Rating: Summary: Stoker, Bram:Dracula Review: The story of Dracula will drag you in and will not let you go even if you know you have to iron your dress for tomorrow's conference! Dracula has the power to make one feel disgusted and sorry for him. The book offers unforgetable excitement of a constant tension, fear and relief. It makes you dive into the vampire's thoughts and worries of dealing with the changes of the new society and its evolution.
Rating: Summary: Good stuff! Review: The original chiller of them all, read it
Rating: Summary: A Bloody brilliant book! Review: I thought this was an extremely good book! They say you cannot learn from the unreal and with this book, that is proven wrong!This is not only a thriller but it has gotten me interested in a newer type of book called a classic! I can even speak as this book was written! if you can read this, I suggest you buy the book! it is a wonderful one and it can open a door to another world
Rating: Summary: Bram Stoker's Dracula, the only Dracula! Review: This classic is by far one of the most thrilling of the many books that I have read. From the very beginning, Stoker's Dracula wraps you up in a tight bundle wanting more and more. I honestly could not stand to put the book down. Usually with such an enthralling book, one feels at a loss when finished, but this is not so with Dracula. The book completes itself leaving you feeling fulfilled, rather than wanting more
Rating: Summary: Captive reading. Review: This is a book that holds up incredibly well almost 100 years after it was written. An easy read; I found it hard to put down. A great, scary story full of romance, intrigue, and foreign lands which the author describes so vividly it's easy to visualize
Rating: Summary: Still the greatest vampire story of all Review: Deep and Freudian, full of unconscious images and atmosphere. Shows up Ann Rice for the writer of trash that she is. Unsurpassed
Rating: Summary: Stoker's classic vampire story is still captivating! Review: Those who have seen the recent film treatment of _Dracula_ will be interested to hear that it actually sticks pretty closely to the book. If you are only familiar with the myth of Dracula through movies, I strongly recommend that you read the book that started the Dracula legend. Although some of the language (especially dialect) of the story is outdated, it is surprisingly readable, and not overly afflicted with flowery prose. _Dracula_ is told in the form of diary entries and letters, so the reader gets to see inside the heads of a few different characters. This book is definitely worth reading if you have any curiousity at all about vampires
Rating: Summary: The original tale of Count Dracula. Review: "Dracula" is the novel that started it all. Of course, vampire legends had existed for many years previous to Stoker writing the book, but Stoker's tale of the bloodthirsty Count Dracula and his plan to move to new feeding grounds in London has entered the popular mythos like no other creature except Dr. Frankenstein's monster and the werewolf. No mean feat. The plot is fairly straightforward. Jonathan Harker, a young British attorney, is called to Transylvania by the mysterious Count Dracula to arrange the purchase of a property in London. What Harker doesn't know is that the Count is a vampire and plans to use this new mansion as a home base for feeding on London's hapless population. Harker, along with the help of the trustworthy Dr. Van Helsing, must now hunt down the Count; not only to save London but also to save the life of his wife, Mina. Hollywood has made endless versions of this novel, yet not one lives up to the original, printed version. "Dracula" is a definite must-read.
Rating: Summary: A classic reading experience Review: All my life I have heared and seen movies about Dracula, Frankenstein and Dr. Jeckel and Mr. Hyde. Normally I do not read/science fiction, but I was curious about these three and decided to find out how these literary characters attained their long lasting lives. The time spent reading the three books was worth it. It was an entertaining cultural experience.
I'll leave it to the experts to try to tell you why they are classics. But if you are always short on time, like I am, my order of preference is as I listed them in my first sentance.
Rating: Summary: I' seen better Review: Dracula was a huge dissapointment, I expected a book that would make me have trouble sleeping at night. Instead I got a bland ending and a predictable plot. It had too much fluff and not enough adventure. There was only one part in the story in which I was slightly scared. I would deffinately not recomend this book to anyone.
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