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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... never heard from her lips : - " Arthur ! Oh , my love , I am so glad you have come ! Kiss me ! " Arthur bent eagerly over to kiss her ; but at that instant Van Helsing , who , like me , had been startled by her voice , swooped upon him ...
... never heard from her lips : - " Arthur ! Oh , my love , I am so glad you have come ! Kiss me ! " Arthur bent eagerly over to kiss her ; but at that instant Van Helsing , who , like me , had been startled by her voice , swooped upon him ...
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... never forget the last glimpse which I had of the inn - yard and its crowd of picturesque figures , all crossing themselves , as they stood round the wide archway , with its background of rich foliage of oleander and orange trees in ...
... never forget the last glimpse which I had of the inn - yard and its crowd of picturesque figures , all crossing themselves , as they stood round the wide archway , with its background of rich foliage of oleander and orange trees in ...
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... never come . It may be that this strange night - existence is telling on me ; but would that that were all ! If there were any one to talk to I could bear it , but there is no one . I have only the Count to speak with , and he ! -I fear ...
... never come . It may be that this strange night - existence is telling on me ; but would that that were all ! If there were any one to talk to I could bear it , but there is no one . I have only the Count to speak with , and he ! -I fear ...
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... never reach . The warlike days are over . Blood is too precious a thing in these days of dishonourable peace ; and the glories of the great races are as a tale that is told . " It was by this time close on morning , and we went to bed ...
... never reach . The warlike days are over . Blood is too precious a thing in these days of dishonourable peace ; and the glories of the great races are as a tale that is told . " It was by this time close on morning , and we went to bed ...
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... never in the country , and who did not evidently do much in the way of business , his knowledge and acumen were wonderful . When he had satisfied himself on these points of which he had spoken , and I had verified all as well as I could ...
... never in the country , and who did not evidently do much in the way of business , his knowledge and acumen were wonderful . When he had satisfied himself on these points of which he had spoken , and I had verified all as well as I could ...
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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