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Dracula

Bram Stoker

Start date: October 15, 2016

Finish date: November 14, 2016

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Oct 21, 2012 Laura rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: horror, fiction-19th-century, read-2012, e-books, gothic-romance, 1001-books-you-must-read-before-you, romania, gutenberg, hungary

An essential re-reading, after have visited Buda-Pesth even I stayed in the Pesth side of the city.

Free download available at Project Gutenberg. ...more

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Oct 22, 2017 Kelly_Hunsaker_reads ... rated it really liked it

Shelves: classics, vic-lit, 1001-books, gothic-lit

Read for Victober 2017.

I finished reading this book a couple weeks ago and if I had reviewed it immediately I would have given it 3 stars, maximum. However in the intervening days the book has grown in my esteem. I cannot explain why that happens -- books grow or fade in my esteem as time passes and I often cannot explain why that is. But this book in particular has made me think about the themes and motifs which is something I don't always do. Stoker played a great deal with my impressions of l ...more

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Sep 17, 2012 Carrie added it · review of another edition

Shelves: vampire, classics

Going to re-read this before I give it a rating because I can't remember my thoughts. I remember the movie and how much I love that but as for the book, I'm blank. ...more

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Feb 24, 2012 Pamela(AllHoney) rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: classics, books-to-movies, vampires-demons, horror

There is a reason this book has classic novel status. And fans of horror fiction have good reason to love it. And I did like it. However, I'm not a fan of the epistolary style of writing nor a big fan of horror. So why read it? Curiosity! That thing that killed the cat. Well, good news is I didn't die reading it. But I was not unfamiliar with the story, having seen various movie versions of it through the years. But I wanted to see how it played out in print. I was satisfied. ...more

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Oct 23, 2009 Laura rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: 1001-books-you-must-read-before-you, audio-books, read-2009, hf-19th-century-europe

Available at BBC Radio 7. Terrific dramatization of Stoker's book. ...more

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Mar 18, 2009 Becca rated it it was amazing

Shelves: favorites, fiction

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Sep 23, 2015 Charlotte Clementine rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: classics, 19th-century, horror

I must admit I had a very stereotypical idea of what to expect but thankfully, the story was more compelling than that. There obviously was everything you usually encounter in vampire stories (sharp teeth, garlic, stakes etc...) but it touched some interesting topics and benefited from being told through a collection of notes and diary entries, although this was, at times, frustrating.
My biggest disappointment concerned the characters, they were all very endearing but, in my opinion, not develop ...more

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Dec 03, 2008 Laura rated it really liked it

Shelves: for-class

Read for my Books to Movies Writing Seminar. I remember being surprised how well the fantasy aspects hold up over time and over re-imaginings of vampires. The end action becomes a blur in my mind, it could probably use a rereading, but I admit I'd go back to Interview with the Vampire first. ...more

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