AccueilGroupesDiscussionsPlusTendances
Site de recherche
Ce site utilise des cookies pour fournir nos services, optimiser les performances, pour les analyses, et (si vous n'êtes pas connecté) pour les publicités. En utilisant Librarything, vous reconnaissez avoir lu et compris nos conditions générales d'utilisation et de services. Votre utilisation du site et de ses services vaut acceptation de ces conditions et termes.

Résultats trouvés sur Google Books

Cliquer sur une vignette pour aller sur Google Books.

Hotel Transylvania par Chelsea Quinn Yarbro
Chargement...

Hotel Transylvania (original 1978; édition 1978)

par Chelsea Quinn Yarbro

MembresCritiquesPopularitéÉvaluation moyenneMentions
7621829,644 (3.53)17
From a Bram Stoker Award winner, the first tale of the ancient Carpathian vampire, set in the Paris of King Louis XV . . .   Le Comte de Saint‑Germain appears to be a wealthy, worldly aristocrat, envied and desired by many but fully known to none. In fact, he is a vampire, born in the Carpathian Mountains in 2119 BCE, turned in his late thirties, and destined to roam the world forever, watching and participating in history.   In Hôtel Transylvania, this charismatic hero makes his first appearance in the long-running series as he battles against Satanists to preserve the young Madelaine de Montalia from ruin. It's a richly atmospheric tale of dark fantasy and gothic suspense from the first woman to be named a "Living Legend" by the International Horror Guild, an author who uses "her vampire hero as a lens to focus on the best and worst of human behavior throughout history" (Publishers Weekly).… (plus d'informations)
Membre:ScarletMoon13
Titre:Hotel Transylvania
Auteurs:Chelsea Quinn Yarbro
Info:St. Martin's Press Inc, hardcover
Collections:Votre bibliothèque
Évaluation:
Mots-clés:Aucun

Information sur l'oeuvre

LE COMTE DE SAINT GERMAIN VAMPIRE par Chelsea Quinn Yarbro (1978)

Chargement...

Inscrivez-vous à LibraryThing pour découvrir si vous aimerez ce livre

Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre.

» Voir aussi les 17 mentions

Affichage de 1-5 de 18 (suivant | tout afficher)
2.5 Stars ( )
  moonlit.shelves | Jul 16, 2023 |
The lush, detailed historical world pulled me in. It's not a masterpiece for me (although I fully recognize that it was part of the current genre's inception). But I still enjoyed it and can see why the author won the awards she did. I love Madelaine's character and am delighted there are two books focused on her! The end turned gruesome but that made the ultimate destruction of the antagonists even more satisfying. ( )
  hissingpotatoes | Dec 28, 2021 |
One of the earliest published Saint-Germain books, along with The Palace (although not the first chronologically). Set in Ancien Regime France, Saint Germain is involved with a coven of Satanists and rescues an aristocratic young lady who later becomes a vampire. (She features in later works in her own right.) I enjoyed the earlier works in the series more than the later - they've become rather formulaic over the years. Each book is a stand-alone set in a different historical period. Saint Germain is based on the historical Comte de Saint Germain, and this book is set about 20 years after Saint Germain's first appearance on the European scene.
1 voter Maddz | Aug 6, 2017 |
I wanted to like this book. However, the characterization...

The misunderstood Saint-Germaine is too perfectly urbane, witty, and smug.

Sebastien the Satanist is simply too hissably evil for belief. The malignant drivel that passed for dialogue which spewed from his mouth made my eyes roll at an alarming rate. Why, oh why would anyone hang around with - or even work for - someone as evil as Sebastien? Oh, right. No one would because he's a condescending prick that just might break your kneecaps for no good reason whatsoever. Bleh.

Madeleine, for the era when the story takes place, begins as a relatively strong female character but that falls by the wayside come the denouement.

The rest of the characters are boringly rendered caricatures. Gervaise was especially irritating given his nonsensical behavior.

Needless to say, I won't be continuing the series. ( )
1 voter ScoLgo | Apr 3, 2017 |
Very good entertainment, relaxing to read. I will continue with this series. I much enjoy the idea of the vampire as a romantic hero, compared to evil destroyer. In my kindle version as I progressed, some of the "the"s appeared in German, randomly. For a while I thought someone was sending me a message hidden in the story. Someone not very fond of me, LOL. ( )
  MaureenCean | Feb 2, 2016 |
Affichage de 1-5 de 18 (suivant | tout afficher)
I've read this book literally dozens of times and I know it by heart. It is my absolute favorite book of ALL time. I've read others by Ms. Yarbro but nothing compares to this. I keep looking for the sequel and only find different stories with St. Germaine as the lead character. This book is utterly unforgettable and *always* leaves me hungering for more!
ajouté par amberleanne | modifierjust me, amberle'anne (Aug 28, 2009)
 

» Ajouter d'autres auteur(e)s (7 possibles)

Nom de l'auteurRôleType d'auteurŒuvre ?Statut
Chelsea Quinn Yarbroauteur principaltoutes les éditionscalculé
Dominguez, EliasArtiste de la couvertureauteur secondairequelques éditionsconfirmé
Heffernan, PhilArtiste de la couvertureauteur secondairequelques éditionsconfirmé
Kim, MiranArtiste de la couvertureauteur secondairequelques éditionsconfirmé
Kot, RadosławTraducteurauteur secondairequelques éditionsconfirmé
Langhans, HeikoTraducteurauteur secondairequelques éditionsconfirmé
Tóth, IngridTraducteurauteur secondairequelques éditionsconfirmé

Appartient à la série

Appartient à la série éditoriale

Prix et récompenses

Vous devez vous identifier pour modifier le Partage des connaissances.
Pour plus d'aide, voir la page Aide sur le Partage des connaissances [en anglais].
Titre canonique
Informations provenant du Partage des connaissances anglais. Modifiez pour passer à votre langue.
Titre original
Titres alternatifs
Date de première publication
Personnes ou personnages
Informations provenant du Partage des connaissances anglais. Modifiez pour passer à votre langue.
Lieux importants
Informations provenant du Partage des connaissances anglais. Modifiez pour passer à votre langue.
Évènements importants
Films connexes
Épigraphe
Dédicace
Informations provenant du Partage des connaissances anglais. Modifiez pour passer à votre langue.
FOR CHRISTOPHER LEE
A nous les amours,
et les roses
Act 4, Massenet's MANON
Premiers mots
Informations provenant du Partage des connaissances anglais. Modifiez pour passer à votre langue.
Excerpt from a letter written by la comtesse d'Argenlac to her niece Mlle. Madelaine de Montalia, dated September 13, 1743:

...The entertainment provided that night was musical, and Madame la Duchesse had gathered a truly brilliant assembly for her salon.
Citations
Derniers mots
Informations provenant du Partage des connaissances anglais. Modifiez pour passer à votre langue.
(Cliquez pour voir. Attention : peut vendre la mèche.)
Notice de désambigüisation
Directeur de publication
Courtes éloges de critiques
Langue d'origine
DDC/MDS canonique
LCC canonique

Références à cette œuvre sur des ressources externes.

Wikipédia en anglais

Aucun

From a Bram Stoker Award winner, the first tale of the ancient Carpathian vampire, set in the Paris of King Louis XV . . .   Le Comte de Saint‑Germain appears to be a wealthy, worldly aristocrat, envied and desired by many but fully known to none. In fact, he is a vampire, born in the Carpathian Mountains in 2119 BCE, turned in his late thirties, and destined to roam the world forever, watching and participating in history.   In Hôtel Transylvania, this charismatic hero makes his first appearance in the long-running series as he battles against Satanists to preserve the young Madelaine de Montalia from ruin. It's a richly atmospheric tale of dark fantasy and gothic suspense from the first woman to be named a "Living Legend" by the International Horror Guild, an author who uses "her vampire hero as a lens to focus on the best and worst of human behavior throughout history" (Publishers Weekly).

Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque

Description du livre
Résumé sous forme de haïku

Discussion en cours

Aucun

Couvertures populaires

Vos raccourcis

Évaluation

Moyenne: (3.53)
0.5 1
1 5
1.5 1
2 13
2.5 3
3 35
3.5 11
4 51
4.5 2
5 23

Est-ce vous ?

Devenez un(e) auteur LibraryThing.

 

À propos | Contact | LibraryThing.com | Respect de la vie privée et règles d'utilisation | Aide/FAQ | Blog | Boutique | APIs | TinyCat | Bibliothèques historiques | Critiques en avant-première | Partage des connaissances | 206,088,163 livres! | Barre supérieure: Toujours visible