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Dracula

by Bram Stoker

Stoker’s Dracula fed on the blood of a long history to emerge fully alive into our techno-vampirical world

“Personally, I like to read Dracula as one of the great novels of London.”

Darryl Jones, Literary Scholar

“Vampirism is a growth industry. Dracula is bigger than Jesus now.”

Andrei Codrescu, Novelist

“When you read the physical description of Count Dracula, he does not resemble the handsome vampires we see on television; rather, he looks like a thug. He has one continuous eyebrow across his forehead, thick hands, pointy teeth and pointy ears.”

Douglas Starr, Science Writer

“It’s a good old-fashioned blood and guts melodrama designed to be frightening.”

Kim Newman, Novelist

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