Dracula - Couverture souple

Stocker, Bram

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1475260539 ISBN 13 : 9781475260533

Editeur : CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2012

Synopsis

Abraham "Bram" Stoker (8 November 1847 – 20 April 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. -wikipedia

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Biographie de l'auteur

Abraham said Stoker Bram Stoker was born November 8, 1847 in Clontarf (a northern suburb of Dublin) and died in London April 20, 1912, is a British writer of Irish descent, author of numerous novels and short stories, which had the fame through his book Dracula.His father was Abraham Stoker (1799-1876) and his mother, feminist Matilda Charlotte Thornley (1818-1901). Bram is the third in a family of seven children. Sickly child until the age of 13, he listens during his long convalescence, told by his mother, the Bible, the Irish legends, or the story of the cholera epidemic in the early nineteenth century, which his mother's family had escaped. These stories will mark his life. In 1863, he joined the Trinity College (Dublin) to follow in the footsteps of his father, he graduated in science and mathematics in 1870. In 1867 he attended a performance of Henry Irving at the Theatre Royal Dublin (en). Bram Stoker began a correspondence with the American writer Walt Whitman. In 1871 he published his first article in the theater section of the Dublin Mail. These items signed, written in the margin of his profession servant, led him to attend the London cultural society. This year seems Carmilla by Irish writer Sheridan Le Fanu, Stoker novel highly appreciated. In 1872 published the first account of Stoker, The Crystal Cup in the magazine London Society. In 1875 he published his first novel The Chain of Destiny. In 1876, he befriended Henry Irving, an influential player. This leads to the Lyceum Theatre in London friendship, which Stoker was appointed administrator. He then takes his place in British cultural society. In 1876, his father died; Stoker finally adopted the nickname Bram. He married a former neighbor childhood, Florence Balcombe in 1878. Their son Christmas Thornley was born in 1879. Appears in 1881 Under the Sunset, a collection of stories for children.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Date d'édition: 2012
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1475260539
• ISBN 13: 9781475260533
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 476
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