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  • Published: 15 July 2025
  • ISBN: 9780241752272
  • Imprint: Penguin Classics
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 160
  • RRP: $14.99

The Burial of the Rats



90 classic titles celebrating 90 years of Penguin Books

The bones were still warm; but they were picked clean. They had even eaten their own dead

This spine-chilling collection from Dracula creator Bram Stoker showcases five haunting tales, including the newly discovered ‘Gibbet Hill’. From ‘Dracula’s Guest’, thought by many to be the original excised opening of Dracula itself, to the sinister ‘The Judge’s House,’ each gripping story will leave you breathless, perhaps afraid to turn out the lights. Dare you explore the darkness?

  • Published: 15 July 2025
  • ISBN: 9780241752272
  • Imprint: Penguin Classics
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 160
  • RRP: $14.99

About the author

Bram Stoker

Abraham 'Bram' Stoker was born in Dublin on 8 November 1847. He graduated in Mathematics from Trinity College, Dublin in 1867 and then worked as a civil servant. In 1878 he married Florence Balcombe. He later moved to London and became business manager of his friend Henry Irving's Lyceum Theatre. He wrote several sensational novels including novels The Snake's Pass (1890), Dracula (1897), The Jewel of Seven Stars (1903), and The Lair of the White Worm (1911). Bram Stoker died on 20 April 1912.

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