When Jonathan Harker visits Transylvania to help Count Dracula with the purchase of a London house, he makes a series of horrific discoveries about his client. Soon afterwards, various bizarre incidents unfold in England- an apparently unmanned shipis wrecked off the coast of Whitby; a young woman discovers strange puncture marks on her neck; and the inmate of a lunatic asylum raves about the 'Master' and his imminent arrival. In Dracula, Bram Stoker created one of the great masterpieces of the horror genre, brilliantly evoking a nightmare world of vampires and vampire hunters and also illuminating the dark corners of Victorian sexuality and desire.
RRP means 'Recommended Retail Price' and is the price our supplier recommends to retailers that the product be offered for sale. It does not necessarily mean the product has been offered or sold at the RRP by us or anyone else.
When Jonathan Harker visits Transylvania to help Count Dracula with the purchase of a London house, he makes a series of horrific discoveries about his client. Soon afterwards, various bizarre incidents unfold in England- an apparently unmanned shipis wrecked off the coast of Whitby; a young woman discovers strange puncture marks on her neck; and the inmate of a lunatic asylum raves about the 'Master' and his imminent arrival. In Dracula, Bram Stoker created one of the great masterpieces of the horror genre, brilliantly evoking a nightmare world of vampires and vampire hunters and also illuminating the dark corners of Victorian sexuality and desire.
- ISBN:
- 9780141439846
- 9780141439846
- Category:
- Classic horror & ghost stories
- Age range:
- 18 to null
- Format:
- Paperback
- Publication Date:
- 29-04-2003
- Language:
- English
- Publisher:
- Penguin Putnam Inc
- Country of origin:
- United States
- Pages:
- 512
- Dimensions (mm):
- 198x129x22mm
- Weight:
- 0.35kg
This item is In Stock in our Sydney warehouse and should be sent from our warehouse within 1-2 working days.
Once sent we will send you a Shipping Notification which includes online tracking.
Please check the estimated delivery times below for your region, for after your order is despatched from our warehouse:
ACT Metro 2 working days
NSW Metro 2 working days
NSW Rural 2 - 3 working days
NSW Remote 2 - 5 working days
NT Metro 3 - 6 working days
NT Remote 4 - 10 working days
QLD Metro 2 - 4 working days
QLD Rural 2 - 5 working days
QLD Remote 2 - 7 working days
SA Metro 2 - 5 working days
SA Rural 3 - 6 working days
SA Remote 3 - 7 working days
TAS Metro 3 - 6 working days
TAS Rural 3 - 6 working days
VIC Metro 2 - 3 working days
VIC Rural 2 - 4 working days
VIC Remote 2 - 5 working days
WA Metro 3 - 6 working days
WA Rural 4 - 8 working days
WA Remote 4 - 12 working days
Express Post is available if ALL items in your Shopping Cart are listed as 'In Stock'.
Click on Save to My Library / Lists
Click on My Library / My Lists and I will take you there
Reviews
1 Review
Dracula was way worse to read than I was expecting. Of course it's a very famous novel and this perhaps leads to more disappointment if it doesn't live up to its reputation. Knowing large parts of the story beforehand certainly does not do good things for immersion, but I still found it very tedious and the pacing was agonising at times. I also did not enjoy the journalistic narration style, which can be fine but didn't suit Dracula in my opinion. The first third or so of the book was superb but it became very difficult to get through the rest.
The scenes at the castle are fantastic and the gradual build-up of dread as Jonathan Harker discovers the true nature of Count Dracula is genuinely terrifying. Excluding this first encounter, however, the notorious vampire actually strikes this reader as a fairly innocuous threat given the ease with which he can be thwarted and ultimately defeated without giving battle. Has there even been a villain subject to so many limitations and ready remedies? This combined with the fact that he is hardly ever present in any action diminishes the count as the evil and powerful foe he should be projecting into the imagination. Also, what self-respecting villain essentially runs away for half of a book?
Overall I feel that this novel is dated and truly a product of its time lacking contemporary relevance other than the popularity of vampires. The Victorian themes of sexual repression and fear of women don't hold up too well but it's also just really conservative writing at its core and Stoker seems like he would have been a boring person. I should admit here that I don't generally 'get' the vampire phenomenon so if you are into vampires maybe you would enjoy Dracula more. Personally, I think watching 'Dracula: Dead and Loving It' again would be a lot more fun.
Share This Book: