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Dracula Paperback – 29 June 2009
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- ISBN-100141045221
- ISBN-13978-0141045221
- Edition1st
- PublisherPenguin Press
- Publication date29 June 2009
- LanguageEnglish
- Dimensions11.3 x 3 x 18 cm
- Print length408 pages
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- Publisher : Penguin Press; 1st edition (29 June 2009)
- Language : English
- Paperback : 408 pages
- ISBN-10 : 0141045221
- ISBN-13 : 978-0141045221
- Dimensions : 11.3 x 3 x 18 cm
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Abraham (Bram) Stoker was an Irish writer, best known for his Gothic classic Dracula, which continues to influence horror writers and fans more than 100 years after it was first published. Educated at Trinity College, Dublin, in science, mathematics, oratory, history, and composition, Stoker' s writing was greatly influenced by his father' s interest in theatre and his mother' s gruesome stories about her childhood during the cholera epidemic in 1832. Although a published author of the novels Dracula, The Lady of the Shroud, and The Lair of the White Worm, and his work as part of the literary staff of The London Daily Telegraph, Stoker made his living as the personal assistant of actor Henry Irving and the business manager of the Lyceum Theatre in London. Stoker died in 1912, leaving behind one of the most memorable horror characters ever created.
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The original text has held its own for over a Century, and rightly so. The style in which it is written ( Mostly journal entries and letters) may take some getting used to for the modern reader, as might the language and culture of the Victorian era; but these are literary tools in defining the characters and building suspense within the unfolding drama. So too, the seeming drag in narration and events towards the end may be an effort on the part of the Author to enhance suspense and the character's own growing frustrations; as well as (perhaps) the serialization of most fiction written at that time; it may have served to 'flesh out' the story.
By far the most memorable characterization is that of Van Helsing. Easy to see now, how the modern writer/producer has capitalized on the theme of such a man, as have many authors no doubt, 'borrowed' heavily or discreetly from the original theme/plot and characters, especially the Count himself who retains his terrifying immortality after all - Albeit in literary fiction and the countless spin-offs beginning with this, one of the most original and best told tales of horror and suspense.
I’m happy to explain why Dracula does not quite reach a 5-star high for me, but there are minor spoilers.
Surely, I’m not the only reader out there who wrongly assumed this Gothic fiction classic was written by a Transylvanian and that the plot takes place in Transylvania? It starts there, but the majority of scenes are set in Britain, and it was written by an Irishman, Abraham (Bram) Stoker.
Dracula has been on my ‘to read’ list for nearly a lifetime. Thinking back, the delays had quite a bit to do with thinking the trailers and stills from movies appeared silly and unconvincing.
I imagine this novel is likely far superior to any adaption. And talking of imagination, the author invited me to let mine run amok. He knew how to create fear and atmosphere. He achieved this in an epistolary novel – with letters, diaries and reports - and I really liked that format.
I recently watched an episode of Joanna Lumley’s travel series around the UK and nearly fell off my chair when she visited Whitby, a North Yorkshire seaside city with ruins of a moody 7th Century monastery-come-abbey, and reported these were referenced in the story. This certainly sparked my interest and bumped Dracula up the list.
I really enjoyed this read, slightly marred by a couple of lulls in the text that dragged. There was a bit of sexism too, you know, the ‘Off you go now, my dear, while the men retire to smoke cigars and talk men’s business’ type of sexism, but I was forgiving given it was written in the Victorian era, and that’s not to say there was no gutsy female who came to the fore.
I think it’s now time to give the 1992-film, with Gary Oldman in the lead, another chance.
The story itself is obviously a horror classic, and for good reason.
Reviewed in Australia on 24 April 2024