DraculaPenguin, 2003 M04 29 - 560 páginas Bram Stoker's peerless tale of desperate battle against a powerful, ancient vampire When Jonathan Harker visits Transylvania to help Count Dracula purchase a London house, he makes horrifying discoveries in his client's castle. Soon afterwards, disturbing incidents unfold in England: a ship runs aground on the shores of Whitby, its crew vanished; beautiful Lucy Westenra slowly succumbs to a mysterious, wasting illness, her blood drained away; and the lunatic Renfield raves about the imminent arrival of his 'master'. In the ensuing battle of wills between the sinister Count and a determined group of adversaries - led by the intrepid vampire hunter Abraham van Helsing - Bram Stoker created a masterpiece of the horror genre, probing into questions of identity, sanity and the dark corners of Victorian sexuality and desire. For this completely updated edition, Maurice Hindle has revised his introduction, list of further reading and notes, and added two appendices: Stoker's essay on censorship and his interview with Winston Churchill, both published in 1908. Christopher Frayling's preface discusses the significance and the influences that contributed to his creation of the Dracula myth. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators. |
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... never can see his reflec- tion in one - no shadow ? ' ' never eats nor drinks ' Stoker's fin - de - siècle vampire cannot appreciate good music , loves to create evil thoughts for the hell of it , cannot possibly have his portrait ...
... never can see his reflec- tion in one - no shadow ? ' ' never eats nor drinks ' Stoker's fin - de - siècle vampire cannot appreciate good music , loves to create evil thoughts for the hell of it , cannot possibly have his portrait ...
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... never to be repeated anywhere else in Stoker's writings . Harker , incidentally , was the name of the Lyceum's in - house designer , and throughout the novel writes in the no - nonsense style of a junior civil servant . He was evidently ...
... never to be repeated anywhere else in Stoker's writings . Harker , incidentally , was the name of the Lyceum's in - house designer , and throughout the novel writes in the no - nonsense style of a junior civil servant . He was evidently ...
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... never faltered . He looked like a figure of Thor as his untrembling arm rose and fell , driving deeper and deeper the mercy - bearing stake , whilst the blood from the pierced heart welled and spurted up around it . ( p . 230 ) For ...
... never faltered . He looked like a figure of Thor as his untrembling arm rose and fell , driving deeper and deeper the mercy - bearing stake , whilst the blood from the pierced heart welled and spurted up around it . ( p . 230 ) For ...
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... never described , it is clear the sort of books he had in mind were those being regularly produced by Carrington's Paris publishing house . In the article he sees nothing unnatural in sex - far from it . It is because ' It is as natural ...
... never described , it is clear the sort of books he had in mind were those being regularly produced by Carrington's Paris publishing house . In the article he sees nothing unnatural in sex - far from it . It is because ' It is as natural ...
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... never knew what it was to stand upright . I was naturally thoughtful and the leisure of long illness gave opportunity for many thoughts which were fruitful according to their kind in later years.37 One wonders what ' kind ' of thoughts ...
... never knew what it was to stand upright . I was naturally thoughtful and the leisure of long illness gave opportunity for many thoughts which were fruitful according to their kind in later years.37 One wonders what ' kind ' of thoughts ...
Contenido
VII | 7 |
VIII | 21 |
IX | 34 |
X | 48 |
XI | 62 |
XII | 71 |
XIII | 85 |
XV | 99 |
XXV | 243 |
XXVI | 260 |
XXVII | 274 |
XXVIII | 289 |
XXIX | 304 |
XXX | 317 |
XXXI | 331 |
XXXII | 346 |
XVI | 114 |
XVII | 128 |
XVIII | 143 |
XIX | 156 |
XX | 174 |
XXI | 184 |
XXII | 203 |
XXIII | 218 |
XXIV | 229 |
XXXIII | 362 |
XXXIV | 380 |
XXXV | 399 |
XXXVI | 408 |
XXXVII | 415 |
XXXVIII | 427 |
XXXIX | 435 |
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ABRAHAM VAN HELSING answered Arthur ARTHUR HOLMWOOD asked began blood Borgo Pass Bram Stoker Bram Stoker's Dracula castle coming Count Count Dracula dark dead death door Dr Seward DR SEWARD'S DIARY Dr Van Helsing Dracula dread evil eyes face fear feel felt friend John Galatz hand Harker HARKER'S JOURNAL hear heard heart Helsing's Henry Irving horror horses hypnotic Irving keep knew letter lips London looked Lord Godalming LUCY WESTENRA Lucy's Madam mind morning never novel once passed pause Penguin Peter Hawkins poor dear Professor Quincey Morris Renfield round seemed silence sleep smile sort soul speak spoke stood strange sweet tell terrible things thought told tonight took Transylvania turned Un-Dead vampire Varna wait wake watch Westenra whilst Whitby window wolves woman word write