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  • Paperback: 448 pages
  • Publisher: Penguin Classics; New Ed edition (25 Jan 2007)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 014062063X
  • ISBN-13: 978-0140620634
  • Product Dimensions: 18 x 11.4 x 2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (37 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 3,378 in Books (See Bestsellers in 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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Abraham ‘Bram’ Stoker (1847 – 1912), was always unwell when he was an infant – he couldn't stand up until he was seven years old – yet he became a champion athlete when at university at Trinity College, Dublin. Like so many children whose health is poor Bram had lots of time to read and developed a real passion for literature. After university, Bram followed in his father’s footsteps and joined the Irish Civil Service in Dublin. He was soon bored and so built on his love of theatre to become the unpaid drama critic for the Dublin Mail. He met Sir Henry Irving, the most famous actor of the time - the two became friends and from 1878 until Irving’s death in 1905, Bram Stoker’s main job was as the actor’s manager and secretary. At the same time he was working as a writer. He wrote a dozen books but is remembered today for just one – Dracula, published in 1897. It is still regarded as a masterpiece of the macabre with its evil monsters and gripping story-line. Dracula was an immediate success and has remained popular ever since.
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25 of 28 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Truly exceptional piece of British literature, 12 Mar 2003
By N. D. Maidment "butchmaidment" - See all my reviews
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After being a fan of the now rather hammy looking Hammer Horror Dracula films in my youth I finally decided to buy the original novel and, to be honest, was startled at its brilliance.
It is dark, brooding and powerfully atmospheric - more so than any horror novel I have ever encountered. In its genre it is rightly regarded as one of the premiere pieces of literature of all time.
I would certainly rank it along with greats like Wuthering Heights and Sense and Sensibility as one of the most outstanding reads in British history.
Everyone is familiar with the legend, but Stoker's original is so interesting in that it is written solely in the form of personal journals and press reports, rather than describing the actions as they happen.
Things start piecing themselves together gradually as readers can compare one piece of evidence from Dr Seward with the events of Mina Harker's life and the sad diary of Lucy Westenra.
This allows the reader to get closer than is usual to the characters, an environment that is truly gripping from beginning to end.
Quite simply it is a book that everyone should own and at this price it is an absolute steal.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Gripping, multi-layered novel retains the power to chill, 14 May 2003
By N. Clarke (Lancs, UK) - See all my reviews
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Dracula may be an iconic figure in film and television, but his appeal is not diminished in print. This truly is a wonderful, absorbing read; I enjoyed it far more than I expected to. Stoker's prose is pleasantly easy to read (although the footnotes do come in handy for some of the more obscure references to medieval eastern European history).

The narrative is generally well-paced, only occasionally sagging under the weight of unnecessary scene-setting and backstory. It is told from a multitude of viewpoints with an almost postmodern attention to point-of-view distortions. This device also goes a considerable way towards breathing real life into the engaging characters.

The story is a familiar one, of course, particularly to anyone who has seen the 1992 film version. With Coppola's slightly salacious additions stripped away (Lucy is a giddy charmer here rather than a perpetually-tipsy flirt, for example), this is an often stark tale, redolent with folkloric eerieness, as fin-de-siecle scientific triumphalism battles vainly against an older, altogether darker set of laws.

However many versions of the story you've seen, _Dracula_ remains a surprisingly rich and unnerving read - all the richer, indeed, for the cultural resonance it has picked up since it was first published. We have seen Jonathan Harker reach his slow realisation of the true nature of the Count countless times, yet this knowing shiver only adds to the creeping unease when Harker first enters Dracula's castle.

This a gem of a novel, waiting to be rediscovered.

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5.0 out of 5 stars A Book With Real Bite., 6 Aug 2000
By allan@heywood57.freeserve.co.uk (Skelmersdale, Lancashire) - See all my reviews
The curtain twitches. Quickly you raise your eyes from the page - but there's nothing there. You were sure you saw something out the corner of your eye. A chilling breeze brushes your neck, making you shiver. Perhaps it was just your imagination? Perhaps.

Rest your eyes and sleep, it will be dark soon. Outside of your bedroom window, a fog is developing, it is an unusual fog, thick and grey.

An unnerving feeling in the pit of your stomach wrenches your eyes open on the stroke of midnight. Why did you wake? Did something wake you? You can't hear anything, but your pounding heart stops you returning to your uneasy slumber. You decide to read for a few minutes to unwind.

Fumbling in the dark of your room, you feel the hard spine of a book. You take it and reach for the light. It is 'Dracula' by Bram Stoker.

Erotic and romantic, yet deeply disturbing and horrifying. Stoker's work remains unequalled. Once you start reading, you will not stop until you have finished. Not only because the book is so fantastic, but because whilst your eyes remain glued to the page, you can't glance over your shoulder to see what might be sneaking up behind you.

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