Dracula's Guest

Draculas Guest Bram Stoker - This short story written by the author of the novel Dracula was published in 1914, two years after Stokers death. Draculas Guest gives readers a spooky taste of Bram Stokers classic novel.Background to the StoryIf you have read Bram Stokers classic novel Dracula, you will probably recognize the writing style and tone of this short story, Draculas Guest. In fact, the story is an excerpt from the novel that was deleted by Stokers publisher in order to shorten the original manuscript.If you have read Dracula, you may also realize that, as a part of the novel as a whole, this section is easily left out without changing the plot of the novel. It does, however, give a bit of atmospheric foreshadowing of what Draculas house is like once Jonathan (one of the novels protagonists) arrives there.What Happens in the Short StoryIt may be interesting for you to know that this previously deleted part of the novel was published as a short story in 1914, two years after Stokers death. As the story is told in first person and the narrator is never ...