The Man, Bram Stoker
The Man, Bram Stoker
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The Man

Author: Bram Stoker

Narrator: Raphael Croft

Unabridged: 8 hr 39 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 12/26/2025

Categories: Fiction, Gothic

Synopsis

"The Man," a novel diverging from Bram Stoker's usual foray into the supernatural, instead delves into the complexities of love, gender roles, and societal expectations. The story follows Stephen Norman, a woman who inherits her father's vast estate and must navigate the challenges posed by her gender and position. Her life becomes intertwined with Harold An Wolf, whose love and respect for her defy the conventions of their time. As they confront external pressures and personal dilemmas, Stoker explores themes of identity, empowerment, and the transformative power of love against the backdrop of Victorian society.

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 Steve on November 02, 2011

Thoroughly impressed by Stoker’s writing in Dracula, I wanted to see how it carried over in work of a different sort. This book, rarely reviewed or described online, seemed a good choice where nobody else’s perceptions influenced mine. We meet lovely teenager Stephen (her father wanted a boy…) and H......more

Goodreads review by blake on November 09, 2021

Stoker finally nails the ending! The previous eight books have suffered from varying degrees of "monster's dead, movie's over" (the closest exception being The Snake's Pass) and here, on his ninth novel with only two more left to go (excluding LotWW) he finally manages to give the denouement an appr......more

Goodreads review by Frank on October 26, 2017

The Man by Bram Stoker is a Gothic romance that follows the life of Stephen Norman, the daughter of Squire Stephen Norman, the lord of the manor in Normanstead. Margaret Rowly marries Squire Stephen whom they raise as a tomboy, as the squire had always wanted a male a heir. Margaret dies, but the sq......more

Goodreads review by Anthony on December 30, 2015

Calling this "a rare novel of fear" is a bit misleading: there are some tense moments, but not enough to qualify the book as a mystery or even really a thriller. It's a bit of a hybrid work, falling more on the side of Stoker's romances (like The Snake's Pass and Lady Athelyne) but even then not qui......more

Goodreads review by EB on October 07, 2014

Surprisingly good.......more

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