Even in our vampire-obsessed age Dracula remains the first the best & the most hypnotic bloodsucker of all. Jonathan Harker a young solicitor journeys to Transylvania to complete a property deal with the mysterious Count Dracula. But the naive Harker does not know who & what he is dealing with--and this simple business transaction ends up unleashing a terrible evil on his countrymen. All that stands between the innocent citizens of London & the Counts reign of terror are the vampire hunter Dr Van Helsing & his team of slayers. Stokers classic & oft-dramatized novel captured the fears of his age. Irresistibly attractive & unfailingly murderous Dracula represented everything the Victorians feared: the irrational the pagan the erotic & the foreign. It is as exciting today as when first published in 1897. The worlds greatest works of literature are now available in these beautiful keepsake volumes. Bound in real cloth & featuring gilt edges & ribbon markers these beautifully produced books are a wonderful way to build a handsome library of classic literature. These are the essential novels that belong in every home. Theyll transport readers to imaginary worlds & provide excitement entertainment & enlightenment for years to come. All of these novels feature attractive illustrations & have an unequalled period feel that will grace the library the bedside table or bureau. ...

Composed as a series of diary entries & letters Bram Stokers Dracula is an enduring tale of suspense & horror. The most famous vampire story of all time Dracula centres around Count Dracula & his meeting with the young Jonathan Harker who barely escapes the clutches of the Brides of Dracula & their eerie castle. With the recent resurge & popularity of vampires in popular culture many readers are keen to discover where these foreboding stories began. The novels themes characters & plot set a precedent for vampire stories for all time. Relive the classic tale that delves into human identity sanity & the dark corners of Victorian sexuality & desire. ...

Arriving at Castle Dracula the vast ruined home of a Transylvanian nobleman a young English visitor finds himself thrust into a realm of sensation & horror beyond his most nightmarish dreams. His experiences give rise to an urgent campaign to destroy the vampire count to eliminate Draculas cult of the living dead & to triumph over a centuries-old evil. Bram Stokers masterpiece is a thriller of such hypnotic intensity that it has captured millions of readers around the world & inspired its own literature & mythology of the supernatural. This beautiful new edition

Includes:: a foreword by Elizabeth Kostova the internationally bestselling author of THE HISTORIAN.

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Collected inside this book are diary entries letters & newspaper clippings that piece together the depraved story of the ultimate predator. A young lawyer on an assignment finds himself imprisoned in a Transylvanian castle by his mysterious host. Back at home his fiancee & friends are menaced by a malevolent force which seems intent on imposing suffering & destruction. Can the devil really have arrived on Englands shores? & what is it that he hungers for so desperately? ...

This is a beautiful leatherbound edition of Bram Stoker's Dracula first published in 1897. Acting on behalf of his firm of solicitors Jonathan Harker travels to the Carpathian Mountains to finalise the sale of England's Carfax Abbey to Transylvanian noble Count Dracula. Little does he realise that in doing so he endangers all that he loves. For Dracula is one of the Un-Dead; a centuries-old vampire who sleeps by day & stalks by night feasting on the blood of his helpless victims. Once on English soil the count sets his sights on Jonathan's circle of associates among them his beloved wife Mina. To thwart Dracula's evil designs Jonathan & his friends will have to accept as truth the most preposterous superstitions concerning vampires & in the company of legendary vampire hunter Abraham Van Helsing embark on an unholy adventure for which even their worst nightmares have not prepared them. First published in 1897 Bram Stoker's Dracula" established the ground rules for virtually all vampire fiction written in its wake. This exquisite collectible edition features an elegant bonded-leather binding a satin-ribbon bookmark decorative stained edging & decorative marbled endpapers. It's the perfect gift for book-lovers & an attractive addition to any home library." ...

Bram Stoker's peerless tale of desperate battle against a powerful ancient vampire the Penguin Classics" edition of " Dracula" is edited with notes & an introduction by Maurice Hindle as well as a preface by Christopher Frayling. When Jonathan Harker visits Transylvania to help Count Dracula purchase a London house he makes horrifying discoveries in his client's castle. Soon afterwards disturbing incidents unfold in England: a ship runs aground on the shores of Whitby its crew vanished; beautiful Lucy Westenra slowly succumbs to a mysterious wasting illness her blood drained away; & the lunatic Renfield raves about the imminent arrival of his 'master'. In the ensuing battle of wills between the sinister Count & a determined group of adversaries
- led by the intrepid vampire hunter Abraham van Helsing
- Bram Stoker created a masterpiece of the horror genre probing into questions of identity sanity & the dark corners of Victorian sexuality & desire. For this completely updated edition Maurice Hindle has revised his introduction list of further reading & notes & added two appendices: Stoker's essay on censorship & his interview with Winston Churchill both published in 1908. Christopher Frayling's preface discusses the significance & the influences that contributed to his creation of the Dracula myth. Abraham ' Bram' Stoker (1847-1912) was educated at Trinity College Dublin. Stoker joined the Irish Civil Service before his love of theatre led him to become the unpaid drama critic for the Dublin Mail. He went on to act as manager & secretary for the actor Sir Henry Irving while writing his novels the most famous of which is " Dracula" (1897). If you enjoyed " Dracula" you may like Mary Shelley's " Frankenstein" also available in " Penguin Classics". " One of the most powerful horror tales ever written". (Malcolm Bradbury). " Nobody has ever filmed it like Bram Stoker wrote it". (Sir Christopher Lee). " Staggeringly lurid & perverse". (Sarah Waters author of " Fingersmith")."

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Harper Collins is proud to present its new range of best-loved essential classics. ' We are in Transylvania; & Transylvania is not Engl&. Our ways are not your ways & there shall be to you many strange things.' Earnest & naive solicitor Jonathan Harker travels to Transylvania to organise the estate of the infamous Count Dracula at his crumbling castle in the ominous Carpathian Mountains. Through notes & diary entries Harker keeps track of the horrors & terrors that beset him at the castle telling his fiance Mina of the Count's supernatural powers & his own imprisonment. Although Harker eventually manages to escape & reunite with Mina his experiences have led to a mental breakdown of sorts. Meanwhile in England Mina's friend Lucy has been bitten & begins to turn into a vampire. With the help of Professor Van Helsing a previous suitor of Lucy's Seward & Lucy's fiance Holmwood attempt to thwart Count Dracula & his attempts on Lucy & consequently Mina's life. Arguably the most enduring Gothic novel of the 19th Century Bram Stoker's Dracula is as chilling today in its depiction of the vampire world & its exploration of Victorian values as it was at its time of publication. ...

The official sequel to Bram Stokers classic novel Dracula written by his direct descendent & endorsed by the Stoker family. The story begins in 1912 twenty-five years after the events described in the original novel. Dr. Jack Seward now a disgraced morphine addict hunts vampires across Europe with the help of a mysterious benefactor. Meanwhile Quincey Harker the grown son of Jonathan & Mina leaves law school to pursue a career in stage at Londons famous Lyceum Theatre. The production of Dracula at the Lyceum directed & produced by Bram Stoker has recently lost its star. Luckily Quincey knows how to contact the famed Hungarian actor Basarab who agrees to take the lead role. Quincey soon discovers that the play features his parents & their former friends as characters & seems to reveal much about the terrible secrets hes always suspected them of harbouring. But before he can confront them Jonathan Harker is found murdered. The writers were able to access Bram Stokers h&-written notes & have included in their story characters & plot threads that had been excised by the publisher from the original printing over a century ago. Dracula is one of the most recognized fictional characters in the world having spawned dozens of multi-media spin-offs. The Un-Dead is the first Dracula story to enjoy the full support of the Stoker estate since the original 1931 movie starring Bela Lugosi. ...

Tonglong the deadly mantis Kung fu warrior is stalking the throne: secretly building an army & marching towards the Forbidden City.. .time is fast running out. Chinas only hope rests in the hands of five young warrior monks. Can Long the dragon arts master amass his own army in time to defeat them? Can his siblings prevent Tonglongs vast army from reaching their goal? & will their lost rebel brother the infamous Eagle prove to be a valuable ally or a vile traitor.. . Only time will tell in the final battle of the Five Ancestors. ...

THE CLASSIC DIRK PITT ADVENTURE A NUCLEAR PEARL HARBOUR Buried in the depths of the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Japan lies one of the greatest drowned secrets of World Wart Two -- a crashed B--29 Bomber that was carrying a third atomic bomb to Japan in 1945. Its deadly cargo lost in the sea for nearly fifty years is at the heart of this classic Dirk Pitt thriller in which a small group of Japanese nationalist fanatics dreaming of a new Nipponese Empire set out to neutralise & blackmail the USA -- with nuclear weapons planted strategically in the country's major cities! ...