Классическая зарубежная проза на английском языке — Bram Stoker

Bram Stoker (1847-1912) was an Irish novelist, best known today for his universally famous gothic novel "Dracula," the main villain of which is still one of the most popular antagonists in the modern media. "The Watter's Mou'" is Bram Stoker's third novel. It is an adventure romance about Maggie MacWhirter and her lover, young coast guard officer William Barrow who is bound by duty to stop his girlfriend's father and other local fishers from smuggling. Torn between her love for the coastguard...

Bram Stoker (1847—1912) was an Irish novelist, best known today for his universally famous gothic novel "Dracula", the main villain of which is still one of the most popular antagonists in the modern media. The novel "The Mystery of the Sea" tells the story of Archibald Hunter, an Englishman from Aberdeenshire, Scotland, who meets and falls in love with an American heiress Marjory Drake. She is involved with the intrigues of the Spanish-American War, and all of a sudden, Archibald becomes a...

Bram Stoker (1847—1912) was an Irish novelist, best known today for his universally famous gothic novel "Dracula", the main villain of which is still one of the most popular antagonists in the modern media. As a horror novel, "The Jewel of Seven Stars" tells the story of Malcolm Ross, a young barrister, dragged into the house of famous Egyptologist Abel Trelawny to participate in a strange plot with a mysterious purpose. Soon he discovers that the goal of Abel Trelawny is to revive Queen Tera,...

Брэм Стокер - ирландский писатель XX века, признанный мастер коротких рассказов, чьи произведения остаются популярными и актуальными и по сей день. "Дракула" - самый известный готический роман, оказавший исключительное влияние на создание и популяризацию "вампирского мифа". Это увлекательная история о выносливости, силе жертвенности и взаимопомощи, о важности духовной силы и стойкости в те моменты, когда кажется, что ночь особенно черна... Читайте зарубежную литературу в оригинале!

Dracula (a Gothic horror novel, first published in 1897) tells the story of the vampire Count Dracula's attempt to move from Transylvania to England so that he may find new blood and spread the undead curse, and of the battle between Dracula and a small group of men and women led by Professor Abraham Van Helsing.

Bram Stoker (1847-1912) was an Irish novelist, best known today for his universally famous gothic novel "Dracula", the main villain of which is still one of the most popular antagonists in the modern media. "The Lady of the Shroud" is a gothic novel that tells the story of Rupert Saint Leger. He inherits an estate worth more than one million pounds, but on one condition: he must live for a year in his uncle's castle in the Land of the Blue Mountains, near the Dalmatian coast However, one night,...

Jonathan Harker travels to Transylvania to conclude some real estate business with Count Dracula. Despite the locals warnings, he arrives at his destination and after a few days realises he is effectively the prisoner of what had first seemed like a highly educated gentleman. As time passes he suspects there is something supernatural about the Count. He attempts his escape, and soon those close to him (his fiancee Mina & her friend Lucy) begin to have strange experiences. Van Helsing arrives to...

'The worst parts were the great masses of flesh of the monstrous Worm, in all its red and sickening aspect... The sight was horrible enough, but, with the awful smell added, was simply unbearable. The Worm's hole appeared to breathe forth death in its most repulsive forms.' Here are two great, neglected horror novels by Bram Stoker, author of Dracula, together in one volume for the first time. It is a double treat for lovers of blood-curdling fantasy fiction. The Lady of the Shroud, published...

Three strange and frightening short stories by the author of Dracula. - Extra grammar and vocabulary exercises - Points for Understanding comprehension questions - Free resources including worksheets, tests and author data sheets at Macmillan Readers website - Audio CD/download available for this title. Retold by John Davey.

HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics. 'But it was not only the heart-rending sound that almost paralysed poor Mimi with terror. What she saw was sufficient to fill her with evil dreams for the remainder of her life...' At the estate of Castra Regis in Derbyshire, mystery lurks in the woods, a place where snakes dwell and murderous deeds take place in the darkness. The behaviour of local residents Arabella March and Edgar Caswall further arouse...

Bram Stoker (1847-1912) was an Irish novelist, best known today for his universally famous gothic novel "Dracula", the main villain of which is still one of the most popular antagonists in the modern media. This volume is a collection of chilling horror fiction including the title tale "Dracula's Guest" and other wonderful stories like "The Judge's House", "The Squaw" and "The Secret of the Growing Gold".

When Jonathan Harker visits Transylvania to help Count Dracula with the purchase of a London house, he makes horrifying discoveries about his client and his castle. Soon afterwards, a number of disturbing incidents unfold in England: an unmanned ship is wrecked at Whitby; strange puncture marks appear on a young woman's neck; and the inmate of a lunatic asylum raves about the imminent arrival of his 'Master'. In the ensuing battle of wits between the sinister Count Dracula and a determined group...

Jonathan Harker travels to Transylvania to see a local nobleman, Count Dracula. Jonathan realises that things are not what they seem at Castle Dracula and, before he knows it, his nightmare begins. Soon Jonathan and his friends and family are battling for their lives against the terrible Count in a race of good against evil that will bring them from Transylvania to London and across Europe once more to the Black Sea. Can Jonathan and his friends destroy Dracula? Recording in British English.

Dracula (1897) begins with a young solicitor, Jonathan Harker, on his way to Transylvania to meet Count Dracula, who is buying property in London. Harker endures a nightmarish stay at Dracula's castle, which foreshadows some bizarre events in England. First, a huge wolf-like creature is seen to leap from the deck of a Russian ship which has run aground on the shores of Whitby, its captain dead at the helm and its crew mysteriously absent; and then Lucy - a friend of Harker's fiancee,...

Dracula (1897) begins with a young solicitor, Jonathan Harker, on his way to Transylvania to meet Count Dracula, who is buying property in London. Harker endures a nightmarish stay at Dracula's castle, which foreshadows some bizarre events in England. First, a huge wolf-like creature is seen to leap from the deck of a Russian ship which has run aground on the shores of Whitby, its captain dead at the helm and its crew mysteriously absent; and then Lucy - a friend of Harker's fiancee,...

Unexplained terrors, magical anomalies, and a growing sense of dread fill these pages. Only the brave should risk the stories that lie within. In this collection, werewolves, vampires, and ghosts stalk their victims through the night. Incorporating elements from both horror and fantasy, these are terrifying tales filled with extraordinarily imaginative creations. These stories will both disturb and enthrall readers as they struggle to distinguish between the real villains of the world and the...

'There he lay looking as if youth had been half-renewed, for the white hair and moustache were changed to dark iron-grey, the cheeks were fuller, and the white skin seemed ruby-red underneath; the mouth was redder than ever, for on the lips were gouts of fresh blood, which trickled from the corners of the mouth and ran over the chin and neck. Even the deep, burning eyes seemed set amongst the swollen flesh, for the lids and pouches underneath were bloated. It seemed as if the whole awful...

The Penguin English Library Edition of Dracula by Bram Stoker 'Alone with the dead! I dare not go out, for I can hear the low howl of the wolf through the broken window' A chilling masterpiece of the horror genre, Dracula also illuminated dark corners of Victorian sexuality. When Jonathan Harker visits Transylvania to advise Count Dracula on a London home, he makes a horrifying discovery. Soon afterwards, a number of disturbing incidents unfold in England: an unmanned ship is wrecked...

This boxset contains 8 terrifying and entertaining horror and fantasy novels: The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka The Lovecraft Compendium by H. P. Lovecraft Dracula by Bram Stoker Classic Tales of Horror by Edgar Allan Poe The Turn of the Screw by Henry James Frankenstein by Mary Shelley Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson

Expanded and with great new stories, this is the biggest and best anthology of ghostly hauntings ever. Over 40 tales of visitation by the undead - from vengeful and violent spirits, set on causing harm to innocent people tucked up in their homes, to rarer and more kindly ghosts, returning from the grave to reach out across the other side. Yet others entertain desires of a more sinister bent, including the erotic. This new edition includes a selection of favourite haunted house tales chosen by...