Dracula

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Paperback, 239 pages

English language

Published Dec. 13, 2014 by CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform.

ISBN:
978-1-4991-5660-7
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OCLC Number:
1056712063

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"Dracula is an 1897 Gothic horror novel by Irish author Bram Stoker. Famous for introducing the character of the vampire Count Dracula, the novel tells the story of Dracula's attempt to move from Transylvania to England so he may find new blood and spread undead curse, and the battle between Dracula and a small group of men and women led by Professor Abraham Van Helsing. Dracula has been assigned to many literary genres including vampire literature, horror fiction, the gothic novel and invasion literature. The novel touches on themes such as the role of women in Victorian culture, sexual conventions, immigration, colonialism, and post-colonialism. Although Stoker did not invent the vampire, he defined its modern form, and the novel has spawned numerous theatrical, film and television interpretations." -- Amazon.com.

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reviewed Dracula by Bram Stoker

The Count

An easy read, dripping with atmosphere and history.

Told by a collection of characters, you try to guess and put together what is happening in real time. Dracula himself featured less than I expected, but was somehow also omnipresent.

I think I enjoyed the opening from Jonathan's point of view the most - though it was cool to meet Van Helsing later.

Listening to the notes after the book, I have to say a lot of the obvious (in retrospect) themes completely passed me by, so perhaps one to reread.

reviewed Dracula by Bram Stoker

Love. Like. WTF!

I kind of had a love/like/WTF relationship with this book. It's so darn clever and yet ridiculous at the same time. The characters are exaggerations and silly. And the dialogue, Gah!

On top of that, the "rules" for this whole vampirism thing make no sense at all, and there are no explanations for how they figured out those rules. The good doctor just knows from some dude who told him and assumed it all to be true, no matter how far fetched.

But still, Dracula is an enjoyable romp that explores some interesting themes that I'm unsure the author knew were even there.

This Everyman Library edition (they are always the best editions) includes an introduction by Joan Acocella who concludes with "Dracula is like the work of other nineteenth-century writers. You can complain that their novels are loose, baggy monsters, that their poems are crazy and unfinished. Still, you …

reviewed Dracula by Bram Stoker

La costruzione di un immaginario

Uno dei libri più importanti per la creazione del vampiro come lo conosciamo noi, con tutte le leggende, le credenze e i personaggi iconici ormai di dominio pubblico. Il pregio più grande per me è la qualità della narrazione, che riesce a costruire immagini molto forti che ti si tracciano in testa mentre leggi; sono queste il lascito più prezioso che mi rimane di questo libro.