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Dracula

Bram Stoker

Start date: March 1, 2013

Finish date: March 31, 2013

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Sep 09, 2009 Gaijinmama rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: fiction

It is truly amazing, with all the vampire books I have been devouring lately, that it took me this long to read the one that kind of sets the standard for vampires.
The story is chilling in that wonderful , creepy Victorian way. More than the presence of the monster, what scares me the most is the sheer isolation of the place and time. Right from the beginning,Jonathan Harker is in an out-of-the-way castle in an out-of-the-way part of Eastern Europe, and hello, folks, there are no cell phones or ...more

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Oct 23, 2010 Tango rated it really liked it

i really enjoyed the first half of this particularly. The descriptions of Dracula's castle and Harker's initial impressions of Dracula were very atmospheric. I liked the way that there were no explicit references to vampires until well into the second half. Once they were dealing with the vampires (and they had been recognised as such) I felt that the book lost some momentum.

the characterisation of Lucy and Mina (the two central females) was quite interesting. Lucy's introduction is her explaini ...more

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Jun 04, 2012 Gideon Burton rated it really liked it

Shelves: audible-audiobooks, classics

As someone not a fan of the whole vampire fiction thing, I was pleasantly surprised by the original story by Stoker. My student, Jennifer Winterton, got me to read this, and I was well rewarded. I found it to be compelling in part because I listened to a very fine audiobook version produced by the BBC which I got from Audible. This was mesmerizing.

This is a story that is more about cooperative action among an ensemble of protagonists than it is a horror story about an evil creature and his acts ...more

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Nov 24, 2011 Chris rated it really liked it

Originality: ****
Writing Style: ***
Characterization: ***
Overall Rating: 4

Ahhh, Dracula! I’ve wanted to read this one for a long time! It was interesting reading of a vampire who, you know, doesn’t sparkle…
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It was really interesting and definitely informative read. I enjoyed it thoroughly! It’s in no way a horror book, but the dark mood, underlined by the gothic settings, gave it the kind of charm most contemporary fantasy books lack today.
I did have some issues with it too. I have problem with bo ...more

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Oct 18, 2011 Lisa of Hopewell rated it liked it

Shelves: read-in-2012, 1001-books-to-read-before-you-di, bbc-big-read-2003

Trying to finish this one now.

Went back to this today. Amazing how many times I've "seen" this story--cartoons, comedy sketches, etc, but really didn't know how bizarre it was! I never have gotten into Twilight, but if you like Vampires, don't settle for imitation, read the original.

1/2 way thru--some really boring, some really good parts so far. Not keeping up with the book club, but don't care!

Reading with the Catching Up On Classics group here on Good Reads. Starts out way better than I expec ...more

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