Dracula

The Anglo-Irish prose writer Bram Stoker gained worldwide fame and literary immortality as the author of the novel "Dracula," in which he combined folkloric and literary narratives about vampires with the figure of a bloodthirsty Eastern European ruler, the fears and fantasies of the late Victorian era— with centuries of experience in the occult sciences and esoteric teachings, but most importantly— created a new mythical hero, immortal in every sense. The story, image, and very name of Count Dracula, glorified by numerous sequels and adaptations of Stoker's book, laid the foundation for the modern mythology of vampirism, which has become an important part of the culture and art of the 20th, and now 21st century. This edition also contains the story "Dracula's Guest" (the introduction to the events of the famous novel, omitted by Stoker from the final text and subsequently published separately) and is accompanied by illustrations from one of the first editions of Stoker's novel in Russian, created in 1912 by Alfred Eberling— the court artist of Nicholas II.