Book Reviews of Dracula (Literary Touchstone Edition)

If you like to read classics, this is it! Written in 1897 by the Irish Bram Stoker, it is a wonderful way to "stretch" your vocabulary and understanding of classics. "A classic, through its enduring presence, has withstood the test of time and is not bound by time, place, or customs. It speaks to us today as forcefully as it spoke to people one hundred or more years ago, and as forcefully as it will speak to people of future generations. For this reason, a classic is said to have universality." "DRACULA" contains the following characteristics: the use of intense emotion, the evocation of fear, impressive and frequently gloomy architecture, a woman who needs rescued, an evil, lustful villain, supernatural occurrences....a typical Gothic novel, as stated in the book's "Reading Pointers for Sharper Insights". Many of us have seen a "Dracula" movie of one sort or another and we think we know the story. We don't. I loved that this original story takes us from the beginning and fills in the blanks. Great Glossary and Vocabulary at back. Perfect time of year to drink a Bloody Mary and read this well written spooky story!