'The very best story of diablerie which I have read for many years.' - Arthur Conan Doyle Bram Stoker's Dracula is a literary classic and masterpiece of the horror genre. First published in 1897, it defined vampires as we know them today and is now one of the most famous pieces of English literature. This 2021 edition is beautifully illustrated by Ina Todorova. Her intricate drawings are inspired by her Slavic heritage and its folklore, setting the tone for the dark, gothic tale. The story begins when Jonathan Harker visits Count Dracula's Transylvanian castle to assist in the purchase of a…mehr
'The very best story of diablerie which I have read for many years.' - Arthur Conan Doyle Bram Stoker's Dracula is a literary classic and masterpiece of the horror genre. First published in 1897, it defined vampires as we know them today and is now one of the most famous pieces of English literature. This 2021 edition is beautifully illustrated by Ina Todorova. Her intricate drawings are inspired by her Slavic heritage and its folklore, setting the tone for the dark, gothic tale. The story begins when Jonathan Harker visits Count Dracula's Transylvanian castle to assist in the purchase of a London house. Slowly he uncovers horrifying darkness and is unable to escape. In London, Harker's fiancée, Mina, encounters mysterious sinister events and soon her friends become victims of a blood-sucking creature. She meets with Van Helsing, a vampire hunter, and they set out to destroy Count Dracula for good.
Abraham "Bram" Stoker (8 November 1847- 20 April 1912) was an Irish writer. He supplemented his income by writing a large number of sensational novels, his most famous being the vampire tale Dracula which he published in 1897. Before writing Dracula, Stoker spent eight years researching European folklore and stories of vampires. Dracula is an epistolary novel, written as collection of diary entries, telegrams, and letters from the characters, as well as fictional clippings from the Whitby and London newspapers. Stoker's inspiration for the story was a visit to Slains Castle near Aberdeen. The bleak spot provided an excellent backdrop for his creation. Dracula has been the basis for countless movies and plays. The first was Nosferatu directed by Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau and starring Max Schreck as Count Orlock. Nosferatu was produced while Florence Stoker, Bram Stoker's widow and literary executrix, was still alive. Represented by the attorneys of the British Incorporated Society of Authors, she eventually sued the filmmakers. Her chief legal complaint was that she had been neither asked for permission for the adaptation nor paid any royalty. The case dragged on for some years, with Mrs Stoker demanding the destruction of the negative and all prints of the movie. The suit was finally resolved in the widow's favour in July 1925. Some copies of the movie survived, however, and Nosferatu is now widely regarded as an innovative classic. The most famous movie version of Dracula is the 1931 production starring Bela Lugosi and which spawned several sequels that had little to do with Stoker's novel.
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