Snowbound: The Record of a Theatrical Touring Party

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Snowbound: The Record of a Theatrical Touring Party
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First edition
Author Bram Stoker
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Genre Short stories
PublisherCollier and Company
Publication date
1908
Media typePrint (paperback)
Pages256

Snowbound: The Record of a Theatrical Touring Party (1908) is a collection of short stories by Bram Stoker, the author of Dracula . Set in rural Scotland, where a party of travelling actors are trapped in the snow telling stories to each other to pass the time, the book is influenced by Stoker's years in the service of Sir Henry Irving.

The stories in this collection are:

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