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Abraham "Bram" Stoker (1847-1912) was an Irish novelist and short story writer, best known today for his 1897 Gothic novel Dracula. During his lifetime, he was better known as personal assistant of actor Henry Irving and business manager of the Lyceum Theatre in London, which Irving owned. Efore writing Dracula, Stoker spent several years researching European folklore and mythological stories of vampires. The original 541-page manuscript of Dracula, believed to have been lost, was found in a barn in northwestern Pennsylvania during the early 1980s.

Abraham "Bram" Stoker (1847-1912) was an Irish novelist and short story writer, best known today for his 1897 Gothic novel Dracula. During his lifetime, he was better known as personal assistant of actor Henry Irving and business manager of the Lyceum Theatre in London, which Irving owned. Before writing Dracula, Stoker spent several years researching European folklore and mythological stories of vampires.

Abraham "Bram" Stoker (1847-1912) was an Irish novelist and short story writer, best known today for his 1897 Gothic novel Dracula. Before writing Dracula, Stoker spent several years researching European folklore and mythological stories of vampires. During his lifetime, he was better known as personal assistant of actor Henry Irving and business manager of the Lyceum Theatre in London, which Irving owned.

In 1899-1900, a Swedish newspaper published a translation of Bram Stoker's Dracula This version, titled Mörkrets makter (Powers of Darkness), is almost twice as long as the standard text of Dracula published in 1897 n addition, it contains numerous scenes not included in the 1897 text, along with a new ending and significant alterations of character names (Jonathan Harker becomes Thomas Harker; Dracula himself is referred to as Mavros Draculitz).

Here is a strong possibility that the Swedish version of Dracula was founded on an early draft of the novel that found its way to Sweden in the 1890s The translator may have added scenes and episodes to the text, especially passages where it is suggested that Dracula is conducting a fascist political conspiracy he Swedish text has been translated by Rickard Berghorn, a leading Swedish scholar and publisher of weird fiction, and edited by S.

Oshi and Martin Andersson, who are both experts on the weird fiction of the turn of the 20th century, and As John Edgar Browning has written: “Mörkrets makter (Powers of Darkness) is among the most important discoveries in Dracula's long history.” Now, more than a century after its initial publication, it appears unabridged in English he edition of this book is a massive 824 pages with a comprehensive introduction and 11 full page and four double-page illustrations This book will be available for order in late April t won't be that long to wait, for Denn die Todten reiten Schnell.

Edition Details

• Limited to 500 copies, each signed by Rickard Berghorn, and artists Ruth Sanderson, Harry Brockway, Igor Karash, Turburam Sandagdorj, and Vladimir Zimakov.
• Foreword by Dacre Stoker.
• Facsimile signature by Bram Stoker.
• Interior artwork by Harry Brockway, Igor Karash, Turburam Sandagdorj, and Vladimir Zimakov.
• Gorgeous dustjacket by Ruth Sanderson.
• Full Dutch cloth with foil stamping blind stamp on front board.
• Ribbon marker, head and tail bands.
• Book size 6½ × 10 inches.
• Number of pages: 824.

External Links

• Powers of Darkness. Centipede Press page for Powers of Darkness
• Bram Stoker (ISFDB). ISFDB entry for Bram Stoker