplemented his income by writing a large number of sensational novels, his most famous being the vampire tale Dracula which he published in 1897. Before writing Dracula, Stoker spent eight years researching European folklore and stories of vampires. Dracula is an epistolary novel, written as collection of diary entries, telegrams, and letters from the characters, as well as fictional clippings from the Whitby and London newspapers.
Dracula has been the basis for countless films and plays. The two that most closely follow the plot of the original novel are Nosferatu (1922) and Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992). Nosferatu was produced while Stoker's widow was still alive, and the filmmakers were forced to change the setting and the names of the characters for copyright reasons.
Stoker wrote several other novels dealing with horror and supernatural themes, but none achieved the lasting fame or success of Dracula. His other novels include The Snake's Pass (1890), The Jewel of Seven Stars (1903), and The Lair of the White Worm (1911).
--Taken from the Wikipedia
mkiker2089 May 11th, 2006 04:37 PM PST