Bram Stoker's Dracula Omnibus: Dracula/the Lair of the White Worm/Dracula's Guest

This substantial volume includes Bram Stoker's "Dracula", the chief (if not the sole) reason to own the book. "The Lair of the White Worm" is a clumsy, terribly written work that has been labelled as one of the worst books ever written. "Dracula's Guest" is a collection of 9 short stories, published in 1914, two years after Stoker's death.

Rating the collection is not straightforward, since selections range from 5 stars (Dracula) to 1/2 a star (Lair of the White Worm). The short stories likewise range widely in quality, as suggested by my rankings below. Of them, I found "The Judge's House" and "Burial of the Rats" to be especially notable. Understandably, they are widely reprinted in short story collections.

Dracula’s Guest 3*
The show more Judge’s House 4.5*
The Squaw 2*
The Secret of the Growing Gold 3*
The Gipsy Prophecy 3*
The Coming of Abel Behenna 2*
The Burial of the Rats 4*
A Dream of Red Hands 3*
Crooked Sands 2*

I suggest that contemporary readers indulge themselves with Dracula, and skip the rest. show less