Masters of Prose - Bram Stoker

Welcome to the Masters of Prose book series, a selection of the best works by noteworthy authors.Literary critic August Nemo selects the most important writings of each author. A selection based on the author's novels, short stories, letters, essays and biographical texts. Thus providing the reader with an overview of the author's life and work.This edition is dedicated to the Irish writer Bram Stoker, best known today for his 1897 Gothic horror novel Dracula. During his lifetime, he was better known as the personal assistant of actor Sir Henry Irving and business manager of the Lyceum Theatre, which Irving owned.This book contains the following writings:Novels: Dracula; The Lair of the White Worm; The Dualitists.Short Stories: The Castle of the King; A Star Trap; The Secret of the Growing Gold; The Burial of the Rats; Draculas Guest; The Squaw; The Judges House; The Red Stockade; The Invisible Giant; Crooken Sands; A Dream of Red Hands; Greater Love; The Coming of Abel Behenna.If you appreciate good literature, be sure to check out the other Tacet Books titles!

Bram Stoker (1847 -1912 ) studied mathematics at Dublin's Trinity College and embarked on his longtime role as an assistant to actor Sir Henry Irving in the 1870s. He also began carving out a second career as a writer, publishing his first novel, The Primrose Path, in 1875. Stoker published his most famous work, Dracula, in 1897, though he died before the fictional vampire would achieve widespread popularity though numerous film and literary adaptations in the 20th century.