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Dracula: Real Reads
When Jonathan Harker travels to Transylvania to sell a house, he little expects the horrors that await. As the guest and prisoner of the sinister Count Dracula, Jonathan is plunged into a terrifying world of ancient evil and unbearable fear. Back in England, Jonathan’s wife Mina is concerned about her friend Lucy, who is mysteriously ill and growing weaker by the day. Can Lucy’s friends save her from the worst horror of all, or are they all doomed to a similar fate? Can love, courage and goodness defeat the evil thirst of a vampire? In this fight to the bitter end, who will live, who will die, and who will be doomed to a living death?
Real Reads are accessible texts designed to support the literacy development of primary and lower secondary age children while introducing them to the riches of our international literary heritage. Each book is a retelling of a work of great literature from one of the world’s greatest cultures, fitted into a 64-page book, making classic stories, dramas and histories available to intelligent young readers as a bridge to the full texts, to language students wanting access to other cultures, and to adult readers who are unlikely ever to read the original versions.
Real Reads are accessible texts designed to support the literacy development of primary and lower secondary age children while introducing them to the riches of our international literary heritage. Each book is a retelling of a work of great literature from one of the world’s greatest cultures, fitted into a 64-page book, making classic stories, dramas and histories available to intelligent young readers as a bridge to the full texts, to language students wanting access to other cultures, and to adult readers who are unlikely ever to read the original versions.
64 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2009
About the author
Bram Stoker
2,873 books6,206 followersIrish-born Abraham Stoker, known as Bram, of Britain wrote the gothic horror novel
Dracula
(1897).
The feminist Charlotte Mathilda Blake Thornely Stoker at 15 Marino crescent, then as now called "the crescent," in Fairview, a coastal suburb of Dublin, Ireland, bore this third of seven children. The parents, members of church of Ireland, attended the parish church of Saint John the Baptist, located on Seafield road west in Clontarf with their baptized children.
Stoker, an invalid, started school at the age of seven years in 1854, when he made a complete and astounding recovery. Of this time, Stoker wrote, "I was naturally thoughtful, and the leisure of long illness gave opportunity for many thoughts which were fruitful according to their kind in later years."
After his recovery, he, a normal young man, even excelled as a university athlete at Trinity college, Dublin form 1864 to 1870 and graduated with honors in mathematics. He served as auditor of the college historical society and as president of the university philosophical society with his first paper on "Sensationalism in Fiction and Society."
In 1876, while employed as a civil servant in Dublin, Stoker wrote a non-fiction book (The Duties of Clerks of Petty Sessions in Ireland, published 1879) and theatre reviews for The Dublin Mail, a newspaper partly owned by fellow horror writer J. Sheridan Le Fanu. His interest in theatre led to a lifelong friendship with the English actor Henry Irving. He also wrote stories, and in 1872 "The Crystal Cup" was published by the London Society, followed by "The Chain of Destiny" in four parts in The Shamrock.
In 1878 Stoker married Florence Balcombe, a celebrated beauty whose former suitor was Oscar Wilde. The couple moved to London, where Stoker became business manager (at first as acting-manager) of Irving's Lyceum Theatre, a post he held for 27 years. The collaboration with Irving was very important for Stoker and through him he became involved in London's high society, where he met, among other notables, James McNeil Whistler, and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. In the course of Irving's tours, Stoker got the chance to travel around the world.
The Stokers had one son, Irving Noel, who was born on December 31, 1879.
People cremated the body of Bram Stoker and placed his ashes placed in a display urn at Golders green crematorium. After death of Irving Noel Stoker in 1961, people added his ashes to that urn. Despite the original plan to keep ashes of his parents together, after death, people scattered ashes of Florence Stoker at the gardens of rest.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bram_Stoker
The feminist Charlotte Mathilda Blake Thornely Stoker at 15 Marino crescent, then as now called "the crescent," in Fairview, a coastal suburb of Dublin, Ireland, bore this third of seven children. The parents, members of church of Ireland, attended the parish church of Saint John the Baptist, located on Seafield road west in Clontarf with their baptized children.
Stoker, an invalid, started school at the age of seven years in 1854, when he made a complete and astounding recovery. Of this time, Stoker wrote, "I was naturally thoughtful, and the leisure of long illness gave opportunity for many thoughts which were fruitful according to their kind in later years."
After his recovery, he, a normal young man, even excelled as a university athlete at Trinity college, Dublin form 1864 to 1870 and graduated with honors in mathematics. He served as auditor of the college historical society and as president of the university philosophical society with his first paper on "Sensationalism in Fiction and Society."
In 1876, while employed as a civil servant in Dublin, Stoker wrote a non-fiction book (The Duties of Clerks of Petty Sessions in Ireland, published 1879) and theatre reviews for The Dublin Mail, a newspaper partly owned by fellow horror writer J. Sheridan Le Fanu. His interest in theatre led to a lifelong friendship with the English actor Henry Irving. He also wrote stories, and in 1872 "The Crystal Cup" was published by the London Society, followed by "The Chain of Destiny" in four parts in The Shamrock.
In 1878 Stoker married Florence Balcombe, a celebrated beauty whose former suitor was Oscar Wilde. The couple moved to London, where Stoker became business manager (at first as acting-manager) of Irving's Lyceum Theatre, a post he held for 27 years. The collaboration with Irving was very important for Stoker and through him he became involved in London's high society, where he met, among other notables, James McNeil Whistler, and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. In the course of Irving's tours, Stoker got the chance to travel around the world.
The Stokers had one son, Irving Noel, who was born on December 31, 1879.
People cremated the body of Bram Stoker and placed his ashes placed in a display urn at Golders green crematorium. After death of Irving Noel Stoker in 1961, people added his ashes to that urn. Despite the original plan to keep ashes of his parents together, after death, people scattered ashes of Florence Stoker at the gardens of rest.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bram_Stoker
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May 14, 2019
The book Dracula is a good read for anyone, especially people who don’t like long books. The book is a shortened version of the original story written by Bram Stoker. Even though it is a shortened version, the book still has all of the action, mystery, and adventure of the original. I think Chaz Brenchley does a great job of retelling the story.
The story is about Jonathan Harker, a businessman who spends a few nights at Count Dracula’s mansion during a trip. During his stay, he notices some weird behavior from Dracula such as him crawling down the walls of the mansion and sleeping in a coffin. When the Count finds out Jonathan knows what he is, he escapes the palace and returns home safely. Not long after, Dracula starts attacking people in the community. When one of Jonathan's friend Doctor Seward’s girl gets attacked, Jonathan, Dr. Seward, and Professor Van Helsing set out to kill all of the Vampires. Eventually, they do and save the city. The main theme of Dracula is Fighting Evil. Throughout the story, the characters base their actions off of trying to destroy the vampires. The best example of this is when Dr. Seward has to kill the girl he loves because she is a vampire. Another example is when the group decides to kill all of the vampires. They must put aside the fact that they have to kill people in order to stop the evil within them. Some other people may think that the main theme of Dracula is love. They might think this because Some of the character's motivation is to save the people they love, but overall the theme is fighting evil.
I liked the fact that this book was a shorter version of the original and still was interesting and had all of the main points in it. Even though the story was shortened, It still has a theme and lots of characters. One thing I didn’t like about the book is the perspective it was written in. The story was told through letters and journal entries written by the characters. Some people might like that perspective because it shows more personal thoughts, but I didn't. Some people might also not have liked the fact that it was shortened because the reader misses out on details and smaller parts of the story.
I would recommend this book because it is a great and interesting story to read. It is a great way to read a classic book without having to spend all your time reading a giant book. If reading is something you love to do, then I would still recommend the book, but find the full version of the story.
The story is about Jonathan Harker, a businessman who spends a few nights at Count Dracula’s mansion during a trip. During his stay, he notices some weird behavior from Dracula such as him crawling down the walls of the mansion and sleeping in a coffin. When the Count finds out Jonathan knows what he is, he escapes the palace and returns home safely. Not long after, Dracula starts attacking people in the community. When one of Jonathan's friend Doctor Seward’s girl gets attacked, Jonathan, Dr. Seward, and Professor Van Helsing set out to kill all of the Vampires. Eventually, they do and save the city. The main theme of Dracula is Fighting Evil. Throughout the story, the characters base their actions off of trying to destroy the vampires. The best example of this is when Dr. Seward has to kill the girl he loves because she is a vampire. Another example is when the group decides to kill all of the vampires. They must put aside the fact that they have to kill people in order to stop the evil within them. Some other people may think that the main theme of Dracula is love. They might think this because Some of the character's motivation is to save the people they love, but overall the theme is fighting evil.
I liked the fact that this book was a shorter version of the original and still was interesting and had all of the main points in it. Even though the story was shortened, It still has a theme and lots of characters. One thing I didn’t like about the book is the perspective it was written in. The story was told through letters and journal entries written by the characters. Some people might like that perspective because it shows more personal thoughts, but I didn't. Some people might also not have liked the fact that it was shortened because the reader misses out on details and smaller parts of the story.
I would recommend this book because it is a great and interesting story to read. It is a great way to read a classic book without having to spend all your time reading a giant book. If reading is something you love to do, then I would still recommend the book, but find the full version of the story.
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