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Dracula

By Bram Stoker
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Dracula is one of the most famous public-domain horror novels in existence, responsible not just for introducing the eponymous Count Dracula, but for introducing many of the common tropes we see in modern horror fiction.

Count Dracula isn’t the first vampire to have graced the pages of literature—that honor is thought to belong to Lord Ruthven in The Vampyr, by John William Polidori—but Dracula is the vampire on which modern vampires are based.

Dracula wasn’t as famous in its day as it is today; readers of the time seemed to enjoy it as nothing more than a good story, and Stoker died nearly penniless. But its long-lasting influence is undeniable, and for all its age Dracula remains a gripping, fast-paced, and enjoyable read.

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Dracula Reviews

3.5
“reviewing classical books is always difficult for me, and this is no exception; while i recognize the impact it had in gothic literature and on the way we see and talk about vampires, there are still things that made me enjoy it less than i expected. but let’s start from the things i liked: i really loved how all the story is narrated through diaries, telegrams and newspaper articles, and i especially liked how the south or gave us different points of view so that only after a while we could really understand what happened, and it was like going from the single events to a deeper understanding while reading. i am usually a big fan of vampirism as a metaphor but the “good and heavenly/bad and hellish” parallelism was a bit too much repetitive after a while for me personally, even if i do understand a that the cultural context in which Stroker lived justifies it. i also was expecting to read more about vampire being vampire, but this was a “let’s kill the vampire book” rather than a “let’s explore what vampires do” kind of book, and it is a shame because the parts in which the author really described and showed us Dracula and his wives are really well written. the overall atmosphere is also peak. but the thing that really ruined the experience for me was the way female characters are written and talked about: yes, i know in what historical and cultural context it was written, but i still can’t say that i enjoyed it. that being said, i thank this book because without it we wouldn’t have this much literature pieces surrounding vampires. and i also want to read all the retelling and all the academic papers about it.”
“This was not really what I expected but I enjoyed it nonetheless. Mostly read this through 'Dracula daily' so it ended up lasting quite a long time and it's a bit hard to have a coherent opinion so I'll leave it at that”

About Bram Stoker

Abraham Stoker (8 November 1847 – 20 April 1912) was an Irish author, best known today for his 1897 Gothic horror novel Dracula. During his lifetime, he was better known as the personal assistant of actor Sir Henry Irving and business manager of the Lyceum Theatre, which Irving owned.

Stoker was born on 8 November 1847 at 15 Marino Crescent, Clontarf, on the northside of Dublin, Ireland. The park adjacent to the house is now known as Bram Stoker Park. His parents were Abraham Stoker (1799–1876) from Dublin and Charlotte Mathilda Blake Thornley (1818–1901), who was raised in County Sligo. Stoker was the third of seven children, the eldest of whom was Sir Thornley Stoker, 1st Bt. Abraham and Charlotte were members of the Church of Ireland Parish of Clontarf and attended the parish church with their children, who were baptised there. Abraham was a senior civil servant.

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