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The Snake's Pass

"The Gombeen Man"

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The Snake’s Pass was Bram Stoker's second novel. However, since his first novel The Primrose Pass was originally published as a serial novel in an Irish magazine this was his first book published as a novel. The Snake’s Pass was first published in November 1890 by Sampson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington, Limited of London. The book itself was a 365 page hardcover with a red cloth cover stamped with the title, author's name and a picture in gold. A photograph of the book's cover is available here.

Chapter three of The Snake's Pass was also published as a short story under the name "The Gombeen Man". It appeared in November 1890 in a British Sunday newspaper called The People.

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