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The Jewel of Seven Stars

Bram Stoker

  • 228 pages · about 4 hours
  • First published 1902
  • 653 editions
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1 About this book

The Jewel of Seven Stars is a horror novel by Irish writer Bram Stoker, first published by Heinemann in London in 1903.

The story is a first-person narrative of a young man pulled into an archaeologist's plot to revive Queen Tera, an ancient Egyptian mummy. It explores common fin de siècle themes such as imperialism, the rise of the New Woman and feminism, and societal progress.

Prepublication issues toward a US edition were deposited for copyright by Doubleday, Page & Company in December 1902 and January 1903 but the first US edition was published by Harper & Brothers in 1904.

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Good for readers who want: horror and a classic.

  • Horror
  • Classics
  • Thrillers
  • Antiquities

2 About Bram Stoker

1847–1912

Abraham Stoker (8 November 1847 – 20 April 1912) was an Irish writer, barrister, literary critic, and theatre manager. He was the author of the Gothic horror novel Dracula (1897) and the creator of the fictional character Count Dracula. The work and its antagonist are regarded as milestones in the fields of Gothic and vampire literature.

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