Dracula
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Dracula
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Greg Wise
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Narrated by:
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Greg Wise
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Bram Stoker
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Outstanding performances, great classic horror
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loved every minute
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this should be a mandatory reading in schools.
absolute gem everyone should read
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Where does Dracula rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?
A true classic I read may years ago and was keen to listen to again after thinking is was far more a romance novel than horror but I feel recent movies may have warped my memory!Great narration and not bad on the accents to be fair...great pace and suspense and a good listen for my long car journeys..
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Its a classic horror tale from a bygone era..and made even better after my trip to Whitby this year..i could picture myself up near the abbey on the rocky shore on a bench with Mina and Lucy :)This tale tells of a vampire than has no romance about him..he is cold and evil..not a dishy 80s actor or a Christopher Lee...think more Nosferatu
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I love the switch between diaries and memoires..flowed really nicely and was great to have everyones tale to tell..Did you have an emotional reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?
No emotion..no real horror or suspense..just great story telling..Any additional comments?
A classic for all horror lovers..!An oldy but a goody!
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gripping and fantastically narrated
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A great listen
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Gothic Romance at it's best.
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great
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From the novel’s opening pages, Stoker crafts an atmosphere that is both seductive and oppressive, drawing readers into a world where the line between reality and nightmare blurs. The journey of Jonathan Harker to Count Dracula’s decaying Transylvanian castle sets the tone: the rugged Carpathian landscape, shrouded in mist and superstition, pulses with an almost sentient malevolence. Stoker’s vivid descriptions of the castle’s crumbling grandeur—its shadowy corridors, locked doors, and eerie silences—create a palpable sense of claustrophobia and dread. As the narrative shifts to Victorian England, the atmosphere evolves into a creeping unease, with fog-choked London streets and moonlit graveyards amplifying the vampire’s predatory presence. The epistolary structure, composed of journal entries, letters, and newspaper clippings, enhances immersion by grounding the supernatural in a veneer of documentary realism.
Stoker’s prose is quintessentially Gothic, rich with florid imagery and a cadence that mirrors the genre’s obsession with excess and the sublime. His language oscillates between poetic beauty and visceral horror, capturing the duality of Dracula as both an alluring aristocrat and a monstrous predator. Descriptions of the Count’s “cruel-looking” mouth and “peculiarly sharp white teeth” evoke a visceral revulsion, while passages detailing his hypnotic charisma—such as Mina’s conflicted fascination—drip with sensuality. The novel’s dialogue, particularly Dracula’s formal yet menacing speech, reinforces his otherworldly nature, while the earnest, sometimes melodramatic voices of characters like Van Helsing and Lucy Westenra reflect the Victorian moral framework. Stoker’s use of archaic and regional dialects, especially in the Transylvanian sections, adds authenticity and texture, though modern readers may find some passages dense. This Gothic linguistic tapestry not only amplifies the novel’s emotional stakes but also cements its place in the canon of 19th-century horror.
Stoker’s Dracula draws heavily on Eastern European folklore, particularly Romanian vampire myths, which he researched through travelogues and scholarly works like Emily Gerard’s The Land Beyond the Forest. The novel’s depiction of vampires—creatures who rise from the grave, feed on blood, and are repelled by garlic, holy symbols, and sunlight—synthesizes folkloric traditions with Stoker’s creative embellishments. The Transylvanian setting, steeped in tales of strigoi and moroi, grounds Dracula in a cultural milieu where superstition and fear of the undead were palpable. Additionally, Stoker incorporates the obscure legend of the Scholomance, a mythical school of black magic reputedly located in the Carpathian Mountains, where the Devil himself taught sorcery.
While Dracula is firmly a Gothic horror novel, it contains nascent elements that would later define the Gaslamp fantasy genre, a subgenre blending Victorian or Edwardian settings with supernatural and fantastical elements, often tinged with romance and mystery. The novel’s fusion of historical realism—Victorian social mores, emerging technologies like typewriters and phonographs—with the fantastical presence of vampires anticipates Gaslamp’s hallmark mix of the mundane and the magical. The urban gothic setting of London, with its gaslit streets and bustling modernity juxtaposed against Dracula’s ancient evil, prefigures the atmospheric urban fantasies of later authors. Moreover, the novel’s ensemble cast, including the scholarly Van Helsing, the resourceful Mina, and the chivalrous Arthur Holmwood, foreshadows the archetype-heavy character dynamics common in Gaslamp narratives. Stoker’s emphasis on a group of heroes banding together to combat a supernatural threat also resonates with the genre’s focus on collective action and moral quests.
Dracula’s influence on Gaslamp fantasy is evident in works like Gail Carriger’s Soulless or Neil Gaiman’s Neverwhere, which borrow its blend of historical settings, supernatural intrigue, and a touch of romantic tension. The novel’s exploration of forbidden desire, societal anxieties, and the collision of old and new worlds laid a foundation for Gaslamp’s thematic preoccupations, even if Stoker’s work lacks the whimsical or steampunk flourishes that later define the genre. By rooting its fantasy in a meticulously detailed historical context, Dracula helped pave the way for Gaslamp’s distinctive aesthetic.
A Gothic Gaslamp Classic
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