Dracula

Written by Bram Stoker

Narrated by Peter Coates

Dracula is a novel by an Irish writer Sir Abraham "Bram" Stoker that was first published in 1897. The stories about vampires were created and published numerously earlier than this famous novel. But it won't be an exaggeration to say that it was Sir Stoker, who managed to write a thing that became a basis for the whole era of "vampire novels". And it is still continuing. Jonathan Harker, a lawyer from London moves on business to Transylvania. He was invited by a local earl to register a real estate purchase in England. The purchase of a deserted abbey is registered. But the name of a buyer is a little strange, it's Dracula…

• Language: English
• Publisher: Strelbytskyy Multimedia Publishing
• Release date: May 28, 2021
• ISBN: 9780880004367

Bram Stoker

Abraham Stoker was born near Dublin in 1847. He was virtually bedridden with an unidentified illness until the age of seven. After graduating from Trinity College, he followed his father into a career as a civil servant in Dublin castle, writing journalism and short stories in his spare time. In 1876 he met the actor Henry Irving and two years later became manager of Irving's Lyceum Theatre in London. Through Oscar Wilde's parents, Stoker met his wife Florence Balcombe. He wrote many books of which only Dracula (1897) is widely remembered. He died in 1912.

Reviews for Dracula

[A_Mulligan · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

Stoker created a fascinating character that went on to inspire generations and his style of composing a narrative out of several sources is clever, evidencing a self awareness in society as the nature of media was changing. Beyond these qualities, this book has not aged well. The manner in which the characters speak is exhausting and flowery. I ended up rooting for Dracula to kill them all. It makes sense that later adaptations have focused so much on him rather than the protagonists. I recommend sticking with the movie unless you are a literary scholar.