Dracula: 125th Anniversary Edition

For 125 years, Dracula has been thrilling and inspiring generations of readers. This is the classic vampire novel, reprinted along with Dracula’s Guest, once included in the manuscript of Dracula, plus an extended ending to the novel that was deleted from the final typescript.‘Significant to Dracula’s initial and enduring appeal are centuries-old myths of the vampire, which Bram presented as fact. While religion is the official gatekeeper for the afterlife, myth and folklore have always provided options to explain the otherwise unexplainable, and tales of the undead have abided as long as the dead themselves.’— From the introduction by Dacre StokerContains a new afterword by USA Today bestselling author Samantha Lee Howe looking at the interpretations and influence of Dracula in modern film and television adaptations.BRAM STOKER (1847-1912) is best known as the author of Dracula, published in 1897. The Irish author wrote a total of twelve novels in addition to four works of nonfiction and numerous short stories, essays, newspaper and magazine articles. For twenty-seven years, Bram also managed London's Lyceum Theatre for Sir Henry Irving.DACRE STOKER is the great grand-nephew of Bram Stoker. He manages the Stoker Estate and travels widely, giving presentations and talks on Dracula, vampires, Bram Stoker, and his extraordinary legacy. He is co-author of the bestselling official sequel to Dracula, Dracula the Un-Dead, co-author of the official prequel to Dracula, Dracul, and co-editor of The Lost Journal of Bram Stoker. Dacre currently lives in South Carolina.

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