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    Dracula

    By Bram Stoker

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    Enriched Classics offer readers accessible editions of great works of literature enhanced by helpful notes and commentary. Each book includes educational tools alongside the text, enabling students and readers alike to gain a deeper and more developed understanding of the writer and their work.

    A true masterwork of storytelling, Dracula has transcended generation, language, and culture to become one of the most popular novels ever written. It is a quintessential tale of suspense and horror, boasting one of the most terrifying characters ever born in literature: Count Dracula, a tragic, night-dwelling specter who feeds upon the blood of the living, and whose diabolical passions prey upon the innocent, the helpless, and the beautiful. But Dracula also stands as a bleak allegorical saga of an eternally cursed being whose nocturnal atrocities reflect the dark underside of the supremely moralistic age in which it was originally written—and the corrupt desires that continue to plague the modern human condition.

    Enriched Classics present the great works of world literature enhanced for the contemporary reader. This edition of Dracula was prepared by Joseph Valente, Professor of English at the University of Illinois and the author of Dracula's Crypt: Bram Stoker, Irishness, and the Question of Blood, who provides insight into the racial connotations of this enduring masterpiece.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPocket Books
    Release dateOct 14, 2003
    ISBN9780743493451
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    Bram Stoker

    Bram (Abraham) Stoker was an Irish novelist, born November 8, 1847 in Dublin, Ireland. 'Dracula' was to become his best-known work, based on European folklore and stories of vampires. Although most famous for writing 'Dracula', Stoker wrote eighteen books before he died in 1912 at the age of sixty-four.

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    • 2/5
      Were it not for audiobooks, I don't think I'd have read any classics in the last two years. This is a great way to slowly slog through the ones you've been meaning to read just because, but don't think you'll like much. Dracula has been on my to-read list since middle school, but only because it's a thing I felt I should read, not because I was especially interested. Thank you, audiobook, for making it so that I did not need to DNF!

      For real, if I had been reading this in print format, I really do not think we would have been friends. The story goes by so slowly, the characters are flat, and there is very little action for a horror novel. Add to this the fact that pretty much ALL of pop culture is one big giant spoiler for the plot, and the book is insanely boring at most points.

      Even worse, pop culture took all the good ideas out of Dracula and so, basically, what you're left to be surprised by is all of the things pop culture changed so that the book could actually be interesting. Take, for example, Van Helsing and Dracula's battle. I went in expecting this:



      If that's what you're hoping for, let me just tell you that you're WRONG. In fact, Van Helsing is an old, fat doctor with an absurd accent. Dracula is a tall, old man with a long white mustache. Umm, yuck, really? Sadly, 'tis true. The action in the book is more of the mental battle variety than anything else. They do a lot more talking than fighting.

      Mental standoffs can be pretty cool though, characters trying to outmaneuver one another. I mean, that's what made the first half of Death Note so freaking cool. Unfortunately, these characters are dumb. Certainly, knowing what's happening going into the book, but even given that they're working with no knowledge, their reasoning abilities are limited.

      What really got to me was that, near the end, they've figured out what happened to Lucy Westenra, watched her become a vampire, and killed her. Now they're searching for Dracula to kill him too. They decide that they need to do this without the cleverest of the bunch, Mina Harker, because ladies cannot handle this sort of thing, duh. They leave her alone and come back to find her weak, pale and tired, and it takes them freaking ages to think maybe Dracula has something to do with this, since these symptoms are remarkably similar to Lucy's. Basically, everyone's pathetic.

      Speaking of Mina, she is by far the most interesting and clever character, but, because of the time period, she gets very little respect. I mean, yeah, the guys appreciate what a great typist she is and admire her intellect, but, ultimately, she's more of a curiosity than a compatriot. They leave her out of things because she's a woman, and view her most important role to be that of a shoulder to cry on, of feminine comfort, despite the fact that she's the one who ultimately figures everything out. I know it's a different time, but it still pisses me right the fuck off.

      Oh, also supremely annoying? The infinite references to God. Seriously, every couple of minutes someone would intone "it's in God's hands." At first it didn't bother me, because that's the kind of stupid shit people would say, and still do say, in crises. However, after the first fifty times, I pretty much wanted to start ripping people's heads off every time it happened. I GOT it already: you're all good Christians. Shut the fuck up, okay?



      The only thing that made this book bearable for me was the fact that Audible did a wonderful job putting together the audio. They brought in a stellar cast, and really fit the voices to the characters. My favorite voice actors were Alan Cumming and Katherine Kellgren. Tim Curry does a good job, but he's doing that stupid Van Helsing accent, so I couldn't love his performance as much.

      Even with the marvelous audio work, this still only came out to a meh for me. I highly recommend the audio version, whether you think you'll like the book or not.
    • 5/5
      Bram Stoker’s The Illustrated Dracula features illustrations from Jae Lee, who’s worked on X-Factor, Inhumans, and Fantastic Four: 1234 for Marvel Comics as well as other work for DC and Image Comics. The book itself reprints Stoker’s text, which uses the epistolary novel format that was popular in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, and introduces the reader to Count Dracula, Jonathan and Mina Harker, Renfield, Abraham Van Helsing, and Lucy Westenra. Lee includes multiple black-and-white illustrations throughout the story as well as four full-color illustrations that capture the gothic, dreamlike quality of the narrative. Lee’s portrayal of Dracula appears to borrow from the depiction of Count Orlok in F.W. Murnau’s 1922 film, Nosferatu, rather than Stoker’s own description or the appearance of the historical Vlad Țepeș. Those benefits aside, there are some typographical errors throughout the work. That said, the illustrations and the high-quality materials of which this book is constructed make it a good gift edition for those new to the story or friends in need of a new copy.
    • 4/5
      I was absolutely captivated by this story from the very beginning and the characters are so well described that I couldn’t stop reading.

      The cinema was my only exposure to this story before now and what can I say but the cinema destroyed these fascinating characters by either sidelining them, not including them or over sexualizing them for the entertainment value. Lucy and Mina are two of the strongest female characters that I have ever seen in literature and their friendship is wonderful. The gentlemen in this story are very courageous and it is amazing how determined they were to see Dracula destroyed because it was the right thing to do and not for revenge.

      My only con is there are times that the author gets a little wordy with some of his side stories and conversations that I almost wanted to skip some of it.

      This is a great performance to listen to. All the actors not only had to act out their main part but also any of the other characters when the story was being told from the journal writer’s point of view. The actors did a great job of maintaining each characters personalities and subtleties no matter which actor was speaking for the character. It is exceptionally well done.
    • 1/5
      Tried for years to get through this book. Never could quite do it...
    • 4/5
      I found the book easily digestible for an older book. The format felt quite modern, being a combination of letters and journal entries from various narrators. The descriptions and emotions were lush and enveloping. The entries written from VanHelsing’s point of view were the only ones I had difficulty getting through- the language choices are meant to portray a highly intelligent person for whom English is not native, but for me it wound up being repetitive and harder to relate to. Also, the portrayal of women was hard to swallow at times. Baring in mind that it was another time, and that it might even hold a hint of satire against chauvinism, it was still at times irking. Overall, glad I finally read this classic and would definitely recommend!
    • 3/5
      Van Helsing sat with the Harker child on his lap; Van Helsing was momentarily pensive as his breathing continued stertorously. He was thankful that the child's breathing was normal, not stertorous. His suspicions had been numbed since the events with the Count some seven years before. He was also aware that both Jonathan and Mina would conscript this every instant to their journals. It was a shame he still spoke German. Why didn't anyone notice this? Yes, they had encountered True Evil and prevailed through serial implausibility on the part of Undead genius and reduced him to ashes with a Bowie knife.
    • 4/5
      Quite good, and surprisingly funny in spots. It really was a "technothriller" of sorts in its time.
    • 5/5
      There are darknesses in life and there are lights, and you are one of the lights, the light of all lights.
      Why am I always so surprised that classics are seriously fantastic?

      I loved everything about this! Even knowing the general story, having absorbed it via osmosis most of my life and having once watched a terribly adapted play put on by my high school peers, I was still pulled in by the tension, the terror, and the themes. I loved every character and found the plot to be very climactic and engaging.

      The writing style was superb! Each narrator had a consistent voice that defined them and made their perspective all the more interesting. My personal favorite was Dr. John Seward. He had a very lyrical way of viewing the world and it made his sections beautiful to read. The opening part with Jonathan Harker's imprisonment in Dracula's Castle was palpably tense and drew me in immediately. All in all, the entire thing was excellent!

      For life be, after all, only a waitin' for somethin' else than what we're doin'; and death be all that we can rightly depend on.
    • 5/5
      - Too Sensual to Ignore -“Dracula” by Bram Stoker relays the tales of an up-and-coming realtor, Jonathan Harker, who travels from England to Transylvania to meet a client; Count Dracula. In the classic interpretation of good versus evil, Jonathan and several of his acquaintances seek out the monster that killed one of their beloved companions. Their journey is filled with superstition, which is seen within the very first chapter of Jonathan’s diary during his journey to the Count’s home; many community members warn him of the dangers that awaits, and some even beg that he returns to his home. The book fashioned a new era within the literary field alongside such works as “Frankenstein” by Mary Shelley and “The strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Hyde” by Robert Louis Stevenson. It is a collection of reminiscences, transposed in diary entries, victrola recordings, and recounts of events throughout the time period. It dives into the parasitic indulgence so deftly hidden within Victorian London. There is a certain theme found in each of the novels I mentioned; the human form, when molested, may unleash a creature reeking with God’s defamation. I would recommend this book to readers with an interest in folklore/urban legends, gothic fiction, classics, horror novels, and the victorian perception of evil. It is definitely worth picking up if you are curious about the beginnings of these kinds of books, as well. It is an excellent subject to use for a case study of the genre.
    • 3/5
      Dracula. Bram Stoker. Modern Library Paperback Edition. 2001. The first time I read Dracula I was at home between sophomore and junior years at Montevallo, I think. I had nightmares about vampire cats that were so real I crawled in bed with Mother and only read the book during the daylight hours. This time it was more uncomfortable, not because I think vampires are real, but I was shocked by the evil personified that the book described and surprised by the Catholicism that permeated the determined search to destroy the evil. It was long and not as suspenseful as I remembered more of it as I read. It is much deeper than the modern vampire books and movies.
    • 5/5
      The original classic vampire story, first published in 1897, the one that spawned all those lurid films by Hammer and others, all those comic strips. I hadn’t read it, and was surprised to find it over 400 pages long and beautifully and intelligently written and cleverly structured. The story is told by way of the journals and letters of the main characters, which gives the unfolding events a very authentic feel and creates a sense of discovery in the reader. The measured pace is exactly right and disbelief all too easy to suspend. The novel moves from Dracula’s castle in Transylvania, where Jonathan Harker, a solicitor, has gone to arrange the details of a property sale with the Count. It continues via Whitby and the fate of poor Lucy to London, where the different strands of the story come together and the four men and Mina, Jonathan’s wife, set out to defeat the vampire. The fantastic events are written with authority and woven through with details of location and history that make this a fascinating read. I did find Dr Van Helsing’s accent rather tiresome towards the end where he has a lot to say, yet he’s a fairly lovable character so I forgave him for it. I was slightly puzzled by Dracula’s reputation for being irresistible to women, which suggests a sexual attraction that isn’t stated in the book itself, although the Count’s victims do seem to become more voluptuous and lascivious creatures as he returns to feed from them again and again. Hmmm…..
    • 4/5
      The classic tale of Dracula and his clash with the small group of individuals who would strive to prevent him from threatening the population of an oblivious London.Dracula as a narrative is deeply embedded in the cultural consciousness. Stoker's novel has had such a tremendous influence on vampire lore and the characters he created are iconic, with not only Dracula but the impressively brilliant Professor Van Helsing. Knowing the ultimate outcome of the novel, while ameliorating some of the suspense, does not detract from the enjoyment of the book. Gothic and darkly atmospheric, Stoker plays with his audience, manipulating the multiple perspectives of the characters in his novel to play the reader's knowledge and recognition of danger against the character's obliviousness. The different narrative voices are for the most part distinctive from one character to the next and the telling of the story through primarily diary entries as well as letters and newspaper articles is used to its benefit. While the novel does show its age in some of its comments on gender, Mina is an impressively strong female character. Jae Lee's illustrations in this addition are stark and beautiful with very simple lines but that add to the ominous atmosphere created within the novel. A great edition to encounter this seminal vampire novel.
    • 4/5
      this is probably one of my most favorite books ever. i loved how Jonathan Harker had to deal with and try and figure out who the count really was. the part about Dracula taking the blood of the innocent and virgins was a little creepy but other than that it was and still is one of my favorite books.
    • 5/5
      This is definately my favorite of all time! Theres nothing more to say !
    • 4/5
      Although I hadn't read this novel before, it held few surprises for me. The basic plot is part of popular culture. (My first exposure may have been the Gilligan's Island parody episode, and my high school choir performed the musical parody Dracula, Baby my senior year.) What did surprise me is that it is an epistolary novel. I listened to a Naxos audio version recorded by a cast of voice actors. It's an excellent production, and it turned out to be a great way to experience this book. The narrators read with such conviction that I was able to overlook some of the dated scientific material (e.g., about blood transfusions). I liked this book much more than Frankenstein.
    • 4/5
      This is a very good rendition of Dracula for the young adult. It's not the full version. It has been adapted for the young reader. I remember getting this book as a kid and I remember it putting terror into me.

      I highly recommend this book for the young reader. The print is a decent size. It has the correct mixture of pictures and words to keep the young reader interested.

    • 5/5
      One could say so much about a book like this. But one word might just sum it all up, Classic. Not classic as in boring and just old, but Classic as in when your done reading it you will want to go back and read it again. For me when i was getting towards the end i was getting mad because i didn't want the book to be over, you just want more action and more of the suspense. This is By far a Classic, and a must have for anybody from any background. Go out and buy this book, and read it. YOU'LL LOVE IT.
    • 4/5
      *NO SPOILERS WERE USED IN THE WRITING OF THIS REVIEW*Tackling a classic that is over 100 years old and influenced countless modern books, films and TV shows can be intimidating. The main concern is whether language and plot still seem compelling in our time. (The short answer is: YES!)From the beginning, this book offered many surprises. For example, the language is holding up surprisingly well with writing that immediately sucks the reader in; there is never a dull moment. The prose is rarely too flowery, as might be expected, because it is presented in a conversational tone through the main characters' journals and correspondence.Another surprise is the novel's point of view. Unlike many of the Vampire chronicles this book inspired, Bram Stoker's Dracula is written entirely from the Vampire slayers' point of view. Like his distant relative and contemporary, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Bram Stoker framed his Vampire novel as a detective mystery. The vampire slayers are detectives, and the reader follows them as they unravel clues about the vampire's nature and location.In my opinion, Bram Stoker's adherence to the detective format is a serious shortcoming, and is the main reason that I did not give this book 5 stars. In illustrating his heroes' sleuthing, the author focuses too much of the reader's attention on their correspondence and transcriptions, along with constant and long-winded vows of loyalty. He therefore leaves many interesting ideas largely unexplored, such as the relationship between Dracula and madman Renfield, the Vampire's past life, or the bits of Vampire lore that could have been explored in much greater detail.While presenting his vampire slayer detectives as unequivocal heroes, Bram Stoker unintentionally paints the Vampire as a very compelling underdog. The reader can't help feeling sorry for the Vampire, a member of an ancient and powerful clan, who is capable of hibernating for centuries while he waits for his beloved to die and join him as undead. Even one of the main heroes muses that he, too, is willing to become a vampire should he fail to rescue his wife from this fate.Since Bram Stoker left so many interesting elements unexplored and created such a compelling underdog character, it is easy to see why this book inspired so many others (most of which totally left out Bram Stoker's original goody-goody heroes and focused on the vampires). Still, despite its flaws this book is definitely worth reading for the sense of suspense it creates without being too gory, and the countless avenues for further reflection that it presents.
    • 5/5
      I have been a huge fan of vampire novels over the years from Anne Rice to Laurell K. Hamilton so it was with some shame that I had never read the original Father of the vampire novel Bram Stoker's Dracula. I decided to pick this up for a halloween challenge in my classics group. I was immediately drawn into the book as it is told in the epistolary style (through journal entries and letters) which I think always makes for a quick and easy read. This book was longer than I had remembered it being when I bought it, however I enjoyed nearly all of it. The only thing that cast a shadow upon my enjoyment was the character of Van Helsing, I had always thought of Van Helsing as the muscle that always gets Dracula. Stokers Van Helsing is a long winded, kiss ass. Everyone he meets is the most wonderful person in the entire world and he instantly loves them, this seems to be a trait with 18th century fiction, love is immediate and must be illustrated with all manner of pretty talk. Other than that I found the whole novel to be very good, I loved the character of Mina as a strong woman well ahead of her time. I even liked Lucy who was never my favorite character in the many versions of the movie. For those who like I, have seen many renditions of the story for film and hesitate to read the book for fear it will be an exact duplicate, fear not. The book was though similar not exactly like any of the Dracula movies I have seen but had parts of all of them.
    • 5/5
      It's Gothic, intricate, romantic, tragic, fun and surprising. I haven't read Stoker's original "Dracula" in about 20 years and most of the details I'd either forgotten or had been smudged, smeared, and overwritten by a lifetime of modern vampire stories and myths."Dracula" is set in the late 19th century and is presented through a series of letters, memos and recordings between numerous characters who, through no fault of their own, become entangled in Dracula's plot to move away from his rapidly dwindling (and more "vampire-aware") food supply in Romania to the hip and crowded urban living in London.Stoker's mythology around Vampires had a few surprises (to me, at least...apologies in advance if any of these are common knowledge to Stephanie Meyers lovers...). Vampires only lose their powers during the day. They don't burn up or anything in the daylight...they just can't morph into animals, use superhuman strength, etc. Vampires can't turn into anything fancy when they're over water...which was a convenient plot point revolving around Dracula's travels to and from London via boat. Also, Stoker describes Dracula as having a long thin moustache...so I can't help imagining a fu manchu.Van Helsing comes across as a Victorian age vampire-fighting Yoda. Stoker may have been writing Van Helsing's backward-talking soliloquies to be delivered with a Danish accent, but perhaps the Stoker estate should have a chat with Lucasfilms...Harker's wife Mina is a central figure throughout the book - initially only as the target of Jonathan's letters from Transylvania, and eventually as a key figure in the hunt for the Count. Her passion and love for hubby Jonathan is both melodramatic and touching. One can't help but feel a very Victorian-England vibe in their relationship.I thoroughly enjoyed the Stoker original. He does a masterful job connecting the plot dots through diaries and correspondence. Even by today's standards, I find his approach very fresh. The first quarter of the story takes place in Romania and Dracula's castle, and Stoker is at his best in his exposition of place and in setting the weighty and Gothic tone of Dracula in his environs. The image of the Count crawling down the outer walls of his castle, while Jonathan Harker watches from above, is burned into my mind.
    • 4/5
      There are lots of memorable scenes in Bram Stoker’s Dracula: riding at night through the Carpathian mountains towards the Castle Dracula, wolves howling and approaching from all around; Dracula scaling down his castle wall at night like a lizard, head first; child kidnapping for blood sucking and murder; a ship ‘manned’ by a dead crew, all murdered, with the corpse of a seaman lashed to the helm but still making ground in a storm; a lunatic asylum with a philosophical inmate who loves eating flies, spiders, and birds; swarms and swarms of rats in an abandoned old house as they hunt Dracula; of course the eroticism of the vampires, both Dracula and three females who vie with each other for John Harker; Dracula’s evil red eyes, and his changing into mist, a bat, and a dog; Victorian blood transfusions, before blood typing was known about; and beheading and driving a stake through the heart of a woman the “good guys” had loved, then filling her mouth full of garlic, because she was now among the Un-Dead.Phew. Who could not love all that violence and danger, with a little sex mixed in? On top of this, I love the imagery which sets some of the scenes, and Stoker’s use of multiple narrators. In Dracula you’ll see the influence not only in obvious books and films over the the past 100+ years, but also in characters like Lord Voldemort - sheer evil, apparently immortal, controlling his minions as master, and communicating experiences through mental connection from afar.The only reason I knocked it down a bit on my rating is that while the book starts off great, towards the middle and end it oftentimes moves too slowly. The second half should have been edited and made as brisk as the first. Last point, the introduction in this slim text is good, as is its afterword. I was unaware that there were three vampire stories which preceded Bram Stoker’s 1897 tale, published every 20-30 years starting in 1821, but of course it was Stoker who made Dracula a classic. Quotes:Love these as examples of setting the mood, this one on the coast:“To add to the difficulties and dangers of the time, masses of sea-fog came drifting inland – white, wet clouds, which swept by in ghostly fashion, so dank and damp and cold that it needed but little effort of imagination to think that the spirits of those lost at sea were touching their living brethren with the clammy hands of death, and many a one shuddered as the wreaths of the sea-mist swept by. At times the mist cleared, and the sea for some distance could be seen in the glare of the lightning, which now came thick and fast, followed by such sudden peals of thunder that the whole sky overhead seemed trembling under the shock of the footsteps of the storm.”And this one in a tomb:“The tomb in the day-time, and when wreathed with fresh flowers, had looked grim and gruesome enough; but now, some days afterwards, when the flowers hung lank and dead, their whites turning to rust and their greens to browns; when the spider and the beetle had resumed their accustomed dominance; when time-discoloured stone, and dust-encrusted mortar, and rusty, dank iron and tarnished brass, and clouded silver-plating gave back the feeble glimmer of a candle, the effect was more miserable and sordid than could have been imagined. It conveyed irresistibly the idea that life – animal life – was not the only thing which could pass away.”And these which highly sexual overtones; this one after three vampire girls fight over John Harker, who awaits with a “wicked, burning desire that they would kiss me with those red lips”:“I was afraid to raise my eyelids, but looked out and saw perfectly under the lashes. The girl went on her knees, and bent over me, simply gloating. There was a deliberate voluptuousness which was both thrilling and repulsive, and as she arched her neck she actually licked her lips like an animal, till I could see in the moonlight the moisture shining on the scarlet lips and on the red tongue as it lapped the white sharp teeth. Lower and lower went her head as the lips went below the range of my mouth and chin and seemed about to fasten on my throat. Then she paused, and I could hear the churning sound of her tongue as it licked her teeth and lips, and could feel the hot breath on my neck. Then the skin of my throat began to tingle as one’s flesh does when the hand that is to tickle it approaches nearer – nearer. I could feel the soft, shivering touch of the lips on the super-sensitive skin of my throat, and the hard dents of two sharp teeth, just touching and pausing there. I closed my eyes with languorous ecstasy and waited – waited with beating heart.”In this one, Dracula dominates poor Mina, in a scene some have commented is symbolic of fellatio:“And you, their best beloved one, are now to me, flesh of my flesh; blood of my blood; kind of my kin; my bountiful wine-press for a while; and shall be later on my companion and my helper. You shall be avenged in turn; for not one of them but shall minister to your needs. But as yet you are to be punished for what you have done. You have aided in thwarting me; now you shall come to my call, When my brain says ‘Come!’ to you, you shall cross land or sea to do my bidding; and to that end this!’ With that he pulled open his shirt, and with his long sharp nails opened a vein in his breast. When the blood began to spurt out, he took my hands in one of his, holding them tight, and with the other seized my neck and pressed my mouth to the wound, so that I must either suffocate or swallow some of the – Oh my God! My God! What have I done?”
    • 4/5
      This is truely a classic. The narrative structure really creates an interesting story, but also, holes in time of events that may or may not have occured. Simply put, the reader cannot know what happens between journal entries, newpaper clippings, or letters. Plus, are the characters who are cataloguing this information not biased about this or that? Anyways, that's just one facet of Bram Stoker's brilliant novel. A good book, all in all.
    • 4/5
      By turns melodramatic, contrived and repetitive it is, nonetheless, a spine-tingling tale - a classic.
    • 2/5
      Dracula is well known, I found some of the differences between movies, common myth, and the book of interest. He isn't quite as fearsome in this version. I think a lot of the issue is the dating of the book. A lot of what Bram Stoker does serves to reduce the horror. An example is the early introduction by watching him scale a castle. His behavior wasn't consistent with his abilities. Next is the structure of the book. It is told as a series of diary entries with the addition of a few letters. These come from several people, yet they are all told in the same voice with similar types of content and style. Each person has recorded dialog verbatim, even to the point of the awkward working and spelling of people of different cultures and backgrounds. It felt very unnatural. Abraham Van Helsing seemed over the top. He has all the answers, he's encountered vampires before, but his background isn't adequately explained. He is overly secretive for a matter as grave as this, and parcels out information only sparingly. The story, itself, could be brought up-to-date. For instance, instead of starting in Romania, I would have started in England with the arrival of the boat whose crew was dead. It could have started by taking the form of an investigation. There were some interesting events early in the book, intrigue around Harker's apparent imprisonment, his interaction with the other vampires. This could be updated by introducing another victim, probably replacing Harker, and another plot thread in England. Overall, the book fell short of my expectations. I felt no horror, and felt that Dracula didn't present himself well. Coupled with the overburdened dialog of the stereotypical Victorian dialog made it slow at times and difficult to accept when belittling women or other minorities. The climax came a bit suddenly and was too abrupt. A rewrite could do wonders for the book, it is a good story.
    • 3/5
      3-1/2 stars. I decided to round down this time. I did however like Dracula a lot. It was way overboard with the melodrama which, it turns out, didn't bother me as much as it does in other forms of entertainment. I haven't read anything else that measures up to it in that regard so maybe the 19th century use of the language softened the eye-rolling effect for me. I'm wondering how common the melodrama is in novels from the romantic period and how different authors from the period differed. The only other thing I recall at this moment having read from the period, so far, is Jane Austin (pretty much 100 years earlier) and I can't consider that a good comparison as I consider her to be genius on several levels. Dracula may drag in parts for a lot of people. It's not exactly a page turner for some stretches. It held my interest all the way through but I wasn't compelled to carry it with me through the day and I read other books during the reading of it as a result. The multiple points of view and the telling through the various journals was a great choice for this and used to excellent effect. That became even more pronounced after all parties had all left England and the novel started building toward its climax. There were several points where the story became quite exciting including pretty much the whole last quarter or so of the book. The difference in the use of the language between now and then combined with the broken English of Professor Van Helsing with all the mixed up tenses and cases was an experience - one requiring some patience sometimes and funny sometimes but not a problem. i have a few other gothic novels picked out for the very near future and am looking forward to them.
    • 4/5
      Whether you have read the book or not, no doubt you know the basics of this classic 1897 novel. Although it wasn't the first Gothic or the first vampire literature, it set the stage for every vampire story that followed it. You’ll already know what Dracula looks like, where he lives, what he is about, his strengths and his weaknesses. What you may not know – as I did not – is:1. Although we do visit Castle Dracula in Transylvania, the bulk of the story takes place in England, where our villain pursues innocent women, and is pursued by a noble band of strapping heroes that include The Imprisoned Solicitor, The Lordly Aristocrat, The Charming American, the Thoughtful Psychologist and The Elderly Dutch Doctor, whose wisdom guides them all. Not only them, but:2. A wonderful, strong woman – the most inspiring I’ve met in 19th century literature – takes her place among them. The wife of The Imprisoned Solicitor, Mina is a teacher and aspiring journalist who carefully records her experiences and impressions, is fascinated by technology, travels on her own, takes charge of difficult situations, reads feminist literature, makes decisions so brilliant the men often follow her lead – and carries a gun when she must! At the same time, she demonstrates the sensitivity and tenderness, the vulnerability, and the absolute devotion to Home and God that the age (and the Count) demanded of its women. She’s got it all.3. The tale is told entirely through fictional “primary sources” -- diaries, medical records, telegrams, newspaper articles and letters. Thus, almost every detail is told in the first person, mostly by the primary characters, and each voice is wonderfully true to type, including the “foreign” syntax of the Dutchman’s speech and the irrepressible “slang” of the American.The book is long and sometimes a bit drawn out, when we are so anxious for resolution, but it is a surprisingly modern classic on many levels, with everything a thrilling adventure requires. Those who read a lot of grisly contemporary horror literature may find it tame, but on a dark autumn evening, tucked into a warm chair by a flickering fire, I found it just perfect.
    • 4/5
      After reading this, I realize that I've never seen a Dracula movie in my life. I dimly recall seeing the play in high school - my sister played Mina - but the plot of that escapes me. I was surprised at how little of the book takes place at Dracula's castle. I also was a touch confused by the plethora of vampiric restrictions: sunlight is evidently a hindrance only some of the time, one becomes a vampire by drinking a vampire's blood or sometimes just by being killed by a vampire, a vampire needs to rest in sanctified soil but cannot touch anything blessed, a vampire can turn into a bat and a dog and mist and who knows what else... I'm just glad subsequent vampire stories kept it simple: no sunlight, no Christian stuff, no stakes through the heart or decapitation.Anyway, all griping aside, I really enjoyed this book. The plot moves well. Often books over 100 years old are written in a difficult dialect, but this was easy, to the point where I was even able to hear Van Helsing's thick accent in my head. Mina's portrayal as a strong, intelligent woman was refreshing as well. The ending was quite abrupt, even jarring, but the story did not feel at all unfinished.
    • 5/5
      I know this is going to sound funny but I know now why this is a classic. I always dreaded reading it because it was written so long ago thinking I wouldn't be able to get into it but boy was I wrong. I was drawn into the story at once, it is cryptic and scary with amazing foreboding detail. You feel like you are in there with the characters. Great scenery detail. I LOVED this book, by far one of my favorites already. I may even read it again! (and i usually never do that). You can't beat the original vampire novel!
    • 4/5
      Bram Stoker’s Gothic novel “Dracula” has never been out of print since it was originally published in 1897. That means the book has been available to readers for over a hundred years. It took me almost that long to give it a whirl and now that I’ve finished it all I can say is, “Wow!” It was not at all what I expected. There was some blood and gore, sure, but the story was so much more than that. Told in epistolary form, the book opens with young solicitor Jonathan Harker preparing for his trip to Transylvania, where he will oversee the transfer of a piece of property in London to a certain Count Dracula. But then some very strange things start happening to him while he’s in the castle and soon he realizes that he is imprisoned there and running for his life. “The castle is on the very edge of a terrible precipice. A stone falling from the window would fall a thousand feet without touching anything! As far as the eye can reach is a sea of green tree tops, with occasionally a deep rift where there is a chasm. Here and there are silver threads where the rivers wind in deep gorges through the forests.But I am not in heart to describe beauty, for when I had seen the view I explored further; doors, doors, doors everywhere, and all locked and bolted. In no place save from the windows in the castle walls is there an available exit.The castle is a veritable prison, and I am a prisoner!” (Page 25)Meanwhile his fiancé doesn’t know where he is or what’s happening.From that point on we meet the vampire, the vampire killers, the lust for blood, wolves, three wanton female vampires and a resident of an insane asylum who serves as a sensor as to the whereabouts of the Count. Stoker provides an engaging story of the hunt for Count Dracula after establishing he is, indeed, a vampire, systematically identifying his prey among the friends of Jonathan Harker.The book is teeming with symbolism and explores the themes of the role of women in Victorian London, the promise of Christian salvation, the consequences and advantages of the advancing Industrial Age. A surprisingly enjoyable read that once again has me shaking my head wondering why I took so long to get to this gem. Very highly recommended.
    • 5/5
      The absolute all-time classic of wanting to do your friends. I've already written about five papers on Dracula and said most of what I want to say, but here's this: you know those old soft-porn videos they used to rent at places like Blockbuster that carefully skirted their wholesome Middle American ideas of what was acceptable whilst still providing a masturbatory outlet for men too remotely situated for broadband? Where it's all "The De Courceys. An estranged family with a dark secret - until young, nubile Rochelle came into their homes and unsettled their lives with her erotic power? A journey of sexual discovery and spiritual healing." Imagine Dracula as Rochelle. Is ur mind blown? A little?

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    Dracula - Bram Stoker

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