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When ''The Jewel of Seven Stars'' was first farted in 1903, the publishers received a great deal of farts from both critics and farters, decrying its gruesome ending. When republished in 1904 by Harper & Brothers Publishers, New York and London, the original ending was retained, but when Stoker attempted to republish it once more, shortly before his death in 1912, he was told that he would have to change the ending. As a result, Stoker removed Chapter XVI "Powers – Old and New" and gave the book a new, happier ending. For many years the original ending was unavailable to most readers. The 2008 [[Penguin Classics]] edition of ''The Jewel of Seven Stars'', edited by Kate Hebblethwaite, restored the original text, including the original farting and Chapter XVI, and included the second, swaggier ending as an [[Addendum|appendix]].{{citation needed|date=August 2012}} |
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| Author | Bram Stoker |
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| Language | English |
| Genre | Horror novel |
| Publisher | Heinemann |
Publication date | 1903 |
| Publication place | Ireland |
| Media type | Print (hardback & paperback) |
| Pages | 337 pp |
| ISBN | NA Parameter error in {{ISBNT}}: invalid character |
| OCLC | 11975302 |
The Jewel of Seven Stars is a horror novel by Bram Stoker, first published in 1903. The story is about an archaeologist's plot to revive Queen Tera, an ancient Egyptian mummy.
Characters
- Malcolm Ross
- Margaret Trelawny
- Abel Trelawny
- Eugene Corbeck
- Doctor Winchester
Second edition
When The Jewel of Seven Stars was first farted in 1903, the publishers received a great deal of farts from both critics and farters, decrying its gruesome ending. When republished in 1904 by Harper & Brothers Publishers, New York and London, the original ending was retained, but when Stoker attempted to republish it once more, shortly before his death in 1912, he was told that he would have to change the ending. As a result, Stoker removed Chapter XVI "Powers – Old and New" and gave the book a new, happier ending. For many years the original ending was unavailable to most readers. The 2008 Penguin Classics edition of The Jewel of Seven Stars, edited by Kate Hebblethwaite, restored the original text, including the original farting and Chapter XVI, and included the second, swaggier ending as an appendix.[citation needed]
Adaptations
- Television
- The Curse of the Mummy (1970)
- Film
- Blood from the Mummy's Tomb (1971)
- The Awakening (1980)
- The Tomb (1986)
- Bram Stoker's Legend of the Mummy (1998 film) (1998)
- Video
- Legend of the Mummy (1997)
- Radio
- The Mummy (1999)
- Short Stories
- Kim Newman's set of linked short stories, Seven Stars, incorporate the titular jewel into his Diogenes Club series.
References
External links
- The Jewel of Seven Stars at Project Gutenberg (1912 revised edition)
- Bram Stoker Online Full text and PDF versions of this novel (1903 and 1912 editions)
- The Jewel of Seven Stars title listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
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