DraculaIt is perhaps one of the best known and most influential novels in all of literature: 1897's Dracula didn't merely inspire countless adaptations for stage and film, it invented an entire genre of horror: the vampire story, which continues to evolve today into wildly varied directions, from noir detective pastiches (the vampire as night-owl P.I.) to tween romances (the vampire as dreamy but distant boyfriend). Anyone who wants to know where it all began must read this 1897 work, still startling and still terrifying even today. The story of English solicitor Jonathan Harker and his strange new client, Transylvanian aristocrat Count Dracula, this is the classic work of Victorian gothic horror, the continuing eerie wellspring of many of our cultural fantasies and nightmares. Irish author ABRAHAM STOKER (1847-1912) worked for more than a quarter of a century as manager of the West End's Lyceum Theatre, which drew him into London's literary and artists circles; he was a friend of such luminaries as writer Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and painter James Abbott McNeill Whistler. Stoker is also the author of The Lair of the White Worm (1911), among other books. |
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Page 3
... evidently expected , for when I got near the door I faced a cheery - looking elderly woman in the usual peasant dress - white undergarment with long double apron , front , and back , of coloured stuff fitting almost too tight for ...
... evidently expected , for when I got near the door I faced a cheery - looking elderly woman in the usual peasant dress - white undergarment with long double apron , front , and back , of coloured stuff fitting almost too tight for ...
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... evidently talking of me , for every now and then they looked at me , and some of the people who were sitting on the bench outside the door - which they call by a name meaning " word - bearer ” —came and listened , and then looked at me ...
... evidently talking of me , for every now and then they looked at me , and some of the people who were sitting on the bench outside the door - which they call by a name meaning " word - bearer ” —came and listened , and then looked at me ...
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... evidently bent on losing no time in reaching Borgo Prund . I was told that this road is in summertime excellent , but that it had not yet been put in order after the winter snows . In this respect it is different from the general run of ...
... evidently bent on losing no time in reaching Borgo Prund . I was told that this road is in summertime excellent , but that it had not yet been put in order after the winter snows . In this respect it is different from the general run of ...
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... evidently meant for grim pleasantry - for he looked round to catch the approving smile of the rest— “ and you may have enough of such matters before you go to sleep . " The only stop he would make was a moment's pause to light his lamps ...
... evidently meant for grim pleasantry - for he looked round to catch the approving smile of the rest— “ and you may have enough of such matters before you go to sleep . " The only stop he would make was a moment's pause to light his lamps ...
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... fast . " ) - with a The strange driver evidently heard the words , for he looked up gleaming smile . The passenger turned his face away , at the same time putting out his two fingers and crossing himself . “ 8 Bram Stoker.
... fast . " ) - with a The strange driver evidently heard the words , for he looked up gleaming smile . The passenger turned his face away , at the same time putting out his two fingers and crossing himself . “ 8 Bram Stoker.
Contents
Letter Dr Seward to Hon Arthur Holmwood | 98 |
Lucy Westenras Diary | 109 |
Dr Sewards Diary | 230 |
Dr Sewards Diary | 259 |
Dr Sewards Phonograph Diary spoken by Van Helsing | 270 |
Dr Sewards Diary | 276 |
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