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Dracula

Dracula

by Bram Stoker
Paperback
Publication Date: 01/03/2016

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Bram Stoker's bone-chilling vampire tale was not the first of its kind; the author was influenced by fellow Dubliner Sheridan Le Fanu's similarly-themed short story Carmilla, published in 1872, 25 years before Dracula. But it is the latter that stands at the pinnacle of this horror sub-genre. "We would not recommend it to nervous persons for evening reading, "The Times review advised when it was hot off the press, indicative of the power of the text to those more familiar with comic or schlocky adaptations of this Gothic classic. English lawyer Jonathan Harker journeys to Count Dracula's Transylvanian castle to discuss a routine real estate transaction. Title deeds are the last thing on the shape-shifting Count's mind. He has a thirst for pastures new and fresh blood, and as the action moves to England, he gorges himself at the expense of the unfortunate ship's crew. Harker's fiancee Mina, her friend Lucy Westenra, Dr Seward and vampire expert Professor Van Helsing band together to stop the undead count from rising. Only certain weapons will be effective, and not all of them will survive.
Told through the diaries and letters of the chief characters, Dracula has a gripping authenticity and immediacy that draws the reader into its shadowy nightmare.
ISBN:
9781907176982
9781907176982
Category:
Classic horror & ghost stories
Format:
Paperback
Publication Date:
01-03-2016
Publisher:
Atlantic Publishing,Croxley Green
Country of origin:
United Kingdom
Pages:
464
Dimensions (mm):
178x111x30mm
Weight:
0.26kg
Bram Stoker

Born in Dublin, Ireland, on November 8, 1847, Bram Stoker published his first literary work, The Duties of Clerks of Petty Sessions in Ireland, a handbook in legal administration, in 1879.

Turning to fiction later in life, Stoker published his masterpiece, Dracula, in 1897. Deemed a classic horror novel not long after its release, Dracula has continued to garner acclaim for more than a century, inspiring the creation of hundreds of film, theatrical and literary adaptations.

In addition to Dracula, Stoker published more than a dozen novels before his death in 1912.

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