Dracula

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Wordsworth Editions, 1993 - Fiction - 335 pages

Introduction and Notes by Dr David Rogers, Kingston University.

'There he lay looking as if youth had been half-renewed, for the white hair and moustache were changed to dark iron-grey, the cheeks were fuller, and 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 and ran over the chin and neck. Even the deep, burning eyes seemed set amongst the swollen flesh, for the lids and 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 and unsettling tale of vampirism.

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Contents

Jonathan Harkers Journal
3
Jonathan Harkers Journal
14
Jonathan Harkers Journal
24
Jonathan Harkers Journal
35
Letter from Miss Mina Murray
46
Mina Murrays Journal
53
Cutting from the Dailygraph 8 August
64
Mina Murrays Journal
75
Dr Sewards Diary
135
Mina Harkers Journal
148
Dr Sewards Diary
161
Dr Sewards Diary
172
Dr Sewards Diary
181
Dr Sewards Diary
192
Jonathan Harkers Journal
206
Jonathan Harkers Journal
216

Letter Mina Harker to Lucy Westenra
87
Letter Dr Seward to Hon Arthur Holmwood
98
Lucy Westenras Diary ΙΙΟ
106
Dr Sewards Diary
121
Dr Sewards Diary
228
Jonathan Harkers Journal
240
Dr Sewards Diary
251
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About the author (1993)

Bram Stoker was born in Dublin, Ireland on November 8, 1847. He was educated at Trinity College. He worked as a civil servant and a journalist before becoming the personal secretary of the famous actor Henry Irving. He wrote 15 works of fiction including Dracula, The Lady of the Shroud, and The Lair of the White Worm, which was made into film. He died on April 20, 1912.

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