Dracula and Frankenstein: Two Horror Books in One Monster Volume

By Bram Stoker and Mary Shelley

Victor Frankenstein is consumed by his desire to discover the secrets of life. After several years of research, Victor feverishly constructs a man out of old body parts and brings him to life. Victor is immediately horrified by his ambitious creation, and flees his apartment in remorse. The newborn monster disappears from Frankenstein’s laboratory and enters the world as an outcast, struggling with his own identity. What follows is a gripping tale of murder, injustice, and revenge. When Count Dracula departs Transylvania on a Russian ship, crew members begin to mysteriously disappear. After the ship docks, and more people are attacked, rumours of a monster quickly spread. When Abraham Van Helsing is asked to intervene, Dracula meets his match. On his quest to find Dracula, Van Helsing is forced to hunt newly made vampires, using a cross, garlic, and a wooden steak as weapons. But tracking down Dracula will prove to be harder, and more dangerous that Van Helsing could have ever imagined.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Engage Books
• Release date: Oct 15, 2014
• ISBN: 9781772260434

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.

Reviews for Dracula and Frankenstein

[thereadingmermaid · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

This one is a bit harder to review seeing as there are 3 very different novels here. 1. Frankenstein was a good read. The story was well told and the characters easy to understand. However, I feel that she spent way too much time setting the scenes for us. It seems there was a lot of filler and not enough real substance. On a personal note, I do find it interesting how the novel never describes the details regarding the creation of the monster and everything we see depicted in movies and television is all theory and fabrication. 2. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde was extremely difficult for me to get into. Perhaps it was the writing of the time and it just didn't cut the cake for me, I'm not exactly sure. Never-the-less, it was an interesting read. 3. Dracula was NOTHING like any of the modern films donning the name. The closest film adaptation was (shokingly to me) 1922 Nosferatu. I don't quite understand how we went from the decrepit monster in the novel to the charismatic, sexy and awe-inspiring Dracula's of current pop culture. All that aside, the novel was great. I was a bit timid at Stoker's choice to write the novel as compiled journal & diary entries from the characters in the story but it seemed to work out just fine and even gives you several different points of view in this gruesome tale. Very good read.

[syndelle777 · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

This one is a bit harder to review seeing as there are 3 very different novels here. 1. Frankenstein was a good read. The story was well told and the characters easy to understand. However, I feel that she spent way too much time setting the scenes for us. It seems there was a lot of filler and not enough real substance. On a personal note, I do find it interesting how the novel never describes the details regarding the creation of the monster and everything we see depicted in movies and television is all theory and fabrication. 2. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde was extremely difficult for me to get into. Perhaps it was the writing of the time and it just didn't cut the cake for me, I'm not exactly sure. Never-the-less, it was an interesting read. 3. Dracula was NOTHING like any of the modern films donning the name. The closest film adaptation was (shokingly to me) 1922 Nosferatu. I don't quite understand how we went from the decrepit monster in the novel to the charismatic, sexy and awe-inspiring Dracula's of current pop culture. All that aside, the novel was great. I was a bit timid at Stoker's choice to write the novel as compiled journal & diary entries from the characters in the story but it seemed to work out just fine and even gives you several different points of view in this gruesome tale. Very good read.

[stasch7856 · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Two of the horror genres greatest creatures in one volume .... 'nuff said!