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Malcolm Malcolmson paid his three months' rent, got a receipt, and the name of an old woman who would probably undertake to "do" for him, and came away with the keys in his pocket. He then went to the landlady of the inn, who was a cheerful and most kindly person, and asked her advice as to such stores and provisions as he would be likely to require. She threw up her hands in amazement when he told her where he was going to settle himself.[R] ...

While sexual writing today is popular, it pales in comparison to the steamy and graphic, yet romantically inviting works authored during the 19th century. EROTIC TALES includes selections by such renowned authors as Emile Zola, Sir Richard Burton, Bram Stoker, Frank Harris, Charles Devereaux, and of course the inimitable Anonymous. A volume filled with passion with panache.

One of the most popular stories ever told, Dracula (1897) has been re-created for the stage and screen hundreds of times in the last century. Yet it is essentially a Victorian saga, an awesome tale of thrillingly bloodthirsty vampire whose nocturnal atrocities reflect the dark underside of a supremely moralistic age. Above all, Dracula is a quintessential story of suspense and horror, boasting one of the most terrifying characters in literatur...

Authentic music is combined with a new ballet score and various sound effects to create a gripping dramatization of this classic tale -- an undisputed masterpiece of horror writing.

Graf Dracula ist der Fürst der Vampire, ein blutsaugendes Gebilde, das zum Synonym des grauenerregenden Aberglaubens vom Vampirismus wurde. Bram Stoker, der irische Schriftsteller, hatte diese Figur in seinem 1897 erschienenen Roman »Dracula« zum Leben erweckt, ganz in der Tradition der englischen Gothic Novel.

Dieser Band versammelt sechs haarsträubende Schauergeschichten. In >Draculas Gast< verirrt sich ein kühner Engländer auf seinem Nachhauseweg nach München, und findet sich bei Nacht und Nebel auf einem Friedhof wieder. Der Reisende kommt mit dem Schrecken davon. Dieses Mal. Seine Geschichte wird in >Dracula< fortgeschrieben werden. In dem abgelegenen >Haus des Richters< sucht ein Student Ruhe für seine mathematischen Forschungen. Doch statt Ruh...

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Bram Stoker's 1897 Gothic shocker introduced Count Dracula to the world. He plans to wreak havoc on London, and only a small band of men and women, led by Professor Van Helsing, can defeat him. Dracula is the most famous of vampire stories, and remains a rattling good read. This edition includes the companion piece, 'Dracula's Guest'.