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 4
... whilst I am waiting for the coach , which is , of course , late ; and the crucifix is still round my neck . Whether it is the old lady's fear , or the many ghostly traditions of this place , or the crucifix itself , I do not know , but ...
... whilst I am waiting for the coach , which is , of course , late ; and the crucifix is still round my neck . Whether it is the old lady's fear , or the many ghostly traditions of this place , or the crucifix itself , I do not know , but ...
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... Whilst he was speaking the horses began to neigh and snort and plunge wildly , so that the driver had to hold them up . Then , amongst a chorus of screams from the peasants and a universal crossing of themselves , a calèche , with four ...
... Whilst he was speaking the horses began to neigh and snort and plunge wildly , so that the driver had to hold them up . Then , amongst a chorus of screams from the peasants and a universal crossing of themselves , a calèche , with four ...
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Bram Stoker. for I was minded to jump from the calèche and run , whilst they reared again and plunged madly , so that the driver had to use all his great strength to keep them from bolting . In a few minutes , however , my own ears got ...
Bram Stoker. for I was minded to jump from the calèche and run , whilst they reared again and plunged madly , so that the driver had to use all his great strength to keep them from bolting . In a few minutes , however , my own ears got ...
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... Whilst I was looking at the books , the door opened , and the Count entered . He saluted me in a hearty way , and hoped that I had had a good night's rest . Then he went on : - -- " I am glad you found your way in here , for I am sure ...
... Whilst I was looking at the books , the door opened , and the Count entered . He saluted me in a hearty way , and hoped that I had had a good night's rest . Then he went on : - -- " I am glad you found your way in here , for I am sure ...
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... Whilst I was placing them in order I heard a rattling of china and silver in the next room , and as I passed through , noticed that the table had been cleared and the lamp lit , for it was by this time deep into the dark . The lamps ...
... Whilst I was placing them in order I heard a rattling of china and silver in the next room , and as I passed through , noticed that the table had been cleared and the lamp lit , for it was by this time deep into the dark . The lamps ...
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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