Everyman's Library Classics Dracula: Introduction by Joan Acocella, (Hardcover)

from girlunderglass

If we're going to thoroughly analyze this, we have to mention that, though it doesn't matter much in the end, yes, there are many flaws with Dracula. My personal pet peeve is the underdeveloped characters. First, there is no difference between the voices of the male characters - five different pe...

from veilofisis

Dracula is the stuff of myth. That this one saturnine, irresistibly purple novel has had such a remarkable impact on the fabric of our literature-and our popular culture-is fascinating when we consider its humble origins as just another piece of sensationalized Gothic melodrama destined to thrill...

from rainpebble

Dracula by Bram Stoker. my thoughts and comments: The Count is definitely a book of another time, but that didn't stop me from enjoying it. I expected it to be creepier, but as I was yet a teenager the last time I read it, it most likely affected me very differently. I enjoyed the characters in t...

from kambrogi

Whether you have read the book or not, no doubt you know the basics of this classic 1897 novel. Although it wasn't the first Gothic or the first vampire literature, it set the stage for every vampire story that followed it. You'll already know what Dracula looks like, where he lives, what he is a...

from brenzi

Bram Stoker's Gothic novel "Dracula" has never been out of print since it was originally published in 1897. That means the book has been available to readers for over a hundred years. It took me almost that long to give it a whirl and now that I've finished it all I can say is, "Wow!" It was not ...