Dracula - Bram Stoker
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goodreadsTitle: Dracula
Author: Bram Stoker
Genre: Thriller
Rating: 8/10
# pages: Audiobook
Date read: November, 2006
Summary: When Jonathan Harker visits Transylvania to help Count Dracula purchase a London house, he makes horrifying discoveries about his client. Soon afterward, disturbing incidents unfold in England-an unmanned ship is wrecked at Whitby, strange puncture marks appear on a young woman's neck, and a lunatic asylum inmate raves about the imminent arrival of his "Master"-culminating in a battle of wits between the sinister Count and a determined group of adversaries. (Amazon.com)
Review: After having read "The Historian" I thought it was only fitting to give Dracula a chance, and found it MUCH better than I'd expected. I don't know why I wasn't expecting to like it - perhaps because I've never really heard anybody talk about it - neither positively nor negatively. In any case I liked it a lot, and found the writing style (letters, telegrams and diary entries) very fitting to the plot. I probably didn't get as much out of it as I would have if I'd read it rather than listened to it (after all, I do have to keep *some* concentration on the traffic ;-) ), so I'll probably get it out again in a year or two and re-read it.
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Author: Bram Stoker
Genre: Thriller
Rating: 8/10
# pages: Audiobook
Date read: November, 2006
Summary: When Jonathan Harker visits Transylvania to help Count Dracula purchase a London house, he makes horrifying discoveries about his client. Soon afterward, disturbing incidents unfold in England-an unmanned ship is wrecked at Whitby, strange puncture marks appear on a young woman's neck, and a lunatic asylum inmate raves about the imminent arrival of his "Master"-culminating in a battle of wits between the sinister Count and a determined group of adversaries. (Amazon.com)
Review: After having read "The Historian" I thought it was only fitting to give Dracula a chance, and found it MUCH better than I'd expected. I don't know why I wasn't expecting to like it - perhaps because I've never really heard anybody talk about it - neither positively nor negatively. In any case I liked it a lot, and found the writing style (letters, telegrams and diary entries) very fitting to the plot. I probably didn't get as much out of it as I would have if I'd read it rather than listened to it (after all, I do have to keep *some* concentration on the traffic ;-) ), so I'll probably get it out again in a year or two and re-read it.
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Date: 2007-03-16 09:12 (UTC)In fact, I was so enamoured that I created a website about Dracula's Whitby connection (near to where I live).
If you get 5 mins, head over to http://www.dracula-in-whitby.com and let me know what you think.
Regards.
Alan
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Date: 2007-06-21 10:49 (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-06-27 11:29 (UTC)