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Dracula (Penguin Popular Classics)
by: Bram Stoker

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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN: 9780140620634
ISBN: 014062063X
Label: Penguin Books
Manufacturer: Penguin Books
Number Of Pages: 448
Publication Date: January 30, 2007
Publisher: Penguin Books
Sales Rank: 87650
Studio: Penguin Books

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When Jonathan Harker visits Transylvania to help Count Dracula with the purchase of a London house, he makes horrifying discoveries about his client and his castle. Soon afterwards, a number of disturbing incidents unfold in England: an unmanned ship is wrecked at Whitby; strange puncture marks appear on a young woman's neck; and the inmate of a lunatic asylum raves about the imminent arrival of his 'Master'. In the ensuing battle of wits between the sinister Count Dracula and a determined group of adversaries, Bram Stoker created a masterpiece of the horror genre.

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- Mother of All Vampire Stories
Confession time: I read the entire "Twilight" Saga before reading "Dracula." I know, I know especially embarrassing considering I majored in 19th Century British Lit in college. However, this glaring deficiency in my literary repertoire has been remedied and I can now emerge from my cloud of shame. I really did enjoy this book and since everyone else in the world has likely already read it, I do not feel it necessary to go into all of the plot details. Here is the short version without spoilers: when Count Dracula decides to expand operations to London after centuries of being relegated to Transylvania, it becomes problematic for British mortals. Luckily there is a group of people, captained by Professor Van Helsing, who make it an objective to eradicate the vampires from society.

I found "Dracula" a surprisingly quick read for a 400 page book and can understand how it made a splash in Victorian England. ... Read More

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- No one can surpass Stoker!!!! This is the only Dracula!!
The fact that Bram Stoker's "Dracula" was published in 1897, and it still holds its own in today's Hollywood style, glitz, glam, and sanguinity is utterly amazing. You will find that this is the most original piece of literary work ever published.
In the past, others have tried to copy his eclectic style, but in the end they've always miserably failed. Why is this you may ask?
Well, because most other authors never really explore their characters psyche, which was something Stoker mastered, especially in this book. In Stoker's story the narrative arrangements are a series of journals, letters, and diaries written by his characters.
Stoker allows you to witness the story unfolding through their eyes. This method allows the story to move rapidly.
In chronicling the story in this fashion the reader will envision, and feel as though he or she is apart of the story.
It is interesting to note ... Read More

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- Accessible and atmospheric, although the narrative style has its weaknesses. A fundamental vampire novel, and highly recommende
When Jonathan Harker visits Transylvania to arrange for an English home purchase for Count Dracula, he becomes a prisoner in Dracula's castle and discovers horrific and unnatural facts about Dracula himself. Not long after, strange events occur in England--a unmanned ship beaches on shore, a madman awaits his master, and a young woman with unexplained puncture wounds on her neck becomes pale and ill. These events bring together a diverse cast of characters who tell the story through their diaries and letters and work to understand and to defeat Dracula. The diary-style narrative, although contrived and somewhat frustrating, makes the book accessible and swift flowing, and the book is of course a rich, classic horror text and a foundational vampire novel. Recommended to all readers, including those that don't generally read classics.

A horror classic, Dracula is both an atmospheric, foundational vampire novel ... Read More

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- "For the dead travel fast"
Surprisingly "Denn die Toten reiten schnell" or "For the dead travel fast" is more than an opening line to this tale of love in the dangerous moon light. After watching several Drac movies and a few Nosferatu's, I pretty much though I had a handle on the genera. Little did I know what a wonderful world of mystery and suspense that Bram Stoker opened up for me.

The story is told mostly third party though the papers, diaries, and phonograph recordings (on wax calendars) of those people involve in a tale so bizarre that it almost defies belief. The general story line is that of a Count that plans to move to a more urban setting (from Borgo Pass to London) where there is a richer diet. There he finds succulent women; something he can sing his teeth in. Unfortunately for him a gang of ruffians (including a real-estate agent, asylum director, Texas cowboy and an Old Dutch abnormal psychologist) is out to detour ... Read More

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