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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... late . Buda - Pesth seems a wonderful place , from the glimpse which I got of it from the train and the little I could walk through the streets . I feared to go very far from the station , as we arrived late ... night at the Hotel Royale . I ...
... late . Buda - Pesth seems a wonderful place , from the glimpse which I got of it from the train and the little I could walk through the streets . I feared to go very far from the station , as we arrived late ... night at the Hotel Royale . I ...
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... last we saw before us the Pass opening out on the eastern side . There were dark , rolling clouds overhead , and in ... night , my friend . " The man stammered in reply : — " The English Herr was in a hurry , " to which the stranger ...
... last we saw before us the Pass opening out on the eastern side . There were dark , rolling clouds overhead , and in ... night , my friend . " The man stammered in reply : — " The English Herr was in a hurry , " to which the stranger ...
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... late companions crossing themselves . Then the driver cracked his whip and ... night is chill , mein Herr , and my master the Count bade me take all care ... recent experiences . I waited with a sick feeling of suspense . Then a dog began ...
... late companions crossing themselves . Then the driver cracked his whip and ... night is chill , mein Herr , and my master the Count bade me take all care ... recent experiences . I waited with a sick feeling of suspense . Then a dog began ...
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... night . What music they make ! " Seeing , I suppose , some expression in my face strange to him , he added : - “ Ah ... late as you will . I have to be away till the afternoon ; so sleep well and dream well ! " With a courteous bow , he ...
... night . What music they make ! " Seeing , I suppose , some expression in my face strange to him , he added : - “ Ah ... late as you will . I have to be away till the afternoon ; so sleep well and dream well ! " With a courteous bow , he ...
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... last twenty - four hours . I slept till late in the day , and awoke of my own accord . When I had dressed myself I ... night's rest . Then he went on : - -- " I am glad you found your way in here , for I am sure there is much that will ...
... last twenty - four hours . I slept till late in the day , and awoke of my own accord . When I had dressed myself I ... night's rest . Then he went on : - -- " I am glad you found your way in here , for I am sure there is much that will ...
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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