Dracula

Name: Dracula
Brand: Penguin Random House Distribution
SKU: 9780141199337
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By Bram Stoker

Series: The Penguin English Library

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Dracula by Bram Stoker is a classic Gothic novel that follows the journey of Jonathan Harker, a young solicitor, as he travels to Transylvania to assist Count Dracula with a real estate transaction. As Harker uncovers the sinister nature of his host, the story unfolds into a chilling tale of horror, suspense, and the eternal battle between good and evil. The book explores themes of fear, superstition, and the unknown, setting the stage for various characters to join in a struggle against Dracula's malevolent plans.
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Kevin's Pick

Dracula has been one of my favourite stories, not just because it's original, but because it also mixes mystery, thriller, supernatural, religion and horror into one. One takeaway from this literature is: I think it's a curse to be given eternal life; it's a shackle, forcing you to relive all the memories over and over when your beloved ones keep dying. Death is a real blessing in this case.

I remember the BBC remade this into a mini 3-episode TV series starring Claes Bang and Dolly Wells. It made me reread the book again with its striking visuals, cinematography and impactful performances. For me, Dracula doesn't really die. It just transforms and lives on in other stories. Just like how it took the world by storm as The Twilight Saga by Stephenie Meyer and Anne Rice's Interview with the Vampire. It enchants you to its castle and grants you eternal life in exchange for living in darkness forever.

And like a moth to a flame, we are forever drawn back to its shadow eternally... enchanted and perpetually haunted by it.

When Jonathan Harker visits Transylvania to advise Count Dracula on a London home, he makes a horrifying discovery. Soon afterwards, a number of disturbing incidents unfold in England: an unmanned ship is wrecked at Whitby; strange puncture marks appear on a young woman's neck.

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The new paperback series - Penguin English Library

The Penguin English Library Edition of Dracula by Bram Stoker

'Alone with the dead! I dare not go out, for I can hear the low howl of the wolf through the broken window'

A chilling masterpiece of the horror genre, Dracula also illuminated dark corners of Victorian sexuality. When Jonathan Harker visits Transylvania to advise Count Dracula on a London home, he makes a horrifying discovery. Soon afterwards, a number of disturbing incidents unfold in England: an unmanned ship is wrecked at Whitby; strange puncture marks appear on a young woman's neck; and the inmate of a lunatic asylum raves about the arrival of his 'Master', while a determined group of adversaries prepares to face the terrifying Count.

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ISBN: 9780141199337

Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 26 April 2012

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Penguin Classics

Audience: Children

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Spine width: 20.0mm

Width: 130.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 320g

Pages: 464

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Abraham 'Bram' Stoker (1847 - 1912) was a sickly child, unable to stand until he was seven years old, and spent the majority of his childhood reading before defying the odds by becoming a champion athlete at Trinity College, Dublin. Starting his career as an Irish civil servant, his love of theatre led him to become an unpaid drama critic for the Dublin Mail and later manager and secretary for the famous actor Sir Henry Irving. He also wrote a dozen books, of which Dracula (1897) is without doubt the most famous. An immediate bestseller in Victorian England, Stoker's masterpiece of the macabre has remained popular ever since, as testified by the countless film adaptations of the novel.

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