The Primrose Path

By Bram Stoker

Book Overview

The Primrose Path is an 1875 novel by Bram Stoker. It was the writer's first novel, published 22 years before Dracula and serialized in five installments in The Shamrock, a weekly Irish magazine, from February 6, 1875 to March 6, 1875. Jerry O'Sullivan, honest Dublin theatrical carpenter, moves to London, seeking a better job. Against the better judgement of the people surrounding him, Jerry decides to go to the metropolis with his faithful wife Katey. O'Sullivan is hired as head carpenter in a squalid theatre in London, but after several misfortunes he is strongly tempted by and eventually brought down by alcohol. Unjustly suspecting his wife of infidelity, he murders her with a hammer and then cuts his throat with a chisel.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1515121437
• ISBN13: 9781515121435
• Release Date: July 2015
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 102 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 6.0" x 9.0"