Dracula
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Editor's review
Who it's for
A good fit for
- Fans of Gothic horror and vampire fiction
- Readers of English and American literature curious about the origins of genre fiction
- Writers looking for examples of multi-perspective narration
- Teachers offering courses on the nineteenth-century novel or horror literature
Not a good fit for
- Readers hoping for a fast-paced modern horror novel
- Readers with little patience for epistolary and diary-collage narration
- Readers sensitive to depictions of blood, fear, and death
Reading tips
- Read in narrative units of letters and diary entries, pausing after each to briefly review what is known and what remains in doubt.
- Keep a list of characters and places, noting as you go, to manage the shifts in perspective among multiple narrators.
- Watch for details of technology and transport, and consider how they contribute to the atmosphere of fear.
- After finishing, compare a film or television adaptation to see which themes were cut or intensified.
About the publisher
Project Gutenberg is a digital publishing project focused on public-domain ebooks. Its publishing direction centers on classic literary works whose copyright has expired, covering genres such as poetry, drama, fiction, and epic. Representative books include Lyrical Ballads by Wordsworth and Coleridge, Proust's Du côté de chez Swann, Shakespeare's Macbeth and The Complete Works of William Shakespeare, Homer's The Iliad, Dante's La Divina Comèdia: Purgatòri, Cervantes's The History of Don Quixote, Volume 2, and Grahame's The Wind in the Willows. Its author resources consist mainly of classic Western writers such as Wordsworth, Proust, Shakespeare, Homer, Dante, Cervantes, Grahame, and Tolstoy. Its publishing feature is the provision of freely accessible ebooks in EPUB and Kindle formats; it is not a traditional publisher, and publicly available information is limited.
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FAQ
I've never read a Gothic novel. Can I start with this one?
Why is the book written in letters and diaries?
It's quite long. How should I pace my reading?
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About the author
Stoker, Bram, 1847-1912, was an Irish writer best known for his Gothic fiction, though details of his life are limited in publicly available sources. His most famous work, Dracula, created one of the most iconic vampire figures in literary history and has had a profound influence on later horror literature, film and television. The library holds ten of his works, including, besides Dracula, The Jewel of Seven Stars, Dracula's Guest, The Mystery of the Sea, The Lady of the Shroud, Famous Impostors and The Lair of the White Worm. These works often draw on mysterious legends, the supernatural and exotic adventure, with a gloomy atmosphere and mounting suspense, frequently using letters and diaries to create a sense of realism. The library classifies him under inspirational growth, but his overall output is better regarded as representative of Gothic and horror fiction.
