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| Bram Stoker : Dracula (1897)
Chapter 1 |
Chapter 2 |
Chapter 3 |
Chapter 4 |
Chapter 5 |
Chapter 6 |
Chapter 7 |
Chapter 8 |
Chapter 9 |
Chapter 10 |
Chapter 11 |
Chapter 12 |
Chapter 13 |
Chapter 14 |
Chapter 15 |
Chapter 16 |
Chapter 17 |
Chapter 18 |
Chapter 19 |
Chapter 20 |
Chapter 21 |
Chapter 22 |
Chapter 23 |
Chapter 24 |
Chapter 25 |
Chapter 26 |
Chapter 27 |
About 'Dracula'
This is the novel that started it all for me. I read Bram Stoker's 'Dracula' at the age of fourteen and have been vampire obsessed ever since.
Bram Stoker wrote his novel of gothic horror in 1897 and although he maintained that a severe nightmare was his inspiration it is more widely understood that a meeting with Arminius Vambéry provided Stoker with the information necessary to begin his work. Vambéry was a well known Hungarian adventurer and folklore historian of the time and had documented the eastern european vampire stories of Nosferatu and the chilling history of Vlad Tepes, Lord Dracula.
Although 'Dracula' is presented in the common victorian form of letters, news clippings and diary entries (which can be difficult for those unused to this style) it is still able to leave a vivid impression on the reader. Dracula is a powerful character whose presence looms over the entire action of the novel even when he does not actually appear in the scene himself. Indeed, the large numbers of vampire movies and fiction that have followed since the publication of 'Dracula' are a testament to the enduring horror of Stoker's central character.
Of course, 'Dracula' was not the first piece of vampire literature ever written but in the writing of this novel Bram Stoker has created a monumental figure that will continue to both inspire and terrify us for centuries. Bram Stoker's 'Dracula' is a masterpiece of horror fiction and an essential novel for anyone with an interest in vampires.
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