Dracula and Other Horror Classics
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Count Dracula has inspired countless movies, books, and plays. But few, if any, have been fully faithful to Bram Stoker's original, best-selling novel of mystery and horror, love and death, sin and redemption. Dracula chronicles the vampire's journey from Transylvania to the nighttime streets of London. There, he searches for the blood of strong men and beautiful women while his enemies plot to rid the world of his frightful power. Today's critics see Dracula as a virtual textbook on Victorian repression of the erotic and fear of female sexuality. In it, Stoker created a new word for terror, a new myth to feed our nightmares, and a character who will outlive us all. This book includes three novels: Dracula, The Jewel of Seven Stars and The Lair of the White Worm. It also includes a short fiction collection called Dracula's Guest and Other Stories: Dracula's Guest; The Judge's House; The Squaw; The Secret of Growing Gold; The Gipsy Prophecy; The Coming of Abel Behenna; The Burial of the Rats; A Dream of Red Hands; Crooken Sands; The Crystal Cup; The Chain of Destiny and The Dualitists.
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After many years of seeing various movie adaptations of Dracula or movies loosely based upon the story, it was refreshing to finally read the original. Delving into the classical language and customs, especially between men and women, from a bygone era is always quite interesting and while many might find reading such classics difficult, I rather enjoy such writings. I found the other two novels, The Jewel of the Seven Stars and The Lair of the White Worm equally intriguing. I was also impressed with the variety of subject matters of Stoker's several short stories found at the end of the book; the last story The Dualists: Or the Death-Doom of the Double-Born especially. It is a rather flippantly narrated tale of two psychopathic youths that provides a shudder or two.
