The Dracula Book of Great Vampire Stories

by Leslie Shepard and J. Sheridan Le Fanu

Book Overview

Features "Carmilla" by Sheridan Le Fanu, "Dracula's Guest" by Bram Stoker, "Le Horla" by Guy de Maupassant, "The Sad Story of a Vampire" by Count Stenbock, "Good Lady Ducayne" by Mary Elizabeth... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0806505656
• ISBN13: 9780806505657
• Release Date: January 1977
• Publisher: Citadel Press
• Length: 269 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.

Customer Reviews

dracula book of great vampire stories

The best story was "Carmilla". The ending was predictable, as most are. "Mrs. Amworth" and "Dracula's Guest" wer also very good. Some of the weakest story was "Four Wooden Stakes". Overall, it's good for the price.

Not Free SF Reader

An anthology of older vampire tales, and a well put together one. Certainly quite a few of the better and more ineresting variety to be found here. This group of stories just about averages 3.50, so pretty well picked from the older crowd. Classic Vampire Stories : Carmilla - Sheridan Le Fanu Classic Vampire Stories : The Horla - Guy De Maupassant Classic Vampire Stories : The Sad Story of a Vampire - Stanislaus Eric Classic Vampire Stories : Good Lady Ducayne - M. E. Braddon Classic Vampire Stories : The Tomb of Sarah - F. G. Loring Classic Vampire Stories : For the Blood is the Life - F. Marion Crawford Classic Vampire Stories : The Room in the Tower - E. F. Benson Classic Vampire Stories : The Transfer - Algernon Blackwood Classic Vampire Stories : Dracula's Guest - Bram Stoker Classic Vampire Stories : Vampire - Jan Neruda Classic Vampire Stories : Mrs. Amworth - E. F. Benson Classic Vampire Stories : Four Wooden Stakes - Victor Roman Classic Vampire Stories : Authenticated Vampire Story - Franz Hartmann Geez, that vampire chick's pretty hot. 4 out of 5 New being haunting. 3 out of 5 Kill a few relatives, I'll probably still like you. 3 out of 5 Servant sucking. 3 out of 5 Werewolf tomb guards a reasonable plan. Stakes still a problem. 3.5 out of 5 Treasure and a draining woman. 3.5 out of 5 Prefer accomodation without women rising from the grave, please. 4 out of 5 Dead earth man. 3.5 out of 5 Dracula's guest employs some of the creep local folk tales and legends. The significance of a blue flame from the ground, the howling of wolves, that sort of thing. Here, a coachman in a coach drawn by midnight black horses, picks up a traveller. He is growing increasingly freaked out all the time. 4 out of 5 Killer painting. 3 out of 5 Gnat anaemia explanation unlikely. 3.5 out of 5 Be fully armed and hit hard. 4 out of 5 Burning down the house. 3 out of 5 3.5 out of 5

the greatest vampire collection

i bought the hardback original book draculas book of vampire and horror storys years ago but now its out of print and not widely available and so i have bought this paperback too as a backup this books that good what you have here are some of the greatest vampire and horror storys alltime that were written years before anybody heard of bela lugosi like carmilla the tomb of sarah draculas guest 4 wooden stakes the horla by masters like bram stoker guy de maupassant lord byron etc these storys carry a certain amount of charm and mystery missing from todays storys and youll feel like youre alive in the 1800s and wondering is there life after the grave what possibilitys does science hold etc youll generally feel the dread of people who lived in those times theres so many aspects of these old storys that carried hidden meanings about societys direction and fears and you cant help but pity genuises like guy de maupassant who was suffering insanity when he wrote the horla about an unknown entity posessing him and it adds to the storys power profoundly buy this book today if youre a true vampire and horror fan almost every story in it is great and as noted the first words of each page are written very gothic looking giving the book added charm buy this today itll provide hours of great reading TRUST ME IM AN EXPERT ON VAMPIRES AND FOLKLORE THIS IS A MUST READ

A GREAT COLLECTION

This collection of vampire stories brings together 13 stories that were published in the 19th and early 20th centuries. Lesser known but by no means inferior authors join familiar authors like Bram Stoker and Sheridan Le Fanu. The stories begin with an imaginatively illustrated first letter. For example, Carmilla has a Gothic letter "C" that towers above the print and is decorated with flows and small figures thus setting the tone for the story. It is interesting the "the Horla" by Maupassant was included here. It is usually considered more of a ghost story. The remaining works are atmospheric and creepy.In short, a well-considered selection of stories that will please vampire lovers everywhere.