Draculas Guest, Bram Stoker
Draculas Guest, Bram Stoker
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Dracula's Guest

Author: Bram Stoker

Narrator: Raphael Croft

Unabridged: 4 hr 41 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 12/26/2025

Categories: Fiction, Gothic

Synopsis

"Dracula’s Guest" is a chilling story by Bram Stoker, originally intended as the prologue to Dracula but published posthumously. It follows a young Englishman traveling in Bavaria on Walpurgis Night, who disobeys local warnings and takes shelter in an abandoned crypt during a violent storm. There, he encounters a terrifying female vampire and a mysterious, powerful woman who seems neither alive nor dead. The story blends Gothic horror, supernatural dread, and vivid atmosphere, featuring elements later expanded in Dracula, such as ancient evil, folk superstition, and the thin veil between life and death. With its icy landscapes, eerie isolation, and haunting imagery, "Dracula’s Guest" stands as a masterful tale of horror and the unknown—an essential piece of Stoker’s dark literary legacy.

About Bram Stoker

Bram Stoker was born November 8, 1847, in Dublin, Ireland. His father was a civil servant, and his mother was a charity worker and writer. Stoker studied math at Trinity College in Dublin and graduated in 1867, after which he became a civil servant. At this time, he also worked as a freelance journalist, a drama critic, and editor of the Evening Mail. In 1876, he met Sir Henry Irving, a famous actor. Stoker accepted a job as personal secretary to Irving and went to England in 1878. Before he left Ireland, he published his first book, The Duties of Clerks of Petty Sessions in Ireland. While working for Irving he met an aspiring actress named Florence Balcombe. They married in 1878 and had one son, Noel, who was born in 1879. In England, Stoker also began writing a series of short stories and novels, the first of which was The Snake's Pass. Although best known for Dracula, Stoker wrote eighteen books before he died in 1912.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Federico on September 22, 2025

Dracula, the prequel! During Walpurgis Night, an adventurous young man traveling to Transylvania arrives at Munich and decides to take a stroll through a forgotten disused road that leads to an abandoned village, ignoring all dire warnings from his coachman, who claims the site to be an unholy cur......more

Goodreads review by Justin on June 16, 2021

"Dracula's Guest" is a deleted chapter from Dracula (1897) that was published by Bram Stoker's wife after his death. She described it as a "hitherto unpublished episode" from Dracula, but it reads much less like an episode and much more like a scrapped opening chapter. For those familiar with the ico......more

Goodreads review by Terrie on November 03, 2023

Dracula's Guest by Bram Stoker is a Classic Horror Short Story! Dracula's Guest is an excerpt from Bram Stoker's original manuscript of Dracula that was edited out in order to shorten the novel before it was published in 1897. This short read, thought to be the original first chapter, was later publi......more

Goodreads review by Warren on October 08, 2022

Velcome to my house! I am Count Dracula, and I am pleased to have you as my Guest. Von't you sit down? Perhaps have a glass of rainwater Madeira? They say it is good for the blood. Ah, I see you admire my library. It has been a labor of love for me. I have collected these books over many hundreds, I......more

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