Reviews for Dracula
Review - Dracula
Silly, redundant and boring.
Reviewed by Roger on 1999-12-22 09:45:41
Draculaby Bram Stoker | |
| List(s): | "Racine Library List" "Carp 500" |
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| Category: |
"Fiction - S. F./Fantasy" |
| Pages: | 508 |
| Year of Publication: | 1897 |
| Date Read: | 07/25/1993 |
| Notes: | Count Dracula, an “undead” villain from Transylvania, uses his supernatural powers to lure and prey upon innocent victims from whom he gains the blood on which he lives. The novel is written chiefly in the form of journals kept by the principal characters — Jonathan Harker, who contacts the vampire in his castle; Harker’s fiancée, Mina, adored by the Count, the well-meaning Dr. Seward; and Lucy Westenra. COMMENTS — Bram Stoker combined central European folktales of the nosferatu, or undead, with historical accounts of the 15th-century prince Vlad the Impaler, who allegedly speared 100,000 victims and was given the epithet Dracula (a derivative of Romanian drac, or devil). |
| My Rating: | 4 |