Bram Stoker · Dracula's Guest · The Chapter He Cut

Everyone else wears a costume. You carry the book.

Stoker's cut chapter — the wolf, the red sky, the one house lit — printed on a real leather handbag. Halloween to the room; Dracula's Guest to the ones who've read it.

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Dracula's Guest — a 1930s Halloween party poster: the wolf on the hill, the moon, the jack-o'-lantern, and the handbag with its matching wallet. “Halloween is my favorite holiday.”
Halloween night at the party door: a black silk dress with a lace collar, a cape lined red, and the Dracula's Guest handbag held by both handles.
October 31st, the candy-bowl hour: reading Dracula on the porch step, a jack-o'-lantern below, and the Dracula's Guest handbag beside her — the bag says what the book says.
October 31st at dusk on a brownstone stoop: a long black coat, a jack-o'-lantern on the step, and the Dracula's Guest handbag in hand.
October 30th, 9 pm: the Victorian gothic costume laid out on the bed — black silk gown, lace collar, the cape lined red — and the Dracula's Guest handbag at its foot.
The party, 9 pm: orange and black streamers, the punch bowl, candy corn — the handbag and its matching wallet on the table.
October 31st, 6 pm: the red hooded cape on the hall hook, the handbag with the wolf on the bench beneath it.
October 31st, 6:30 pm: the candy bowl on the hall table, the porch light on, the jack-o'-lantern on the step — and the handbag ready by the door.
"Dracula's Guest" - Black Interior - Leather Handbag
"Dracula's Guest" - Black Interior - Leather Handbag
"Dracula's Guest" - Black Interior - Leather Handbag
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Handbag + matching wallet · one box

Ends Sunday · …

The Countess Dolingen Set

Go as the countess from Stoker's cut chapter: black silk, a cape lined red, the wolf on your arm.

Countess Dolingen of Gratz is the one name Stoker cut into the tomb in this chapter. At the door with the candy bowl, at the bar, at the register for the pumpkins — the wallet you take out is the same night as the bag on your arm. Readers notice. Everyone else just sees a beautiful set. Three in ten handbag buyers add it at $49.95. Here it is free.

Why it's the set for the 31st

  • The countess look, or no costume at all. Black silk, lace collar, the cape lined red — or the long black dress. Black, crimson and gunmetal sit right beside all of them.
  • The wallet is the party piece. Wrist strap on, phone and cards inside — the one thing you carry once the bag is parked by the door.
  • On November 1st it is still a handbag. A 13″ laptop and the book you are on. “Good Quality! Great design! Lots of compliments and a conversation starter!” — Caren, verified review
  • Dracula's Guest handbagPremium vegan leather · art printed into the grain · 13.8″ × 10.6″ × 5.5″ $142.95$89.95
  • Matching walletZip-around, wrist strap · 4.3″ × 7.9″ · rides inside the handbag $49.95FREE

Both pieces · sold apart $192.90$89.95

This set ends … at midnight. After that the wallet goes back to $49.95 and the pair to $192.90.

Only 45 left in premium vegan leather — when they are gone, the set is.

Ships by … from Arizona, both pieces in one box. Standard shipping $12.99 + $5 for the second piece, 3–5 business days.

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    “This is the coolest bag. Not only Dracula but the lost chapter. Perfect”

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    “I love it! I went out yesterday for the first time with it expecting weird looks, but i got compliments from everyone that saw it. It’s great quality and feels like real leather. The picture doesn’t do it justice. I’ll absolutely be purchasing more! Highly recommend!”

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  • Returns30 days, unused

The chapter Stoker cut · the night on the bag

Everyone at the party sees a beautiful bag. You know which chapter it is

Three costumes on one rail — the black Victorian gown, the red hooded cape, the plain black dress — and the Dracula's Guest handbag on the floor beneath them.
The three costumes it goes with · and the chapter underneath all of them

Stoker cut this chapter from Dracula for length. A traveller ignores every warning on Walpurgis Night — the old spring Halloween, when his coachman says the graves open — and finds a tomb cut with one line: “The dead travel fast.” At dawn the soldiers find a wolf lying across him, keeping him warm. Someone had already sent word that he was expected.

That night is the front panel: the wolf on the crag, the red sky, the one house with its windows lit. It goes with the Victorian gown, the red hood, the long black dress, or no costume at all — and to the ones who've read it, it is not a Halloween print. It is the chapter.

“The dead travel fast.”

— the line cut into the tomb, Dracula's Guest, Bram Stoker, 1914
The thing everyone was warned about.I · the wolf

The thing everyone was warned about.

In the story it is the wolf that keeps the traveller alive till morning. On the bag it stands on the crag and calls the night in. Readers know which wolf.

Where the guest is expected.II · the lit windows

Where the guest is expected.

One house on the hill with every window lit. Not lost out here — invited. On the 31st, that is the whole difference.

Walpurgis Night, the other Halloween.III · the red sky

Walpurgis Night, the other Halloween.

The last night of April, when the graves open. Blood-red sky, bats on the panels, black interior. Dark, well-read, and still a handbag.

I made this one for the readers whose favourite holiday is Halloween.

“Wear the costume if you like. The bag is the part they'll ask about — and only the readers will know why.”
Jane Grey, Founder of Lettoria

The details

Every measurement before you decide.

Drawn to scale from the real dimensions. On the 31st: phone, lipstick, keys, the candy you took from the bowl, and the wallet — with room to spare. On the 1st: a 13″ laptop and the book you are on. Not a small bag, not a bulky one.

What fits · drawn to scale1 square = 5 cm

13.8″wide · 35 cm
10.6″tall · 26.9 cm
5.5″deep · 13.9 cm
  • 13″ laptop 30.4 × 21.5 cm
  • The book you are on a paperback, 13 × 20 cm
  • The wallet, rides inside 7.9 × 4.3″

In the boxOne box · ships together

Dracula's Guest handbag

Premium vegan leather · 13.8″ × 10.6″ × 5.5″ · zip across the top · two top handles · black interior

$89.95sold apart $142.95

Matching wallet

Same scene, small binding · 7.9″ × 4.3″ · zip-around · wrist strap · phone, cards, cash

Freesold apart $49.95

Sold apart $192.90$89.95in this box

Size
13.8″ × 10.6″ × 5.5″ (35 × 26.9 × 13.9 cm)
Closure
Zipper across the top.
Carry
Two top handles.
Interior
Black.
Hardware
Gunmetal rivets and rings on the bag; gold-tone zip and clip on the wallet.
Art
Drawn by our artists after Stoker's 1914 story; ink pressed into the grain — printed, not raised.
Material
Premium vegan leather: animal-free, lighter on the arm, wipes clean with a damp cloth.
Care
Wipe with a soft cloth; keep out of long sun; do not overfill the zip.
November 1st, 8 am: last night's cape over the hall chair, the spent jack-o'-lantern by the door — and the handbag with its matching wallet on the table, leaving for work.
November 1st · the costume goes back in the box · the bag goes to work

The short version

The Halloween bag only readers will recognise. The matching wallet in the same box, free.

The handbag$89.95sold apart $142.95
Matching walletFreesold apart $49.95
You pay$89.95instead of $192.90

On your arm by … .

This set ends … at midnight — then the wallet goes back to $49.95. …

P.S. The wallet is $49.95 on its own page; in this box it is $0.00 on its own cart line, no code. Thirty days to decide once it's on your arm — unused, refunded in full; you pay the return postage. That is the whole policy.