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Bram Stoker
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Pages: 432 (Paperback)
ISBN: 0099511223
Pub: Vintage Classics
Pub date: 2007-10-04
Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 63980
Reader Reviews:
Dracula, is the book itself dead or alive?? (0/0 people found this helpful)
For a novel that is so widely known and has been adapted and whose characters used all over the world, Dracula is rather disappointing. I began reading this novel before a trip across eastern Europe with intentions of visiting the so-called Dracula's castle, i expected a fast pace read from the start (keeping in mind that i am a fan of 18th and early 19th century literature) however i didn't find this. The book has a very unique style as it is written entirely in the form of diaries, notes and newspaper articles which provided a different approach to its reading. The novel sets off to a slow start and continues in this mundane manner for a large portion of the book. Dracula's saving grace are the catalytic events which follow the hundred pages of tedium in which i became entangled in the plot and found it difficult to put down. One becomes enticed into finding out what is to come and really engages with the protagonists Van-Helsing and Jonathan. We are built up to imagine a huge crescendo as an ending but are gravely disappointed when the story ends in the space of two paragraphs and all the suspense seems wasted. One must question oneself if this was Stoker's desired effect, yet i remain sceptical. Naturally this novel remains a classic of late 18th century literature and i recommend its reading, my only qualm is wondering if the ending really does the book true justice, hence my questioning, is this book dead or alive?
4 out of 5.
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