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Author:  Bram Stoker
Genre:  Horror Novel, Gothic Horror, Classic Fiction, Vampires, Literature
Date Published:  1897
Format:  Novel
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review by . May 06
A towering and gloomy masterwork of gothic splendor, scholarship and imagination.
In rereading Dracula-my "October" book-I discovered many nuances and subtle flaws the eluded me upon my first reading of it. They included physical descriptions of the characters and incorrect journal entry dates. However, they are so minor they are not even worth mentioning, and they do not detract the reader from the all engulfing story that Dracula has the power to ensnare people into, for it is a mesmerizing literary work that encompasses an assortment of global vampire mythologies …
review by . July 09, 2011
posted in Cafe Libri: Reviewing Books & More
A Treatise on Vampires
The character of Dracula is depicted as a blood-thirsty vampire. The opening scene is priceless.   An old time carriage is seen traversing a winding road until reaching the infamous castle   where Count Dracula resides. En route, the neighboring villagers warn the travelers of the dangers   inherent in the neighborhood of Dracula's Castle.      The scene is eerie and one wonders why anyone would travel to the castle essentially unaccompanied   …
review by . January 18, 2008
posted in Cafe Libri: Reviewing Books & More
FYI: This is the Barnes and Noble "Collector's Library" edition, one of a series of inexpensive but nicely-bound hardback editions of the classics that are produced specifically for sale in the chain bookstore; hence it would only be available used through Amazon. I reviewed it since it is the edition I read.    The dictionary definition of lurid, overwrought Victorian melodrama, Bram Stoker's Dracula is the authentic source of every recognizable cliché mined in the derivative …
Quick Tip by . June 27, 2011
My favourite vampire - one who never apologises for who or what he is.
Quick Tip by . November 11, 2010
posted in Cafe Libri: Reviewing Books & More
I recently re-read this to kick off my Year of Bloody Vampire Reading, This is so completely a classic Gothic Victorian novel.The Victorian fascination with the "scientific method" and deductive reasoning are in full evidence, as are concepts of Christian morality, and the dread of foreigners and disease. Modern readers eyes may glaze over at the amount of exposition; bear in mind this was written long before writers were entreated to "show, don't tell". But oh, the strange dark seduction of the …
Quick Tip by . January 10, 2011
Every single vampire novel, film, television series or comic that has been produced owes a huge debt to this wonderful classic of both horror and literature in general.
review by . June 22, 2010
posted in Cafe Libri: Reviewing Books & More
Bram Stoker's Dracula is the original.  If you like all the vampire stories written today, then you definitely should go back to the source.  This book is rich with description, its dark, creepy and intriguing.       I first read Dracula when I was a teenager.  I loved it then and still do.  Its not for the faint of heart, but not nearly as explicity graphic as some books today (not that there is anything wrong with that!)      …
Quick Tip by . October 12, 2010
posted in Paranormal Romance & Urban Fantasy
The book that began it all! before edward cullen and count chocula there was Dracula.
Quick Tip by . August 08, 2010
posted in Cafe Libri: Reviewing Books & More
Read this before watching any vampire movies or TV shows. Impossible, right?
Quick Tip by . July 24, 2010
posted in The Vampire Historians
i read this the first time in the 4th grade and ive read it countless times since then, it never ever gets old.
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