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Dracula

Bram Stoker

Start date: October 15, 2016

Finish date: November 14, 2016

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Nov 26, 2017 Shirley (stampartiste) rated it it was amazing

Shelves: read-classics, published-1899-and-earlier

As much as I’ve enjoyed watching several movie versions of Dracula over the years, I now see that none of them truly did justice to the book. They cannot capture the essence of the times nor the horror that Bram Stoker invoked in the reader when he described Dracula’s vile assaults on God-fearing, genteel young women in Victorian England. Even now, the following passage had the capacity to fill me with disgust:

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Jan 18, 2021 Ashley W rated it really liked it

Shelves: genre-classics, genre-horror, subject-vampire-werewolves, 0stand-alone, 401-500-pages

I don't think there is anything I can say that hasn't already been said about Dracula. I mean, it's Dracula. But I did learn a few things:

-Wow, vampires are kinda erotic. I Wasn't expecting that. Obviously, they've always been the more sensual of the monsters. Not competing with Frankenstein's monster (Note: Read Frankenstein soon!), but the women especially were blatantly sexual. I mean, the scenes with the three sisters then with Lucy post death, those were pretty sexually charged.
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Dec 30, 2022 Jill rated it really liked it

This book is so much more than any adaptation I've ever seen. Primarily, not only is a woman one of the principal characters, but she is a very modern woman (for the time) who shows great courage and intelligence and is regarded by the men in the group as an equal in both. I was very happily surprised by this. ...more

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