The Jewel of Seven Stars - The Original Classic Edition (Paperback)

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This horror novel by the author of Dracula lacks the literary quality of the more famous work, but Stoker nevertheless creates cumulatively an atmosphere of fear and tension in this story based around the apparent resurrection of the mummy of a 5,000 year old forgotten Egyptian queen. This was th...

from Marensr

The Jewel of Seven Stars is a flawed yet compelling book by Stoker. I have found stoker creates interesting female characters, especially for the era in which he lived. They are often educated brave and profoundly forward thinking and at other times (or in other characters) in need of saving. The...

from alaudacorax

This book, by the author of Dracula, of course, seems to combine horror with elements of mystery or whodunnit and of Rider Haggard-style fantasy. I'd say that the horror aspect is quite muted and that it is the mystery and fantasy elements that are more to the fore. Because of that mystery elemen...

from PirateJenny

If you read it, I urge you to make sure you read the ORIGINAL version, not the shoddy "updated" 1912 happy ending version (sounds dirty, doesn't it?) because that version just sucks. And it deletes a great chapter meditating on the power of pagan gods vs. the Christian god. This is a mystery nove...

from devious_dantes

This is a reasonably compelling supernatural tale by Bram Stoker. The character of Margaret is the most interesting, and in particular the relationship between her and the long dead Egyptian queen Tera. Stoker does a pretty nice job of making the supernatural aspects of this story believable, esp...