The project gutenberg ebook of dracula, by bram stoker. If this book should ever reach mina before i do, let it bring my goodbye. The novel tells the story of dracula s attempt to move from transylvania to england so that he may find new blood and spread the undead curse, and of the battle between dracula and a small group of men and a woman led by professor abraham van helsing. You can find an alternative cover edition for this isbn here and here. Dracula is an 1897 gothic horror novel by irish author bram stoker. Read a plot overview of the entire book or a chapter by chapter summary and. Bram stokers classic vampire story was very much of its time but still. It introduced the character of count dracula and established many conventions of subsequent vampire fantasy. Dracula, count fictitious character fiction subject. The count is looking for a london home and jonathan, who has the details of a large house that might suit dracula, is keen to make the counts acquaintance and visit him in his castle.
Bram stoker 18471912 dracula tells the tale of a sinister transylvanian aristocrat who seeks to retain his youth and strength by feeding off human blood. The real history that went into bram stokers dracula time. It introduced count dracula, and established many conventions of subsequent vampire fantasy. Budapesth seems a wonderful place, from the glimpse which i got of it from. Dracula is to vampire novels as a study in scarlet is to detective novels. Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by. Prince of wallachia, vlad was an intelligent and wild general who impaled his enemies on very long spikes. Bram stokers iconic novel dracula begins with a young man, jonathan harker, arriving in transylvania where he has an appointment to keep with a certain count dracula. The dracula family described with pride by stokers count in the first chapters of the novel, was based on a real family of the fifteenth century, whose most famous member, vlad the impaler or vlad dracula had a bloody career. Famous for introducing the character of the vampire count dracula, the novel tells the story. Dracula, novel by bram stoker, derived from vampire legends and. The book closes with a note left by jonathan harker seven years after the events of the novel, detailing his married life with.
The book presents several colour illustrations, and these certainly does add to the narrative, as the art usefully depicts the. The prince used to also murder beggars, force women to eat. Budapesth seems a wonderful place, from the glimpse which i got of it from the train and the little i could walk through the streets. He was writing in a sultry findesiecle literary culture obsessed with. Bram stoker has 929 books on goodreads with 1636707 ratings. Dracula is a novel by bram stoker that was first published in 1897.
Dracula, gothic novel by bram stoker, published in 1897, that was the most popular literary work derived from vampire legends and became the basis for an entire genre of literature and film. The storyline remains the same, but here the tale is simplified and shortened. Jonathan harker, a young english lawyer, travels to castle dracula in the eastern european country of transylvania to conclude a real estate transaction with a nobleman named count dracula. Upon receipt of the book, stoker didnt read it cover to cover or browse the text he. Abraham bram stoker was an irish author, best known today for his 1897 gothic horror novel dracula. Bram stoker claimed that parts of dracula were real. The author, bram stoker, a young victorian theater professional, was probably inspired by the strange epidemic of vampirism that occurred in remote parts of eastern europe in the 17th and 18th centuries.
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