Dracula (Amazonclassics Edition) Paperback - 2017

Name: Dracula (AmazonClassics Edition)
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Author: Stoker, Bram
ISBN: 9781542047678

by Bram Stoker

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About this book

Dracula is a gothic horror book written by Bram Stoker and published in 1897. The story is told through a series of journal entries, letters, and newspaper articles, and it follows the efforts of a group of people led by Professor Abraham Van Helsing to defeat the vampire Count Dracula.

Dracula by Bram Stoker has been attributed to many literary genres including vampire literature, horror fiction, the gothic novel, and invasion literature. It has become a cultural icon, spawning countless adaptations in film, television, and other media. The novel's depiction of the struggle between good and evil continues to captivate readers today.

From the publisher

Young lawyer Jonathan Harker journeys to Transylvania to meet with the mysterious Count Dracula only to discover that his nobleman client is a vampire who is thirsty for new blood. After imprisoning Harker in his castle, Dracula travels to England to seduce Jonathan's fiance, Mina, and the battle against an ineffable evil begins.

Led by philosopher and metaphysician Professor Van Helsing--Dracula's most indomitable adversary--Harker, Mina, and a band of allies unite, determined to confront and destroy the Count before he can escape.

Bram Stoker ingeniously modernized gothic folklore by moving his vampire from traditional castle ruins to modern England. With Dracula, which has been interpreted and dissected by scholars for generations, Stoker changed the vampire novel forever.

Revised edition: Previously published as Dracula, this edition of Dracula (AmazonClassics Edition) includes editorial revisions.

First Edition Identification

Bram Stoker’s Dracula was first published by Archibald Constable and Company; London, 1897. First edition first impression ran 3,000 copies and is yellow cloth, lettered in red. True first editions are marked by a blank integral last page, with no ad for The Shoulder of Shasta.

They were two bindings of the first printing. The first one was bound without a publisher’s catalog, while the second was bound with an undated publisher's advertisement catalog listing no books published after 1897. The last book published that's listed in this ad catalog is Warren's editing of The Faerie Queene.