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Devourer of Books » Blog Archive » Suggested Halloween Reading — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 14:06:49 +0000

[...] Stoker’s Dracula, the mother of all vampire stories. What else is there to say about this book, other than I was [...]

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Devourer of Books » Blog Archive » The Dracula Dossier - Book Review — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 15:04:03 +0000

[...] 1888, Bram Stoker was not yet the famous author of “Dracula.” Instead, he was the business manager of Henry Irving and the Lyceum Theatre. How did this [...]

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By: Devourer of Books

Devourer of Books — Sat, 31 May 2008 16:11:03 +0000

You aren’t making that up, that really happened. In fact, it happened while her husband was asleep right next to her. The rest of them all rush in and see it happening.

By: charley

charley — Sat, 31 May 2008 12:09:49 +0000

It’s been 5 years since I read Dracula, but I’ve had the strange desire to re-read it for a while now. Like you, I was surprised at how much I enjoyed the book. Although isn’t there a scene where Dracula is sort of breast feeding Mina his blood? I might be making that up…

By: kegsoccer

kegsoccer — Wed, 21 May 2008 23:45:31 +0000

Okay… I just wanted dashes there… no need for a weird winking/eyebrow raising smiley.

By: kegsoccer

kegsoccer — Wed, 21 May 2008 23:44:56 +0000

I agree with you that the beginning is amazing but that the book almost went downhill after that. There are some amazing scenes, but I think on the whole (since most people compare it to–) I prefer “Frankenstein”.

By: Amanda

Amanda — Wed, 21 May 2008 21:29:35 +0000

Wow! That would be an interesting read! I read Dracula (the regular old thinner version) back in high school and it’s become one of my favorite books. I love the way it was written by a series of letters and for how little the book is, how much the imagination is pushed. I think Dracula and Frankenstein were some of the first books I read which made me realize that not all “classics” are stuffy and boring. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is also a great one.

By: Jessica

Jessica — Tue, 20 May 2008 17:18:50 +0000

My book club went on a vampire streak last summer and we read all three books out in the Twilight series and The Historian. Dracula is on my TBR pile and now so is Vlad the Impaler. A theme read is such a good idea. I’ll have to keep the idea in mind as I plan out my summer reads. Thanks.

By: fyreflybooks

fyreflybooks — Fri, 16 May 2008 15:45:23 +0000

I read Dracula (a regular version, not an annotated one – maybe that would have helped?) last October, and I remember being disappointed at how little Dracula was actually *in* it. More Dracula, less about how Mina Harker is the perfect specimen of all that is womanhood, please!