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Dracula

Bram Stoker

Start date: March 1, 2020

Finish date: March 31, 2020

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Oct 20, 2018 Jess Penhallow rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: boxall-s, uk, 19th-century, turkey, hungary, romania

After reading a few disappointing examples of late 19th/early 20th century genre fiction I wasn't sure if I was going to like the daddy of genre fiction but I actually did. I still don't think that this type of book is really for me but I can appreciate how this book influenced so many other books not only vampire or horror books but other genre books with the use of diary and letter entries, multiple perspectives and a 'five man band' to name but a few.

There were definitely moments when it dra ...more

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Jan 30, 2023 Unabridged Bibliophile rated it liked it · review of another edition

I think my love of the 1992 film Bram Stoker's Dracula reduced my enjoyment of the original work. It is very much a Victorian era novel and it is quite dry in places. My favorite parts happened to be Dr Seward's diary and the depiction of the crew members disappearing one by one from the boat as it makes its way from Transylvania to Whitby. The differences between the pop culture iconic vampire and Dracula are very stark and surprising at times but also refreshing in some ways. ...more

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Oct 31, 2018 Kim rated it it was amazing

I had just been to the ballet of Dracula and wanted to read the book! Reading a classic from the 1800’s was great! Everyone should read the classics!

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Dec 17, 2020 Judy Robertson rated it it was amazing

This classic has been on my “to read” for so long. I love the rich prose from the era. I believe this was published in 1895. It was great to read how our Vampire novels have evolved so much, that we often find the undead glamorous. Dracula was not glamorous at all, and he was scary. My dog jumped and barked as I was reading and the wind was howling and I’m not going to lie, I screamed “shit” and got up and locked the doors.
It was so realistic as you are basically reading journals and telegrams. ...more

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