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Dracula
Bram Stoker · 1897 · 236 pages
"Dracula" is the novel that introduced the fictional creature known as the vampire to millions. It is considered by many as the single most important work in the gothic vampire horror genre. "Dracula" while not the first appearance of the vampire in literature is certainly the work that is most readily identified with the vampire genre and has spawned countless imitations and references. The novel is set sometime in the late 19th century and begins by being told from the perspective of Jonathan Harker. Harker is a young English lawyer who is traveling to the castle of Count Dracula to perform some legal services for the Count. Harker upon meeting Count Dracula finds him a strange and eerie man and will soon learn his dark secret.
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Natalie Wynn (Contrapoints)
“The point I'm trying to make is that there's a historical continuity from "Pamela" to "Twilight". Stephenie Meyer's contribution is that she took the classic romance formula, combined it with the lurid sexiness of "Dracula", and then Mormonized it to the point it became appealing to 21st century teenagers and moms.”
William Gibson
“The mother of all airport thrillers, amazingly, and like the movies only in part. Stoker single-handedly invented a couple of major modern genres here.”↗
Isabel Allende
“We all know this macabre Victorian novel loaded with sexual innuendo, suspense, Christian paranoia, blood, mystery, and even a zoophagous madman. What is there not to like? It is badly written, but the story fascinates me to this day.”↗
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