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Excellent reading of the classic novel. Susan Adams reads for Mina and Lucy's diary while Alexander Spencer does Harker, Van Helsing and the other male narrators. Both are wonderful and emote the feelings so well that it feels like there are multiple actors in one production. I loved the readings of the wolf section with the emphasis on the cockney accents and the Scottish Captain near the end.
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A classic for a reason. Even though the letter-writing style slowed down the pace of the story significantly at the end, I still enjoyed this piece of suspenseful Gothic literature. Surprisingly sexy for Victorian times!
I really thought that I would enjoy this more. It was nice to read where the original tale of vampires came from and to read it in the style of diary entries and letters....but it drug in so many places. I found myself getting very very bored with it.
I found it interesting to read the book that started it all with vampires. The beginning of the book was strong and spooky but then it hit a major lull in the middle for me. I also found the showdown at the end of the book to be too brief considering everything that led up to it.
This is the classic story of the hunt for Count Dracula, the evil vampire who wants to expand his hunting grounds to densely populated London. Told in diary entries, newspaper articles, and letters; the story is from the point of view of a group of people who have vowed to stop Dracula from creating new undead and kill him before he could destroy their dear friend. I really enjoyed reading this classic. Although the style of the novel leaves much of Dracula himself a mystery, Stoker does a good
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May 21, 2013
Nancy
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For a Victorian classic, this novel was both creepy and a page turner. You have to expect a lot of flowery, dramatic language and excessive description, as that is characteristic of a book of its time, but the story was fabulous and I enjoyed it right through to the very end. I did like the fact that the main female character, Mina, came out as the brightest and best of the lot of them for me. Despite everyone's continued protestations at how she needed to be 'protected' and not disturbed or ups
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Dec 04, 2009
Erin
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Kim DeCina
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