Jason's review
Dracula (Norton Critical Edition)
by Bram Stoker
Nice review. Dracula was a great read, though I wonder if it could have been 100 pages or so shorter.
Oh, MY yes, do I certainly agree. In fact, I could say that about almost every book from the 1800s I've now read as part of this essay series.
Jason's review
Dracula (Norton Critical Edition) by Bram Stoker
Jason's review
rating:
(Reprinted from the Chicago Center for Literature and Photography [cclapcenter.com]. I am the original author of this essay, as well as the owner of CCLaP; it is not being reprinted here illegally.)
The CCLaP 100: In which I read a hundred so-called "classic" books for the first time, then write reports on whether or not I think they deserve the label
Book #13: Dracula, by Bram Stoker (1897)
The story in a nutshell:
To best understand the storyline of Dracula, it's important to imagine yourself as an actual citizen of 1897 when the book was written, and then imagine one of your friends positing the following question: What if some of the horrible monsters mentioned in old Gothic literature from centuries past were actually real, and what if one of these ghouls decided one day to move to your hometown? Because that's the entire premise behind Stoker's original plotline, something easily forgotten in our modern times when even the 1800s loo...more
The CCLaP 100: In which I read a hundred so-called "classic" books for the first time, then write reports on whether or not I think they deserve the label
Book #13: Dracula, by Bram Stoker (1897)
The story in a nutshell:
To best understand the storyline of Dracula, it's important to imagine yourself as an actual citizen of 1897 when the book was written, and then imagine one of your friends positing the following question: What if some of the horrible monsters mentioned in old Gothic literature from centuries past were actually real, and what if one of these ghouls decided one day to move to your hometown? Because that's the entire premise behind Stoker's original plotline, something easily forgotten in our modern times when even the 1800s loo...more
Nice review. Dracula was a great read, though I wonder if it could have been 100 pages or so shorter.
Oh, MY yes, do I certainly agree. In fact, I could say that about almost every book from the 1800s I've now read as part of this essay series.