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42 of 45 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Even had Bram Stoker not penned the fabulously successful Dracula, efforts such as the stories in this book would more than qualify him as a gifted, masterful writer, with a special penchant for writing horror. The most prominent story in these pages is of course "Dracula's Guest," a story excised from the final manuscript of Dracula. This is an interesting, well-told tale, but its exclusion from the aforementioned novel seems to me to be rather inconsequential. The real jewel of this collection is "The Judge's House." I have read this story several times over the last decade or so, and I must say that this is my favorite horror story of all time. It somewhat chagrins me to make such a pronouncement, thinking of the masterful tales of Lovecraft, Poe, and King, yet I am compelled to make it. The ending may be somewhat cliched , but the dark, brooding, smothering atmosphere Stoker creates in this house is powerful and brilliant. The Judge's House may well be the most haunted house in literature.
The other seven stories are less noteworthy but eminently readable. Again, there are some cliches to be found among them, but they all "work." "The Squaw" is my least favorite--it is, to some degree, silly n terms of its characters and ending. I should also add that animal lovers such as myself may well be somewhat traumatized by one incident in the story--I certainly was. "The Secret of the Growing Gold," "The Gypsy Prophecy" and "The Coming of Abel Behenna" are pretty standard fare. "The Burial of the Rats" presents a thrilling, well-thought-out story of danger and escape (as well as a grim portrait of some of society's underbelly). "A Dream of Red Hands" is a sort of moralistic story that puts me in mind of some of Hawthorne's work. Finally, "Crooken Sands" is a good doppelganger tale whose presentation and overall air seem different, if not unique, from the other tales in this book. If you love old Scottish dialogue, you will reap some benefits from this story--for the rest of us, though, it makes for some slightly harder reading (but I think the story would be much less effective without it).
All in all, Stoker was a more than capable short story writer, even though he did sometimes stick too closely to the classic form; cliches and predictable plot points do diminish the quality of a few stories but by no means do they seriously hamper the effectiveness of them. It is unfortunate that many people think Stoker wrote Dracula and nothing else. The selections in this book are classic horror stories that only help to grant legitimacy to the genre.
20 of 24 people found the following review helpful
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The page layout is poor, you leap straight to the first story starting half way down the page, turn back three pages and you find the important preface which actually is worth reading.
Other than paragraphs being abused sometimes,the text and pagination are good.
I knew nothing about these short stories, and am jolly glad to have read them. After about the 5th page could have been Kindle or paper, the format stopped getting in the way of the penmanship :)
Enjoy
The page layout is poor, you leap straight to the first story starting half way down the page, turn back three pages and you find the important preface which actually is worth reading.
Other than paragraphs being abused sometimes,the text and pagination are good.
I knew nothing about these short stories, and am jolly glad to have read them. After about the 5th page could have been Kindle or paper, the format stopped getting in the way of the penmanship :)
Enjoy
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Kindle Edition
Whilst the e-book version I read of this collection of short stories was exceptionally badly typeset (no chapter headings or differentiation between chapters on my kindle for iPad edition) the stories were very enjoyable.
I read this following a re-read of Dracula and whilst the short story format did not allow Stoker to achieve the same level of characterisation as in his longer work, there were still some grand pieces of writing.
For those who are looking for a sequel to Dracula, read the blurb! For those who are looking for a further example of Stoker's skill with a pen then look no further.
I read this following a re-read of Dracula and whilst the short story format did not allow Stoker to achieve the same level of characterisation as in his longer work, there were still some grand pieces of writing.
For those who are looking for a sequel to Dracula, read the blurb! For those who are looking for a further example of Stoker's skill with a pen then look no further.
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Worth downloading if only for the first story-wonderful
The first story in this collection of 9 short stories is Dracula's Guest and if you enjoyed the original "Dracula" then you've got to give this a read. Read more
Published 20 days ago by Faydra
Dracula,s guest
i bought this for my kindle, wow, what a fantastic book, i was so engrossed in this for a few days, really well written with the most amazing attention to detail, my imagination... Read more
Published 4 months ago by Ms. M. Anderson
A gothic delight!
This collection of short stories is really excellent - they are of an ideal length for reading a whole one in a single sitting, and are wonderfully reminiscent of a traditional... Read more
Published 5 months ago by Hannah Lissaman
A little night reading
Kindle download, amazing, Great good book and well worth it, not more than i can say. Well down Amazon and Kindle
Published 12 months ago by micwic
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app works like a charm
book good as well
Published 16 months ago by Maciej Stanczak
Great read - should have said it was short stories
I thought this was a sequel of sorts to Dracula, rather than a story which was missed out as the main book was too long... Read more
Published 16 months ago by P. Fogarty
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