Review: Dracula-Bram Stoker
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Re: Review: Dracula-Bram Stoker
I may be biased as Whitby is one of my favourite places in the world to go and I visit as often as I can. I know the Abbey and I know the scenery so well that at times I place myself within the story. This is a book I can reread over and over again.
The novel is horror, whereas the film focuses on Romance. The two - whilst both good - are very different beasts.
I highly recommend it.
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The thing about "Dracula" by Bram Stoker is how it holds you in place for minutes without breath. You have suspicions when you read it: "was he the driver? How would John escape? If Lucy gets blood from Hon. Arthur, wouldn't the Count come for him? Mina would have to un-tie John's book"
Despite being a horror book, "Dracula"
Still has it's comedy, like when they (find out who THEY are yourselves) discovered Lucy's mother had opened the windows for the garlic to go out and the Professor's reaction.
The book also has beautiful wise quotes. One of which is "knowledge is stronger than memory, we must not trust the weaker"
Enjoy the book
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Published the good days, Dracula has become a sensation till now as even the latest episodes of 2018 serial movies have the protons of the vampire lord.
The story is written with combos of Diaries, Journals, newspapers and so on. Making it hard to say this book is written in first-person. This complex but simple narrative begins with Jonathan Harkers.
Jonathan is a solicitor who goes on a journey to Transylvania to give detail to a rich Count. To his shock, the Count is a Dreaded monster. His name...Dracula. Stoker points out his main quality- "the dead travels fast".
Jonathan is questioned beyond the house sale unknown to him that the Dracula is headed for England. He lives Jonathan to his doom.
The character Lucy becomes a pray for the count bringing in together Prof Van Helsing, Mr Morris, Dr Seward, Mina Harkers, and Lord Arthur to her aid but it her loss, they must find a way to set her free from UNDead.
The tides rise again when Dracula goes after her friend, Mina as a lesson to her husband, Jonathan and the latter men who try to seek him out.
The best part I like about this book is
"Knowledge is stronger than memory, we must never trust the weaker"
In this book, I think this the guide.
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My main thought upon finishing it was - I wondered what it would have been like to read this in the time period it was written. Maps had been fully filled in and we were on the cusp of 1900, but do you think there was a bit of a panic about vampires? For me, while reading it there were parts that worked into my imagination and late at night I found myself thinking about certain parts of the book.
I also wondered about the implications of east vs west and the "invasion" of Britain. I think some others have explored this topic wonderfully above as well. (I also think its funny to see that this crops up in a lot of literature from that time period... for example, Lord of the Rings has it too).
I recently found out that Stoker's great grand-nephew wrote a book called Dracul. Has anyone read it? I wondered if it was worth a read or a skip.
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There is this book called The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova where the protagonists try to find Dracula, who is apparently still alive. It is a very interesting read, albeit a bit long (500+ pages). Kostova is a wonderful writer. This book gave me chills. Dracula by Bram Stoker is, of course, a masterpiece.Wreade1872 wrote: ↑01 Jan 2014, 10:06 I'm a big Dracula fan i love its 'found footage' kind of vibe, i was just thinking i wonder if there is a version of this out there thats is printed up as if its the original documents. So you'd get the diaries, the letters, the newspaper clippings and maybe a cd or downloadable mp3s of the dictaphone records. That would be awesome, probably does exist somewhere i'll have a look later.
My only problem with the story is the ending which for a modern reader does seem a bit anti-climactic, the chase is fine your just expecting a bit more when they catch up. Still really like it though overall.
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Once I understood it I really started liking it .
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I don't like the idea of diary entries to be honest, because there isn't much details to be provided like when narration is done in third person.
People who read are hiders. They hide who they are. People who hide don't always like who they are.