Dracula and Other Horror Classics

I finished jewel of the seven stars finally

The egyptologists (grave robbers) retrieved a mummy and some artifacts from a tomb and put it on display in their house.

After the mummy astral projected and killed several people they realized the queen had set up her tomb to be resurrected.

Being men of ~good nature with broad foreheads of thinkers~ they attempted the resurrection. They convinced themselves they knew exactly what the queen wanted and that she approved of their actions.

Then they unwrapped her mummy cat and burned it so it couldn't interfere and got upset when they all died during the resurrection

After many years of seeing various movie adaptations of Dracula or movies loosely based upon the story, it was refreshing to finally read the original. Delving into the classical language and customs, especially between men and women, from a bygone era is always quite interesting and while many might find reading such classics difficult, I rather enjoy such writings. I found the other two novels, The Jewel of the Seven Stars and The Lair of the White Worm equally intriguing. I was also impressed with the variety of subject matters of Stoker's several short stories found at the end of the book; the last story The Dualists: Or the Death-Doom of the Double-Born especially. It is a rather flippantly narrated tale of two psychopathic youths that provides a shudder or two.