Dracula
Dracula
by Bram Stoker
Jonathan Harker’s travel diary opens onto a count who intends to move to London. The rest of the novel is a coalition of notes, blood, and timetables trying to stop him.
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Bram Stoker
Stoker’s Dracula is told through letters, diaries, and logs. The form matters: dread arrives as paperwork, travel notes, and the slow agreement that something impossible is true.
The Lair of the White Worm
The Lair of the White Worm
by Bram Stoker
The Lair of the White Worm was first published by Rider and Son of London, the year before Stoker's death, with colour illustrations by Pamela Colman Smith. The Lair of the White Worm is based on the legend of the Lambton Worm.
The Jewel of Seven Stars
The Jewel of Seven Stars
by Bram Stoker
The Jewel of Seven Stars is a first-person narrative of a young man pulled into an archaeologist's plot to revive Queen Tera, an ancient Egyptian mummy. The Jewel of Seven Stars explores common fin de siècle themes such as imperialism, the rise of the New Woman and feminism, and societal progress.
Lady Athlyne
Lady Athlyne
by Bram Stoker
Lady Athlyne was published one year before the release of Stoker's The Lady of the Shroud. A romance results that touches on the themes of mistaken identity, honor, and social rebellion.