The Jewel of Seven Stars
by Bram Stoker 1847–1912
The book, and the century it came out of.
An Egyptologist lies in a coma in a London house full of relics, his daughter has scratches on her wrist, and in the study stands the mummy of a queen who intended to come back. Stoker’s publisher made him rewrite the ending for the second edition — readers had found the original unbearable — and both are still argued over. Illustrated with 60 full-page plates — paintings by Roberts, Delacroix and Friedrich among them.
It all seemed so real that I could hardly imagine that it had ever occurred before; and yet each episode came, not as a fresh step in the logic of things, but as something expected.
The Jewel of Seven Stars, by Bram Stoker, complete and unabridged. Spelling and punctuation follow present-day American usage; the sentences, the paragraphs and the voice are the author’s, word for word.
It was written in another era and may carry attitudes a reader today will find dated. They are kept for the sake of the work and do not reflect the views of this house.
- Series
- Gothic & Horror
- Format
- Ebook
- Extent
- about 264 pages
- Reading time
- about 5 hours
- Illustrations
- Full-page plates, credited
- Text
- Complete, unabridged
- Language
- en
- This edition
- 2026
- ISBN
- 9785501476752
60 paintings are bound into this edition
Six of them are shown here, taken from the volume itself. Each is reproduced full page and named with its painter and year.
1903, in the middle of Egyptomania
Europe had been unwrapping mummies at parties for decades, museums were full of the results, and Egyptian antiquities were arriving in London faster than anyone could catalogue them. The idea that this might be an offence, and that something might object, was in the air long before Tutankhamun’s tomb was opened twenty years later.
Stoker’s publisher made him change the ending for the 1912 reissue, softening it. Which version a reader gets still depends on the edition.
This book in culture: 5 versions
Most people meet a book like this one on a screen first. Here is what was made of it — and none of these is the book.
The whole afterlife of The Jewel of Seven Stars — screen, stage and beyond →
- 1971 Blood from the Mummy's Tomb Seth Holt
- 1980 The Awakening Mike Newell
- 1986 The Tomb Fred Olen Ray
- 1998 Bram Stoker's Legend of the Mummy Jeffrey Obrow
- 2014 The Mummy Resurrected Patrick McManus
A page from this edition
Not a mock-up: this page is taken from the finished volume. The ornament above the chapter belongs to its shelf and to no other, the opening letter is set as a drop capital, and the plate below carries the name of the painter and the year.
Both photographed from the finished volume.
The Jewel of Seven Stars, first published 1903, issued in this edition by Aeneas Press in 2026 on the Gothic & Horror shelf. Newly set, with the ornament of its series above each chapter and a drop capital on the opening page. Illustrated with full-page plates, each named with its painter.
Published as an ebook and not issued in print by this house; it carries one ISBN, 9785501476752, and is supplied worldwide. This edition — its setting, its ornament, its cover art, and the selection and attribution of its plates — © 2026 Aeneas Press.
Questions readers ask
- Is this the whole of The Jewel of Seven Stars?
- Yes — complete and unabridged. Nothing is cut, condensed or paraphrased. This is the book, not a summary of it.
- What exactly did you change?
- The spelling and the punctuation follow present-day American usage. Bram Stoker's sentences are untouched — same words, same order, same rhythm.
- Are the pictures really in the book?
- Yes. The edition carries full-page plates bound into the text, each one named with its painter and the year it was made. Six of them are shown on this page.
- How long is it?
- About 264 pages, which is roughly about 5 hours of reading.
- What do I actually get?
- An illustrated ebook with its own ISBN, sold worldwide. One file, yours to keep, readable on any device.
