Dracula

Suivi de L'invité de Dracula Roman contemporain, Presses Pocket

by Bram Stoker

Paperback, 575 pages

French language

Published July 15, 1992 by Pocket.

ISBN:: 978-2-266-12114-9
OCLC Number:: 999763779

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Ll était une fois, dans une région sauvage et montagneuse du centre de l'Europe appelée Transylvanie (le pays au-delà des forêts...) un noble sanguinaire, habitant un vaste château, fort désireux de se rendre en Angleterre pour y savourer son mets favori : le sang virginal de jeunes femmes ! Mais un redoutable et éminent professeur, Van Helsing, qui a découvert le terrible secret du comte Dracula, entreprend de le traquer sans répit...

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Elias reviewed Dracula by Bram Stoker

I understand why people love it...

3 stars

... But it was far too dry for me. It also took me ages to read it, and I kinda glossed over the end because I wanted to be done with it. I'm going to give it another shot when Dracula Daily comes by again.

joelchrono reviewed Dracula by Bram Stoker

Even if you think you know Dracula, this still holds up!

4 stars

I had never given classic horror a go before, but this one was a pleasant surprise. The original Dracula story was something I thought I knew, elements like Dracula’s castle and the power possessed by that monster make an appearance here, but despite what you might expect of the original vampire, the book is still filled with great characters and moments that were truly nerve-wracking.

I couldn’t help but read faster and faster at times where the tension raised up, hoping for it to end when it was only getting worse. But its not all bad, there is always hope, and the determination of the characters to defend their loved ones and the future of humanity from the reign of the un-dead, is just great, but a few moments of old English were a little hard to read.

I listened to different audiobooks while reading, which was quite atmospheric too. …

I listened to different audiobooks while reading, which was quite atmospheric too.

(Review originally written April 1st, 2022)

StoryDragon reviewed Dracula by Bram Stoker

Review of Dracula

4 stars

Dracula was actually quite nice to read. At first, the story advanced quite slowly in my opinion, but towards the middle it became faster. Sometimes the story haunted me in the night, but fortunately this was not that bad and it never lasted long.

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3 stars

This was... this was okay.
It's difficult to judge classics fairly, as one's likely to be so steeped in their derivative works that to criticize a 'progenitor' feels tantamount to slandering a lineage. That said, I found myself largely unmoved by the tale, and a bit dismayed by the glut of all-too-familiar powers ascribed to Dracula -- "moonbeams" indeed.

My single favorite part was hearing Christopher Lee (who narrated this copy of the book) say of Lucy Westenra: "...If looks could kill...!"