`On top of the tomb, seemingly driven through the solid marble - for the structure was composed of a few vast blocks of stone - was a great iron spike or stake. On going to the back I saw, graven in great Russian letters: "The Dead Travel Fast`". In this rich collection of thirteen macabre tales, Bram Stoker, creator of the Gothic masterpiece, "Dracula", and one of the greatest exponents of the supernatural narrative, presents us with a weird and chilling variety of unsettling stories. Stoker`s dramatic scenarios, from the opening tale of vampires, "Dracula`s Guest", which was omitted from the final version of "Dracula", will thrill and engage the modern reader. In these pages, you will encounter the devilishly dangerous haunted room in...

ISBN: 978-1-84022-528-0
Издательство: Wordsworth Editions Ltd.
Дата выхода: октябрь 2011

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".

ISBN: 978-5-521-07523-2
Издательство: Т8
Дата выхода: июль 2018

Странные, будоражащие воображение рассказы автора бессмертного «Дракулы» ирландца Брэма Стокера (1847–1912) адаптированы в настоящем издании (без упрощения текста оригинала) по методу Ильи Франка. Уникальность метода заключается в том, что запоминание слов и выражений происходит за счет их повторяемости, без заучивания и необходимости использовать словарь. Пособие способствует эффективному освоению...

Дата выхода: февраль 2018

"The Judge\'s House" is a classic ghost story by the Irish author Bram Stoker. The story was first published in the December 5, 1891, special Christmas issue of the Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News weekly magazine. It was later republished in Dracula\'s Guest and Other Weird Stories (1914). The short story has since appeared in many anthologies. In the story, a student arrives in a small town looking for a quiet place to stay while preparing for his examination. Making light of the local superstitions, he moves into an old mansion where a notorious hanging judge once lived. He is comfortably settled and engrossed in his work when, in the middle of the night, he is visited by an enormous rat with baleful eyes. As soon as the giant...

Дата выхода: март 2020