The vampire novel that defined a genre by tapping into our deepest fears and darkest fantasies A junior solicitor travels to Transylvania to meet with an important client, the mysterious Count Dracula. Ignoring the dire warnings of local townsfolk, he allows himself to be seduced by the count’s courtly manners and erudite charm. Too late, the solicitor realizes that he is a prisoner of Castle … of Castle Dracula, his guards a trio of voluptuous young women with sharp white teeth and a taste for blood.
Soon thereafter, the solicitor’s fianc e, Mina, visits a friend on the English coast. The town is full of speculation over a Russian ship run aground nearby, its crew missing, the dead body of its captain, crucifix in hand, lashed to the wheel. A giant dog was seen leaping from the deck before disappearing into the countryside. The ship’s cargo: fifty boxes of Transylvanian dirt. As the beautiful Mina will soon learn, Count Dracula has arrived.
At once a Gothic reflection of the Victorian era and a timeless tale of sinister lust, Bram Stoker’s Dracula has inspired countless adaptations–none with the same power to quicken the pulse as the original.
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I never read this book only know it from the movies. It was an eye-opener and I enjoyed it very much. I got the illustrated version and the picture were great. Never again will I bank on movies for story.
I’ve read this book more than once over the years and keep coming back to it. As classic reading goes, it seems every time I read it, I find something new that I hadn’t noticed before. It may seem odd to classify a piece of horror amongst the classics, but to me, it fits. Bram Stoker hit a nerve in the psyche when he wrote this piece. Something that has never stopped resonating with people. In some ways he sparked an entire genre of movies and writing. Going back to this book it is easy to see why.
A classic, the seed from which most modern vampire stories sprang; very old fashioned, but still very readable. And Dracula at least did not sparkle . . !
Awesome book, scary
Everyone knows about vampires, this book is the beginning of vampire fiction. Not an easy book to read, slow in some places, but well worth the effort.
The book that started the whole vampire ganre, and is the nest of them all. A classic.
One of the first of the Classics that I read in 7th grade. Hooked me on supernatural fiction for all my life!
classic
A classic and a good read.
It is a good story but because it’s been written more than a century ago, in a literary style of its time, the action was too slow for me.
Ultimate Vampire
This book is a classic for science fictcion readers.
The original and everyone has been trying to top it since.
I’ve read this book 5 times over the past 50 years! Loved it every time! Powerfully written and my imagination supplies the special effects.
Its a classic
This is a great scary classic
This is where it all began
enjoyed this
Nothing beats the originals!
First and best of a long list of vampire novels