The Invisible Giant, Bram Stoker
The Invisible Giant, Bram Stoker
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The Invisible Giant

Author: Bram Stoker

Narrator: Walter Dixon

Unabridged: 31 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Ascent Audio

Published: 07/03/2012

Synopsis

Young Zaya was very sad and lonely when her mother died, but she eventually found solace in the company of birds, who proved to be her only friends. When Zaya sees the form of the Giant-Plague, she immediately tries to warn her the people in her city about what is coming, but almost everyone disregards her as crazy. The only who doesn't is a kind old man, Knoal, who believes Zaya and joins her cause of trying to warn about the Giant. Zaya's birds help protect her and Knoal from the Giant, but as time goes on, they discover that even they cannot remain safe forever.

About Bram Stoker

Bram Stoker was born November 8, 1847, in Dublin, Ireland. His father was a civil servant, and his mother was a charity worker and writer. Stoker studied math at Trinity College in Dublin and graduated in 1867, after which he became a civil servant. At this time, he also worked as a freelance journalist, a drama critic, and editor of the Evening Mail. In 1876, he met Sir Henry Irving, a famous actor. Stoker accepted a job as personal secretary to Irving and went to England in 1878. Before he left Ireland, he published his first book, The Duties of Clerks of Petty Sessions in Ireland. While working for Irving he met an aspiring actress named Florence Balcombe. They married in 1878 and had one son, Noel, who was born in 1879. In England, Stoker also began writing a series of short stories and novels, the first of which was The Snake's Pass. Although best known for Dracula, Stoker wrote eighteen books before he died in 1912.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Thibault

A very short fairy tale written by the man who wrote Dracula. This story makes you aware of the dangers that are unseen, this not so subtly deals with the threat of germs and infectious diseases and still feels relevant to this day.......more

Goodreads review by Tom

Stoker intending this as a children's tale lays it foremost as a tale with a moral of innocence and the pure of heart but it is also heavily laced with a lot of the predominant Victorian beliefs on infectious disease. There were two very distinct principles given to the cause of infectious disease d......more

Goodreads review by Ana Júlia

3,5 (sim sim eu tenho que parar de ler histórias curtas esperando que vão ter o clima e profundidade de um romance 😶🤌 Acho que grande parte do suspense de Drácula se dá justamente pelo tamanho e complexidade da narrativa (inúmeros personagens e dicas que nos deixam curiosos sobre o que pode estar aco......more

Goodreads review by Uva

curioso e rápido. um conto interessante que me lembrou muito o Ishiguro.......more

Goodreads review by Patzzic

Um conto gostosinho e rápido. É muito interessante ler outros gêneros de autores famosos já lidos, como é o caso do Bram Stoker - e também o fiz com Oscar Wilde recentemente -, para ver o quanto estas mentes brilhantes são versáteis. Ao ler O Gigante Invisível, a sensação que tenho é a que posso con......more

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