Acting on behalf of his firm of solicitors Jonathan Harker travels to the Carpathian Mountains to finalize the sale of England&s Carfax Abbey to Transylvanian noble Count Dracula Little does he realize that in doing so he endangers all that he loves For Dracula is one of the Un-Dead--a centuries-old vampire who sleeps by day & stalks by night feasting on the blood of his helpless victims Once on English soil the count sets his sights on Jonathan&s circle of associates among them his beloved wife Mina To thwart Dracula&s evil designs Jonathan & his friends will have to accept as truth the most preposterous superstitions concerning vampires & in the company of legendary vampire hunter Abraham Van Helsing embark on an unholy adventure for which even their worst nightmares have not prepared them First published in 1897 Bram Stoker&s Dracula established the ground rules for virtually all vampire fiction written in its wake This volume is one of Barnes & Noble&s Collectible Editions classics Each volume features authoritative texts by the world&s greatest authors in an exquisitely designed foil-stamped binding with distinctive coloured edging & an attract silk-ribbon bookmark Decorative durable & collectible these books offer hours of pleasure to readers young & old & are an indispensable cornerstone for any home library ...

Harper Collins is proud to present its new range of best-loved essential classics ‘ We are in Transylvania; & Transylvania is not England Our ways are not your ways & there shall be to you many strange things’ Earnest & naive solicitor Jonathan Harker travels to Transylvania to organise the estate of the infamous Count Dracula at his crumbling castle in the ominous Carpathian Mountains Through notes & diary entries Harker keeps track of the horrors & terrors that beset him at the castle telling his fiance Mina of the Count’s supernatural powers & his own imprisonment Although Harker eventually manages to escape & reunite with Mina his experiences have led to a mental breakdown of sorts Meanwhile in England Mina’s friend Lucy has been bitten & begins to turn into a vampire With the help of Professor Van Helsing a previous suitor of Lucy’s Seward & Lucy’s fiance Holmwood attempt to thwart Count Dracula & his attempts on Lucy & consequently Mina’s life Arguably the most enduring Gothic novel of the 19th Century Bram Stoker’s Dracula is as chilling today in its depiction of the vampire world & its exploration of Victorian values as it was at its time of publication ...

Bram Stoker&s peerless tale of desperate battle against a powerful ancient vampire the Penguin Classics edition of Dracula is edited with notes & an introduction by Maurice Hindle as well as a preface by Christopher Frayling 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; & the lunatic Renfield raves about the imminent arrival of his &master& In the ensuing battle of wills between the sinister Count & 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 & the dark corners of Victorian sexuality & desire For this completely updated edition Maurice Hindle has revised his introduction list of further reading & notes & added two appendices Stoker&s essay on censorship & his interview with Winston Churchill both published in 1908 Christopher Frayling&s preface discusses the significance & the influences that contributed to his creation of the Dracula myth Abraham & Bram& Stoker (1847-1912) was educated at Trinity College Dublin Stoker joined the Irish Civil Service before his love of theatre led him to become the unpaid drama critic for the Dublin Mail He went on to act as manager & secretary for the actor Sir Henry Irving while writing his novels the most famous of which is Dracula (1897) If you enjoyed Dracula you may like Mary Shelley&s Frankenstein also available in Penguin Classics & One of the most powerful horror tales ever written& Malcolm Bradbury& Nobody has ever filmed it like Bram Stoker wrote it& Sir Christopher Lee& Staggeringly lurid & perverse& Sarah Waters author of Fingersmith

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High in the mountains of Transylvania lives the sinister Count Dracula When Jonathan Harker is invited to the Count&s castle he discovers a horrific plot to create an army of the undead Can vampire hunter Professor Van Helsing help Jonathan & his friends before it&s too late? The suspense never stops in this blood-curling graphic classic ...

Please note this is a region B Blu-ray & will require a region B or region free Blu-ray player in order to play The original 1931 movie version of Bram Stoker&s classic tale has for generations defined the iconic look & terrifying persona of the famed vampire Dracula owes its continued appeal in large part due to Bela Lugosi&s indelible portrayal of the immortal Count Dracula & the flawless direction of horror auteur Tod Browning ...

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This is an attractive genuine bonded leather edition with gilt-edged pages & gold ribbon marker that will make an elegant addition to any home library This edition of Dracula & Other Horror Classics is part of Barnes & Noble's series of quality leatherbound volumes Each title in the series presents a classic work in an attractively designed edition bound in genuine bonded leather These books make elegant additions to any home library ...

This is an attractive genuine bonded leather edition with gilt-edged pages & gold ribbon marker that will make an elegant addition to any home library This edition of Dracula & Other Horror Classics is part of Barnes & Noble&s series of quality leatherbound volumes Each title in the series presents a classic work in an attractively designed edition bound in genuine bonded leather These books make elegant additions to any home library ...

Introduction & Notes by Dr David Rogers Kingston University & There he lay looking as if youth had been half-renewed for the white hair & moustache were changed to dark iron-grey the cheeks were fuller & the white skin seemed ruby-red underneath; the mouth was redder than ever for on the lips were gouts of fresh blood which trickled from the corners of the mouth & ran over the chin & neck Even the deep burning eyes seemed set amongst the swollen flesh for the lids & pouches underneath were bloated It seemed as if the whole awful creature were simply gorged with blood; he lay like a filthy leech exhausted with his repletion& Thus Bram Stoker one of the greatest exponents of the supernatural narrative describes the demonic subject of his chilling masterpiece Dracula a truly iconic & unsettling tale of vampirism ...

Collected inside this book are diary entries letters & newspaper clippings that piece together the depraved story of the ultimate predator A young lawyer on an assignment finds himself imprisoned in a Transylvanian castle by his mysterious host Back at home his fiancee & friends are menaced by a malevolent force which seems intent on imposing suffering & destruction Can the devil really have arrived on England&s shores? & what is it that he hungers for so desperately? ...