Dracula

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Summary: THE SCARIEST BOOK EVER!
Review: When you think of vampires, who (or what) do you think of? Most likely, Dracula pops up in your head. They probobly know what he does, drink the blood of humans. But they probobly don't know who Bram Stoker is or the original story of the master vampire. They might not even know there is even a book! Dracula is wonderfully detailed, too. I'll give you a preview...

"...Whatever my expectation was, it was not disappointed, for there on our favorite seat, the silver light of the moon struck a half-reclining figure, snowy white...What it was, man or beast, I could not tell..."

Now one thing I must say, If you haven't seen a Dracula movie yet, don't. It ruins it. But if you want to see the movie before you read the book, watch Bram Stoker's Dracula, starring Gary Oldman as Dracula. By the way, you can get that movie at amazon.com! You can also get its soundtrack here!

Note: If you want to get Dracula for you child, but want an abridged (condensed or shortened) version, you can get that at amazon.com also! (Gee, amazon has everything!)

Before I go, I want to give you one more sample.

"...As he spoke (The Stage Coach Driver) he smiled, and the lamplight fell on a hard-looking mouth, with very red lips and sharp-looking teeth, as white as ivory. One of my companions whispered to another line from Burger's "Lenore":- "Denn die Todten reiten schell" ("For the dead travel fast.") The strange driver evidently heard the words, for he looked up with a gleaming smile..."

So, anyway I got to go. I hope I convinced you to buy Dracula.

Justin :)

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Summary: Simply Brilliant!!!!
Review: A classic, Dracula is the first person accounts of a battle against a vampyre. If you have seen the movies, still read it. It is quite different from them, and all to the better. This is my favourite book of all time. I would recommend it to ANYONE who is looking to lose some sleep!

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Summary: A true Classic
Review: I suggest this book for classical novel lovers everywhere.

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Summary: Brilliant!!!
Review: I have to admit that I only read this book as part of the school English syllabus. At first I was a bit judgemental, but when I actually read the book, it was simply brilliant! The fact that Bram Stoker has written it in diary form makes it more interesting. I thought it was really good.

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Summary: A extremly good vampire book, but not the first:
Review: This book I loved because it contained buckets full of vampire lore. Such as they can not be seen in mirrors, can not cross running water, can die if a holy bullet (silver bullet) is shot into their coffin, can not get out of their coffin if a wild rose is placed upon it, ETC. Surprisingly though it was not the first book about vampires. The first was a series of comics called "Varney The Vampire" and was very scary. This though blows way through the competition, paving the way for the next generation of vampire stories. This book has gone down in history and will remain one of the greatest vampire stories of all time.

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Summary: Started it all.
Review: Bram Stoker took an obscure regional legend and made it a classic tale of horror world known. He gave the vampire legend to the masses. The style he chose to present the tale, diary and journal entries, letters, somehow draws the reader further into the story. It's as if you are reading facts known to each character and are actually putting the story together yourself. An amazing way of drawing in the reader that has never been fully used since. No other book or any of the movies have captured the feeling you get out of reading the original Bram Stoker tale of Dracula.

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Summary: The original horror tale (and possibly the best).
Review: Dracula is genneraly about a vampire. The endless stream of films based upon the novel are cheap immitations from the thirtys. It isn't scary compared to "The Shinning" or "Pet Cemetary." But it is a wonderful piece of literature, and should be freely distributed to all.

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Summary: Intrestingly Scary
Review: This book remained a thriller in my heart for many years. Some things are still confusing to me and the articulatness of the book describes the setting throughly however it gets confusing after chapter 5. It is a must read book of the century.

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Summary: First-rate heart pumper
Review: Two years ago, my grandmother handed me an old, antique-looking book,"Read this. It's called Dracula...I'm sure you'll love it." I was skeptical, but I did (do) love it! Don't ever watch the movie, because the pictures that Bram Stoker creates in your mind are much more entertaining. Ever since my grandmother gave me Dracula, I have read it 7 times---my heart still pounds at all the right moments and it hasn't lost it's shock value yet!

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Summary: Grandfather of all vampire stories
Review: Dracula is the original epic of the vampire genre. There is no comparing today's vampire stories to this tale of elegant culture mixed with bestial ferocity. Stoker gives you the feel of a London undergoing the deep cultural changes of industry and modernization. Perhaps the infamous nosferatu (vampire) is here to announce that the old world won't go away quietly. In summary, none of the movies based on this book do it justice, so you'll just have to lock your doors, light a fire in the fireplace and enjoy.