AUDIO

Dracula's Guest and Other Stories

by Bram Stoker
5 CDs. retail ed. unabridged. 5¾ hrs. Naxos Audiobooks. 2012. ISBN 9781843795636. $34.98; digital download. CLASSIC
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A fine collection of nine short stories by the author of Dracula. As stated in the excellent liner notes, the fear of pursuit, entrapment, torment, and death underlie these tales. The threat may come from the supernatural, as seen in the title story, along with "The Judge's House" and "The Secret of the Growing Gold." In the rest, the terror rises from the natural world. Particularly good examples include "The Coming of Abel Behenna," in which Stoker presents the tragic outcome of a contest between two lifelong friends to win the hand of the same woman, and "The Burial of the Rats," in which a man stumbles into a dangerous part of Paris trying to escape a mob of robbers. Reader Rupert Degas does an excellent job in presenting these tales.
VERDICT This solid collection of the macabre is a must for horror fans.
Reviewed by Stephen L. Hupp, West Virginia Univ. Parkersburg Lib. , Apr 01, 2013
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