From its iconic vampiric tropes – the forbidding Transylvanian castle, the repressed sexuality, the epistolary narrative – to its now-familiar cast of characters, such as Mina Murray, Van Helsing and, of course, the eponymous Count, Dracula has lost none of its power to terrify and enthrall.
Part of the Penguin Clothbound Classics range.
When Jonathan Harker visits Transylvania to help Count Dracula with the purchase of a London house, he makes a series of horrific discoveries about his client.
Soon afterwards, various bizarre incidents unfold in England: an apparently unmanned ship is wrecked off the coast of Whitby; a young woman discovers strange puncture marks on her neck; and the inmate of a lunatic asylum raves about the 'Master' and his imminent arrival.
In Dracula, Bram Stoker created one of the great masterpieces of the horror genre, brilliantly evoking a nightmare world of vampires and vampire hunters and also illuminating the dark corners of Victorian sexuality and desire.
Part of Penguin's beautiful hardback Clothbound Classics series, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith, these delectable and collectible editions are bound in high-quality colourful, tactile cloth with foil stamped into the design.
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
ISBN: 9780141196886
Number of pages: 512
Weight: 639 g
Dimensions: 206 x 136 x 42 mm
[Coralie Bickford-Smith's] recent work for Penguin Classics is...nothing short of glorious - Anna Cole Co.
One of the most powerful horror tales ever written - Malcolm Bradbury
Lovely book and beautifully bound but it’s not illustrated. A bit disappointed.
One of most renowned horror stories, & the most well known vampire novel & it is Brilliant . I also love the cover design for this book :)
The story of Dracula is one that has aged extremely well; the setting, characters and writing style all bring the suspense and terror of the page. Having a cloth bound version of the book with a cover design as... More
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