Dracula

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Summary: Surprising
Review: I read reviews of this book and was still astounded. It is great writing. The story known by everyone does not take away from the excellence of this book. If I were a High Schooler again I would love to read this. It seems to have suffered a little with the connotation that society has given this book. Too many Dracula's out there. Most of which would be lost with the characters in the book. I'm afraid Dracula would not waste his time on many of the fanatics except to dispatch them.

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Summary: Very stupid book
Review: Dracula is the worst book I ever had to read for english class. It was so stupid and the movie was even stupider. Don't waste your time reading garbage like this book.

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Summary: Why is this a Classic?
Review: OK, why is this book required reading for high school students? It is very long and I think that Bram Stoker was german anyway that's gotta get people confused. All of the sentances are backwords! It took me 4 whole days to read it, my entire thanksgiving weekend. So highschoolers if you have a choice...don't read this book.

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Summary: An unquenchable classic
Review: It makes the movies plae in comparison. Read it while books are still made with paper!

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Summary: Victorian romance novel
Review: The style is different from other vampire books and movies I've seen. Much of the book is meandering diary entries of the main characters intermixed with live action. The characterizations are melodramatic by our standards- overly manly, overly good or overly evil.

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Summary: A Good Read for Halloween
Review: This is an interesting book for anyone, no matter if you are interested in horror or not. There are many different interpretations of the meaning of this story, but I like to think of it as the "dark side" of Victorian literature. It is also interesting to point out the many erotic overtones in the book. As for the story itself, it drags a bit, and though it is genuinely creepy in some parts, the ending is so quick that everything is wrapped up in two pages, with a "happily ever after"-type ending that has Van Helsing bouncing Mina and Jonathan's child on his knee. However, though the book does have its faults, it is still a classic novel of English literature and should not necessarily be classified as "horror fiction" when there is a lot more there to be discussed.

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Summary: A must-read if you adore vampires
Review: Even if you only /sort of/ adore vampires, just like folklore, or have a passing interest in supernatural fiction--"Dracula" by Bram Stoker is a rather necessary book. It's a wonderful, dramatic, fully realized, surprisingly topical novel, a quick read for all its antiquated language, and still popular even after all these years.

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Summary: It is one of the best horror books written in history.
Review: This book delivers excitement the entire way through the story. It shows the desire that humans have to hurt their loved ones and the desire they have to be hurt by their loved ones. Through imagery, I was capable of creating the images that Stoker was describing throughout the novel. Stoker's way of making Dracula and Satan parallels is excellent. This book is a terrific horror story and I strongly recommnad it for those who like horror stories.

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Summary: Excellent way of using journalism text!
Review: The way Stoker used his "journalism" text was excellent. The main charachter is actually writing within the book. it's based on his diary and seems as hes writing it as the reader reads on. I highly recommend this book if youre looking for something out of the ordinary and spooky!

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Summary: The Best
Review: I have read many books about vampires and finaly got this one a few weeks ago. I have never been so captivated by a book as I have been by this one.