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 24
... present at them all . This he afterwards explained by saying that to a boyar the pride of his house and name is his own pride , that their glory is his glory , that their fate is his fate . Whenever he spoke of his house he always said ...
... present at them all . This he afterwards explained by saying that to a boyar the pride of his house and name is his own pride , that their glory is his glory , that their fate is his fate . Whenever he spoke of his house he always said ...
Page 34
... but felt that in the present state of things it would be madness to quarrel openly with the Count whilst I am so absolutely in his power ; and to refuse would be to excite his suspicion and to arouse his anger . He knows that I 34.
... but felt that in the present state of things it would be madness to quarrel openly with the Count whilst I am so absolutely in his power ; and to refuse would be to excite his suspicion and to arouse his anger . He knows that I 34.
Page 48
... to help and cheer him . He was going to tell me how unhappy he would be if I did not care for him , but when he saw me cry he said that he was a brute and would not add to my present trouble . Then he broke off and 48 Bram Stoker.
... to help and cheer him . He was going to tell me how unhappy he would be if I did not care for him , but when he saw me cry he said that he was a brute and would not add to my present trouble . Then he broke off and 48 Bram Stoker.
Page 49
... present , I feel so miserable , though I am so happy . all " Evening . " Arthur has just gone , and I feel in better spirits than when I left off , so I can go on telling you about the day . Well , my dear , number Two came after lunch ...
... present , I feel so miserable , though I am so happy . all " Evening . " Arthur has just gone , and I feel in better spirits than when I left off , so I can go on telling you about the day . Well , my dear , number Two came after lunch ...
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... present such a quantity that I have had myself to expostulate . To my astonishment , he did not break out into a fury , as I expected , but took the matter in simple seriousness . He thought for a moment , and then said : " May I have ...
... present such a quantity that I have had myself to expostulate . To my astonishment , he did not break out into a fury , as I expected , but took the matter in simple seriousness . He thought for a moment , and then said : " May I have ...
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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