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Dracula
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October 1, 2020
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October 31, 2020
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I very much enjoyed this at first, but the second half was rather long-winded and the eventual ending came as an anticlimax.

I loved Edward Gorey's illustrations.

This "definitive edition" includes "Dracula's Guest", a bibliography and a short biography.

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Mina
Oct 16, 2010 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: classic, horror
With all the vampire hype going on at the moment I was curious to read the novel that established the entire vampire story genre as we know it today. So far I haven't been lucky with classics and often ended up being bored...that wasn't the case with Dracula at all. From the very beginning I was sucked into the story with its loveable characters (one of the points I was most suprised about) and besides one or two verbose scenes rather breathless till the end.
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Trisha
Feb 25, 2014 rated it it was amazing
What an amazing novel! I read an abridged version when I was younger and I loved it, but now I wanted to read the unabridged version. It was even better! Plus, my husband bought me an edition with illustrations, which made it all the more enjoyable. I can't wait until my little boy is old enough to read it together. The plotlines is amazing, especially when it is all told through letters and journal entries. So much better than all of the YA vampire fluff that is out there. No one comes close to ...more
Liz
Aug 02, 2010 rated it really liked it
Ann
Jan 02, 2011 rated it liked it  ·  review of another edition
Reem
Feb 23, 2011 marked it as to-read
Tom
May 04, 2011 rated it really liked it
Sherri Rudnick
Sep 18, 2011 rated it did not like it  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: dnf
Amy
Feb 14, 2012 rated it liked it
Mary Anne
Aug 06, 2012 rated it really liked it
Denise
Jan 01, 2013 marked it as to-read
Michelle
Jan 03, 2013 rated it really liked it
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Jan 09, 2013 rated it really liked it
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Sep 22, 2013 marked it as to-read
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Nov 10, 2021 rated it liked it
Ofthecomely
Dec 06, 2015 rated it it was ok
Sue
Nov 30, 2020 rated it really liked it
Sarah
Nov 06, 2016 rated it it was amazing
Carri
Jul 01, 2017 marked it as to-read
Chanie
Sep 26, 2018 rated it really liked it
Shelves: classics
Claire
May 26, 2019 marked it as to-read
Amy
May 29, 2019 marked it as to-read
Theresa Wright
Jul 09, 2019 marked it as to-read
Kathi
Aug 22, 2019 marked it as to-read
Shelves: owned
Andrea
Dec 28, 2019 marked it as to-read
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