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Dracula
By : by Bram Stoker, Nina Auerbach (Editor), David J. Skal (Editor)
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Original Title : Dracula
ISBN : 0393970124 (ISBN13: 9780393970128)
Edition Language : English
Series : Jonathan Harker, Lucy Westenra, Abraham Van Helsing, John Seward, Quincey Morris...more, Arthur Holmwood (later Lord Godalming), R.M. Renfield, Mina Murray Harker, Quincey Harker, Peter Hawkins, Samuel F. Billington, Herr Leutner, Mr. Swales, Mr. Westenra, Mrs. Westenra, Lord Godalming (elder), Patrick Hennessey, Thomas Bilder, Sister Agatha (Dracula), Dr. Vincent, Thomas Snelling, Joseph Smollett, Sam Bloxam, Billington Junior, Attendant Hardy, Captain of the Demeter, Abramoff (Demeter Crew), Olgaren (Demeter Crew), Mate of the Demeter (Roumanian), Second Mate of the Demeter, Rufus Smith, Mr. Mackenzie, Mr. Steinkoff, Captain Donelson, Immanuel Hildesheim, Petrof Skinsky, Lady Godalming, Mrs. Seward, Dracula...less
Paperback, Norton Critical Edition, 488 pages
Published May 12th 1986 by Norton (first published May 26th 1897)
Characters : Whitby, Yorkshire, England Transylvania (Romania) Budapest (Hungary) …more London, England England United Kingdom …less
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Description : You can find an alternative cover edition for this ISBN here and here.A rich selection of background and source materials is provided in three areas: Contexts includes probable inspirations for Dracula in the earlier works of James Malcolm Rymer and Emily Gerard. Also included are a discussion of Stoker's working notes for the novel and "Dracula's Guest," the original You can find an alternative cover edition for this ISBN here and here.A rich selection of background and source materials is provided in three areas: Contexts includes probable inspirations for Dracula in the earlier works of James Malcolm Rymer and Emily Gerard. Also included are a discussion of Stoker's working notes for the novel and "Dracula's Guest," the original opening chapter to Dracula. Reviews and Reactions reprints five early reviews of the novel. "Dramatic and Film Variations" focuses on theater and film adaptations of Dracula, two indications of the novel's unwavering appeal. David J. Skal, Gregory A. Waller, and Nina Auerbach offer their varied perspectives. Checklists of both dramatic and film adaptations are included.Criticism collects seven theoretical interpretations of Dracula by Phyllis A. Roth, Carol A. Senf, Franco Moretti, Christopher Craft, Bram Dijkstra, Stephen D. Arata, and Talia Schaffer.A Chronology and a Selected Bibliography are included.
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REVIEWS :Here are some thoughts on this book.1. I would have been all OVER this in 1897.2. I would like Van Helsing to be quiet. 3. I can suspend disbelief for the vampires but not for the blood transfusions4. I know it was 1897 and blood types weren't discovered until 1901 (according to my very in-depth research) (wikipedia) but I still cannot get past it5. The Texan would go outside and randomly shoot things for fun, including things sitting on windowsills of windows in rooms where live people were 100% love this review, AND the periodic updates. Keep it up. OMG this is the best review I have ever read of a book EVER and I agree with all of your points. Amazing! Ignore the haters, this is by far the most Dracula: the very name instantly brings to mind visions of vampires, stakes, garlic and crucifixes. But when one bothers to read the novel they may realise how twisted modern vampire fiction has become.Vampires are not meant to exist as heroes. Go back a few hundred years and men believed truly that the vampire was a real immortal, cursed to quench his undying thirst with a living mortal’s blood. The very idea of a blood drinker inspires the very image of a villain to the mind. And that is what I find Victorian horror so interesting because it’s a clear reaction to social norms of the time, to the buttoned-down and repressed social climate of the time, to the “new moral standards” of the church and the new questions brought up and hidden away by scientific thought. But under the fabric of late Victorian society lay wide ranges of change; the increased marriage rate and idea of the domestic sphere for women giving way to the New Woman, the upper class vs. lower class divide giving way Two things about this book:1. It is a really great and creepy story that deserves classic status2. Everything is repeated soooooo much without any obvious benefit.Here is actual footage of Bram Stoker writing this novel:If Stoker had just got to the point, this book would have been much more exciting and suspenseful. I understand the exact same mysterious thing happens night after night. I understand that Dracula has some boxes of dirt. I get that you brought Winchester rifles along for Managed to finish this :) Second time studying, but first successful read-through.I enjoyed it more this time around, mainly because I actually read the last quarter or so of the book, which was the most enjoyable in my opinion. Dracula is, of course, one of the most renowned horror stories, and the most well-known vampire novel. Bram Stoker set the ground rules for what a vampire should be, and set the benchmark for all other writers of the vampire afterwards. Indeed, if tyrannical villains are a necessity of Gothic fiction then Count Dracula is the father of all gothic villains, in spite of it being one of the last Gothic fiction novels to be written. It’s a work of genius that his presence is felt so strongly in the Shockingly, not a whole hell of a lot of vampire stuff up in this bitch.Mostly, it read like a dull travelogue with lots of emotions like bro-love flowing around. And all the men loved all the women, platonically or otherwise, to the point they were willing to give their lives for whichever lucky lady was getting snacked on by the evil Dracula at the time.It was quite the love fest. <--I'm not buying it, Stoker!And Dracula?Not since Gary Olman's beehived old woman portrayal have I been less A timeless and true masterpiece. Believe it or not, I am still considering how to best write a 'review' for this, one of my very favorite novels of all time. I annotated this most recent time reading, in the hopes that it would help when it came to composing my final thoughts.What I am really struggling with is the idea of little ole' me 'reviewing' a masterpiece. I guess my goal is more to compel people to read this amazing piece of world literature as opposed to providing an astute analysis I was rather disappointed by this classic. It started out with promise, especially the Jonathan Harker bits. Then all the male characters descended into blubbering worshippers of the two female characters, and by the end of the novel, I was wishing Dracula could snack on all of them and be done with it. I kept having to put it aside and read chapters in between other books, but I managed to finish it at last. 'Welcome to my house. Come freely. Go safely. And leave something of the happiness you bring!'These are pretty much the first words spoken to Jonathan Harker, one of the heroes of Bram Stoker's Dracula, upon his arrival at Count Dracula's castle in Transylvania, just minutes after a nightmare journey through the landscape of gothic horror: darkness, howling wolves, flames erupting out of the blue, frightened horses. Within a few days of his arrival, Harker will find himself talking of the I believe this may be the edition I read "first". This is an amazing book. I've read reviews by those who disagree and reviews by those who hated the format. But I was swept up in it the first time I read it as a teen and have been every time since. My advice is don't worry about all the psychological baggage that has been tacked on over the years...and please don't confuse the movie "Bram Stoker's Dracula" with the actual plot, story, and characters in the book. It doesn't remotely resemble the "There is reason that all things are as they are, and did you see with my eyes and know with my knowledge, you would perhaps better understand. [...] But there are things that you know not, but that you shall know, and bless me for knowing, though they are not pleasant things." Nothing lasts forever. Or so they say... at least for this particular being with protuberant teeth itching for yet another slice of an extra rare slab of steak and some bloody juice. Isn't it a wonder that, once, there.
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