Synopsis
An English lawyer, travels to Castle Dracula in Transylvania to attend to a real estate transaction with the nobleman Count Dracula. As he meets the locals, they warn him about the area history and offer him talismans and crosses to protect him against the evils he has yet to discover he is up against.
History
First publication: Archibald Constable & Co., May 1897
Review
The greatest vampire novel ever written and one of the very best horror novels ever. If I could rate this higher than a Top Tale I would. This has defined the vampire story and paved the way to modern horror. Unlike many horror novels today though, this one creeps you out throughout, but leaves you happy in the end. In between you are glued to the story and don’t want to stop. The only thing I didn’t like was Van Helsing’s broken english combined with the very long speeches he gave. I have a hard time deciphering dialects and accents in writing. But that was small.
Videos
We have the story in these editions:
Dracula, slipcased, Amaranthine Press, 2019-01-00
All of the stories in the Dracula series:
Dracula Unbound
Dracula
Powers of Darkness
Dracula’s Guest
The Curse of Dracula
