It is a quintessential tale of suspense and horror, boasting one of the most terrifying characters ever born in literature. Dracula by bram stoker, the historian by elizabeth kostova, dracula the undead by dacre stoker, dracula in love by karen essex. It was first published as a hardcover in 1897 by archibald constable and co. 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. You can also read the full text online using our ereader. Dracula ebook by bram stoker 0030000015076 rakuten kobo. Read an ebook of bram stokers dracula in the microsoft reader format with cleartype highresolution display technology. The project gutenberg ebook of dracula, by bram stoker this ebook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. Dracula by bram stoker, free pdf, ebook, epub global grey.
Although stoker did not invent the vampire, he defined its modern form, and the novel. This was emphasized by the fact that the snowy mountaintop still held the sunset, and seemed to glow out with a delicate cool pink. Count dracula is a vampire who terrifies the countryside in his quest for human blood, but the residents soon learn his real identity and vow to destroy him. Famous for introducing the character of the vampire count dracula, the novel tells the story of draculas attempt to move from transylvania to england so he may find new blood and spread the undead curse, and the battle between dracula and a small group of men and women led by professor abraham van helsing.
Dracula book by bram stoker official publisher page. Dracula microsoft reader ebook free download and software. Dracula amazonclassics edition kindle edition by stoker. A slightly unhealthy obsession with the 1992 dracula movie, bram stokers dracula and elizabeth kostovas the historian read it if you havent already, seriously. Dracula is an 1897 novel by irish author bram stoker, featuring as its primary antagonist the vampire count dracula. His journey takes him to meet a nobleman, count dracula. Told in epistolary form through a series of letters, diary entries, and other correspondence, dracula is considered one of the earliest works of vampire fiction, and it is the introduction of the iconic character of count dracula. Bram stokers count dracula jess francos version of the bram stoker classic has count dracula as an old man who grows younger whenever he dines on the blood of young maidens. Harker returns home upon his escape from draculas grim fortress, but a friends strange malady involving sleepwalking, inexplicable blood loss, and mysterious throat wounds initiates a frantic vampire hunt. Again, when, after the battle of mohacs, we threw off the hungarian yoke, we of the dracula blood were amongst their leaders, for our spirit would not brook that we were not free. Famous for introducing the character of the vampire count dracula, the novel tells the story of dracula s attempt to move from transylvania to england, and the battle between dracula and a small group of men and women led by professor abraham van helsing.
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Dracula ebook by bram stoker free ebook bestseller. A lunatic asylum, a bleak transylvanian castle, an ancient cemetary. 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 story of the notorious vampire count dracula, lord of the undead, who rises from his coffin at night to suck the blood of the. Oct 18, 2014 dracula, by bram stoker, free ebook 1. Sometimes we saw little towns or castles on the top of steep hills such as we see in old missals. The project gutenberg ebook of dracula, by bram stoker. 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. As we wound on our endless way, and the sun sank low er and lower behind us, the shadows of the evening began to creep round us. Download our free epub, pdf or mobi ebooks to read on almost any device your desktop, iphone, ipad, android phone or tablet, amazon kindle and more. The worlds bestknown vampire story begins by following a naive young englishman as he visits transylvania to meet a client, the mysterious count dracula. The tale begins with jonathan harker, a newly qualified english solicitor, journeying by train and carriage from england to count dracula s crumbling, remote castle. Count dracula isnt the first vampire to have graced the pages of literaturethat honor is thought to belong to lord ruthven in the vampyr, by john william. Dracula amazonclassics edition kindle edition by stoker, bram.
Though fear enters his mind, harker meets count dracula and finds him to be educated, hospitable and quite the gentlemen. The purpose of his mission is to provide legal support to dracula for a real estate transaction overseen by harkers employer, peter hawkins, of exeter in england. He is considered to be both the prototypical and the archetypal vampire in subsequent works of fiction. Though fear enters his mind, harker meets count dracula and finds him to be. It begins with lawyer jonathan harkers perilous journey to castle dracula in transylvania, and chronicles the vampires invasion of england, where he preys upon the lovely lucy westenra and. A true masterwork of storytelling, dracula has transcended generation, language, and culture to become one of the most popular novels ever written. Full text books archive of free books, texts, documents, classic literature, drama and poetry. 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 count s acquaintance and visit him in his. Dracula by bram stoker full text free book full text archive. 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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