Dracula
Oct 2008 · Random House
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Within the pages of this book can be found one of the most terrifying creatures in all of literature.
WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY JOSEPH O'CONNOR
Rediscover a dread of Dracula in this beautifully designed new Vintage Classics edition
This classic of horror writing is composed of diary entries, letters and newspaper clippings that piece together the depraved story of the ultimate predator. A young lawyer on an assignment finds himself imprisoned in a Transylvanian castle by his mysterious host. Back at home his fiancée and friends are menaced by a malevolent force which seems intent on imposing suffering and destruction. Can the devil really have arrived on England's shores? And what is it that he hungers for so desperately?
WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY JOSEPH O'CONNOR
Rediscover a dread of Dracula in this beautifully designed new Vintage Classics edition
This classic of horror writing is composed of diary entries, letters and newspaper clippings that piece together the depraved story of the ultimate predator. A young lawyer on an assignment finds himself imprisoned in a Transylvanian castle by his mysterious host. Back at home his fiancée and friends are menaced by a malevolent force which seems intent on imposing suffering and destruction. Can the devil really have arrived on England's shores? And what is it that he hungers for so desperately?
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Tommy Griffiths
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29 September 2014
The language was that of the stilted and overly-romantic style of its time, but none the less, the imagery was striking. I'm glad I can say I've read the original. Its now on to Mary Shelley's Frankenstein.
About the author
Abraham Stoker was born in Dublin on 8 November 1847. He graduated in Mathematics from Trinity College, Dublin in 1867 and then worked as a civil servant. In 1878 he married Florence Balcombe. He later moved to London and became business manager of his friend Henry Irving's Lyceum Theatre. He wrote several sensational novels including novels The Snake's Pass (1890), Dracula (1897), The Jewel of Seven Stars (1903), and The Lair of the White Worm (1911). Bram Stoker died on 20 April 1912.
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