On Rereading "Dracula"

I very much enjoyed "Dracula" when I first read it many years ago. I still recall one of the black and white illustrations of a woman screaming outside of the Count's castle, "Give me back my child, you monster!"
I recently reread Stoker's novel. It is still a good book, well written and entertaining. But this time I found the language stilted, especially the words uttered in broken English by Doctor Van Helsing. Also, the text in this particular edition goes down to the very bottom of the page. I found this visually very annoying and distracting. (Was the publisher trying to save paper?) And finally there is a terrible error on the book's cover, depicting Dracula with his shadow against the wall behind him. As every admirer of horror fiction knows, vampires do not cast their shadows! Arrrgh!
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Published on July 04, 2020 13:06
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