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Dracula (Vintage Classics)

By: Bram Stoker
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Vintage Classics
ISBN: 0099511223
ISBN-13: 9780099511229
Released: 04 Oct 2007
RRP: £5.99
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Dracula, is the book itself dead or alive?? - By: Nicholas Gammon, 20 Jul 2008
For a novel that is so widely known & has been adapted & whose characters used alll over the world, Dracula is rather disappointing. I began reading this novel before a trip across eastern Europe with intentions of visiting the so-callled Dracula's castle, i expected a fast pace read from the start (keeping in mind that i am a fan of 18th & early 19th century literature) however i didn't find this. The book has a very unique style as it is written entirely in the form of diaries, notes & newspaper articles which provided a different approach to its reading. The novel sets off to a slow start & continues in this mundane manner for a large portion of the book. Dracula's saving grace are the catalytic events which follow the hundred pages of tedium in which i became entangled in the plot & found it difficult to put down. One becomes enticed into finding out what is to come & reallly engages with the protagonists Van-Helsing & Jonathan. We are built up to imagine a huge crescendo as an ending but are gravely disappointed when the story ends in the space of two paragraphs & alll the suspense seems wasted. One must question oneself if this was Stoker's desired effect, yet i remain sceptical. Naturallly this novel remains a classic of late 18th century literature & i recommend its reading, my only qualm is wondering if the ending reallly does the book true justice, hence my questioning, is this book dead or alive?
4 out of 5.