DraculaBram Stoker's peerless tale of desperate battle against a powerful, ancient vampire When Jonathan Harker visits Transylvania to help Count Dracula purchase a London house, he makes horrifying discoveries in his client's castle. Soon afterwards, disturbing incidents unfold in England: a ship runs aground on the shores of Whitby, its crew vanished; beautiful Lucy Westenra slowly succumbs to a mysterious, wasting illness, her blood drained away; and the lunatic Renfield raves about the imminent arrival of his 'master'. In the ensuing battle of wills between the sinister Count and a determined group of adversaries - led by the intrepid vampire hunter Abraham van Helsing - Bram Stoker created a masterpiece of the horror genre, probing into questions of identity, sanity and the dark corners of Victorian sexuality and desire. For this completely updated edition, Maurice Hindle has revised his introduction, list of further reading and notes, and added two appendices: Stoker's essay on censorship and his interview with Winston Churchill, both published in 1908. Christopher Frayling's preface discusses the significance and the influences that contributed to his creation of the Dracula myth. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators. |
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Page xi
... leave from the Lyceum : Irving allowed him little time for such pursuits in the normal schedule and what today we ... ( leaving just £ 4,723 ) , not a single newspaper obituary mentioned Dracula by name : today , the obituaries would ...
... leave from the Lyceum : Irving allowed him little time for such pursuits in the normal schedule and what today we ... ( leaving just £ 4,723 ) , not a single newspaper obituary mentioned Dracula by name : today , the obituaries would ...
Page xiii
... Leaves of Grass , declares himself ' a lover of Walt Whitman ' . 1870 Following in his father's footsteps , enters the Civil Service as a clerk in Dublin Castle . 1871 4 May Opens debate on paper entitled ' Walt Whitman and the Poetry ...
... Leaves of Grass , declares himself ' a lover of Walt Whitman ' . 1870 Following in his father's footsteps , enters the Civil Service as a clerk in Dublin Castle . 1871 4 May Opens debate on paper entitled ' Walt Whitman and the Poetry ...
Page xiv
... leaves the Civil Ser- vice , marries 20 - year - old Florence Balcombe on 4 December at St Ann's Church , Dublin and joins Irving on tour in Bir- mingham on 9 December . Ellen Terry joins Irving company as Ophelia for opening of Hamlet ...
... leaves the Civil Ser- vice , marries 20 - year - old Florence Balcombe on 4 December at St Ann's Church , Dublin and joins Irving on tour in Bir- mingham on 9 December . Ellen Terry joins Irving company as Ophelia for opening of Hamlet ...
Page xv
... leaves the Irving company . 1903 November The Jewel of the Seven Stars published . 1905 September The Man published ... leaving his walking and sight impaired . 1908 15 January Interview with Winston Churchill published in the Daily ...
... leaves the Irving company . 1903 November The Jewel of the Seven Stars published . 1905 September The Man published ... leaving his walking and sight impaired . 1908 15 January Interview with Winston Churchill published in the Daily ...
Page xxiv
... leave this latter concern to the final section of this essay . ) To have identified sex as the monster that made Stoker write so anxiously must be a crucial first step in our understanding . But focusing upon the creation of the demonic ...
... leave this latter concern to the final section of this essay . ) To have identified sex as the monster that made Stoker write so anxiously must be a crucial first step in our understanding . But focusing upon the creation of the demonic ...
Contents
VII | 7 |
VIII | 21 |
IX | 34 |
X | 48 |
XI | 62 |
XII | 71 |
XIII | 85 |
XV | 99 |
XXV | 243 |
XXVI | 260 |
XXVII | 274 |
XXVIII | 289 |
XXIX | 304 |
XXX | 317 |
XXXI | 331 |
XXXII | 346 |
XVI | 114 |
XVII | 128 |
XVIII | 143 |
XIX | 156 |
XX | 174 |
XXI | 184 |
XXII | 203 |
XXIII | 218 |
XXIV | 229 |
XXXIII | 362 |
XXXIV | 380 |
XXXV | 399 |
XXXVI | 408 |
XXXVII | 415 |
XXXVIII | 427 |
XXXIX | 435 |
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ABRAHAM VAN HELSING answered Arthur ARTHUR HOLMWOOD asked began blood Borgo Pass Bram Stoker Bram Stoker's Dracula castle coming Count Count Dracula dark dead death door Dr Seward DR SEWARD'S DIARY Dr Van Helsing Dracula dread evil eyes face fear feel felt friend John Galatz hand Harker HARKER'S JOURNAL hear heard heart Helsing's Henry Irving horror horses hypnotic Irving keep knew letter lips London looked Lord Godalming LUCY WESTENRA Lucy's Madam mind morning never novel once passed pause Penguin Peter Hawkins poor dear Professor Quincey Morris Renfield round seemed silence sleep smile sort soul speak spoke stood strange sweet tell terrible things thought told tonight took Transylvania turned Un-Dead vampire Varna wait wake watch Westenra whilst Whitby window wolves woman word write