DRACULA'S GUEST by BRAM STOKER

1001 Classic Short Stories & Tales

Jon Hagadorn

Fiction, Arts

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🗓️ 27 October 2019

⏱️ 37 minutes

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0:00.0	And the Yeah, Good evening everyone and welcome back to one classic short stories and tales.
0:35.0	Today's story,
0:37.0	Dracula's guest by Abraham Bram Stoker,
0:41.0	who lived from 1847 to 1912, and he was the author and creator of the Gothic novel
0:48.8	Dracula, which was first published in 1897. Strangely enough, during his lifetime,
0:55.0	the Irish-born author was not known for his writing,
0:58.0	but for being the personal assistant to actor Henry Irving
1:01.0	and business manager of Irving's Lyceum Theater in London.
1:05.0	Said Stoker, I was naturally thoughtful and the leisure of long illness gave opportunity
1:11.0	for many thoughts which were fruitful according to their kind in later years.
1:16.4	He was originally inspired to write Gothic romance by Joseph Sheridan Lefanu,
1:25.8	who will be getting to one day. He's acclaimed for his vivid Gothic tales. Dracula became the pillar of Gothic romance, and it's been adapted countless times in numerous literary and screen forms for generations.
1:37.0	This was his only Dracula short story that I know of, and it's a good one hope you enjoy it and now Dracula's guest by
1:47.4	bram stoker when we started for our drive the sun was shining on Munich, and the air was full of the joyousness of early summer.
1:57.0	Just as we were about to depart, Hare Delbrook, the Matred D. Hotel of the Quaizons, where I was staying, came down bare-headed to the carriage,
2:06.4	and, after wishing me a pleasant drive, said to the coachman, still holding his hand on the
2:11.2	handle of the carriage door.
2:13.8	Remember you are back by nightfall.
2:16.1	The sky looks bright, but there is a shiver in the north wind
2:19.4	that says there may be a sudden storm.
2:22.0	But I'm sure you will not be late and here he smiled and
2:25.6	added for you know what night it is.
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