Dracula: Including the Story “Dracula’s Guest”

Dracula, Is one of those book which every one wants so bad to be great myself included but which is not and by saying it's a classic isn't enough to make it great . The best parts are Jonathan journey and encounter with Dracula who is very frightening and seem to be having fun at Jonathan's expense and his brilliant arrival in England which is something else. but once here the fair of the great pestilence he would unleash just never materialized and it went down hill from then on .

This is certainly a classic, but the writing style and language is dull and rambling. Written in a diary style this is perhaps not the best way, in my own opinion, of engaging the reader. The first few chapters are engaging, and descriptive. Jonathan Harker, the fictional character and one of the main protagonists in the novel, certainly invokes mystery, fear and unease as he describes his experiences in the Count's castle. However the pace is gradually lost and while a classic in literature, it somehow loses something, perhaps more due to its being written more than a century ago. The book has certainly inspired the modern genre, and without it we would not have countless good and bad Dracula movies. Worth a read, if only once, and especially given it's free. But only for its place in history.

Excellent read packed full of suspense and very descriptive and gives a very good insight into how the english language was used over a century ago although I had to read many parts repeatedly to extrcat the correct meaning, however this says more about me than anything else. Easy to see how it inspired the genre that flowed from it and I will definitely seek out his other work. Essential reading for horror fans.