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Dracula 1
The original world classic horror novel "Dracular" translated into Korean (Volume 1.) In Korean. Annotation copyright Tsai Fong Books, Inc. Distributed by Tsai Fong Books, Inc.
382 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1897
About the author
Bram Stoker
1,994 books5,204 followersIrish-born Abraham Stoker, known as Bram, of Britain wrote the gothic horror novel
Dracula
(1897).
The feminist Charlotte Mathilda Blake Thornely Stoker at 15 Marino crescent, then as now called "the crescent," in Fairview, a coastal suburb of Dublin, Ireland, bore this third of seven children. The parents, members of church of Ireland, attended the parish church of Saint John the Baptist, located on Seafield road west in Clontarf with their baptized children.
Stoker, an invalid, started school at the age of seven years in 1854, when he made a complete and astounding recovery. Of this time, Stoker wrote, "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."
After his recovery, he, a normal young man, even excelled as a university athlete at Trinity college, Dublin form 1864 to 1870 and graduated with honors in mathematics. He served as auditor of the college historical society and as president of the university philosophical society with his first paper on "Sensationalism in Fiction and Society."
In 1876, while employed as a civil servant in Dublin, Stoker wrote a non-fiction book (The Duties of Clerks of Petty Sessions in Ireland, published 1879) and theatre reviews for The Dublin Mail, a newspaper partly owned by fellow horror writer J. Sheridan Le Fanu. His interest in theatre led to a lifelong friendship with the English actor Henry Irving. He also wrote stories, and in 1872 "The Crystal Cup" was published by the London Society, followed by "The Chain of Destiny" in four parts in The Shamrock.
In 1878 Stoker married Florence Balcombe, a celebrated beauty whose former suitor was Oscar Wilde. The couple moved to London, where Stoker became business manager (at first as acting-manager) of Irving's Lyceum Theatre, a post he held for 27 years. The collaboration with Irving was very important for Stoker and through him he became involved in London's high society, where he met, among other notables, James McNeil Whistler, and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. In the course of Irving's tours, Stoker got the chance to travel around the world.
The Stokers had one son, Irving Noel, who was born on December 31, 1879.
People cremated the body of Bram Stoker and placed his ashes placed in a display urn at Golders green crematorium. After death of Irving Noel Stoker in 1961, people added his ashes to that urn. Despite the original plan to keep ashes of his parents together, after death, people scattered ashes of Florence Stoker at the gardens of rest.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bram_Stoker
The feminist Charlotte Mathilda Blake Thornely Stoker at 15 Marino crescent, then as now called "the crescent," in Fairview, a coastal suburb of Dublin, Ireland, bore this third of seven children. The parents, members of church of Ireland, attended the parish church of Saint John the Baptist, located on Seafield road west in Clontarf with their baptized children.
Stoker, an invalid, started school at the age of seven years in 1854, when he made a complete and astounding recovery. Of this time, Stoker wrote, "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."
After his recovery, he, a normal young man, even excelled as a university athlete at Trinity college, Dublin form 1864 to 1870 and graduated with honors in mathematics. He served as auditor of the college historical society and as president of the university philosophical society with his first paper on "Sensationalism in Fiction and Society."
In 1876, while employed as a civil servant in Dublin, Stoker wrote a non-fiction book (The Duties of Clerks of Petty Sessions in Ireland, published 1879) and theatre reviews for The Dublin Mail, a newspaper partly owned by fellow horror writer J. Sheridan Le Fanu. His interest in theatre led to a lifelong friendship with the English actor Henry Irving. He also wrote stories, and in 1872 "The Crystal Cup" was published by the London Society, followed by "The Chain of Destiny" in four parts in The Shamrock.
In 1878 Stoker married Florence Balcombe, a celebrated beauty whose former suitor was Oscar Wilde. The couple moved to London, where Stoker became business manager (at first as acting-manager) of Irving's Lyceum Theatre, a post he held for 27 years. The collaboration with Irving was very important for Stoker and through him he became involved in London's high society, where he met, among other notables, James McNeil Whistler, and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. In the course of Irving's tours, Stoker got the chance to travel around the world.
The Stokers had one son, Irving Noel, who was born on December 31, 1879.
People cremated the body of Bram Stoker and placed his ashes placed in a display urn at Golders green crematorium. After death of Irving Noel Stoker in 1961, people added his ashes to that urn. Despite the original plan to keep ashes of his parents together, after death, people scattered ashes of Florence Stoker at the gardens of rest.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bram_Stoker
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February 26, 2024I read when I was a child. I think I shouldn't have read it back then. It gave me nightmares. I really thought draculas and vampires existed. My fear of it never left until I read Twilight and other paranormals.
September 13, 2020
Exelente!!!!
November 18, 2018
[Repost from wattpad]
Novel ini gerakin hatiku buat mulai nulis catatan harian lagi. Isi seluruhnya murni catatan harian dari para tokohnya, entah dalam bentuk tulisan tangan, ketikan, bahkan dalam rekaman sederhana.
Dari novel ini, aku baru tahu ternyata Dracula nama orang dan bukannya nama makhluk. Wkwk. Dulu aku kira Dracula sama Vampir tuh sama. Ternyata, Dracula itu nama orang, lengkapnya Count Dracula dan dia itu seorang vampir.
Novel Bram Stoker ini benar-benar bikin pusing sekaligus nggak bisa berhenti baca. Kepala aku berdenyut-denyut, tapi atensi buat lanjut besar banget. Hahahaha. Gimana asyiknya para tokoh tetap berusaha nulis di tengah situasi yang mencekam demi nggak kelewat satu pun detail sebagai bukti karena apa yang mereka alami pasti nggak mudah diterima akal sehat.
Dari sana aku mikir, terbatasnya pengetahuan manusia tentunya bikin kita nggak akan ingat satu persatu detail atau peristiwa dalam hidup. Tahu-tahu kita tua. Satu tahun lalu mungkin kita masih bisa ingat, tapi gimana dengan sepuluh tahun yang lalu?
Aku benar-benar enjoy baca buku ini. Boleh dicoba. Silakan :)
Novel ini gerakin hatiku buat mulai nulis catatan harian lagi. Isi seluruhnya murni catatan harian dari para tokohnya, entah dalam bentuk tulisan tangan, ketikan, bahkan dalam rekaman sederhana.
Dari novel ini, aku baru tahu ternyata Dracula nama orang dan bukannya nama makhluk. Wkwk. Dulu aku kira Dracula sama Vampir tuh sama. Ternyata, Dracula itu nama orang, lengkapnya Count Dracula dan dia itu seorang vampir.
Novel Bram Stoker ini benar-benar bikin pusing sekaligus nggak bisa berhenti baca. Kepala aku berdenyut-denyut, tapi atensi buat lanjut besar banget. Hahahaha. Gimana asyiknya para tokoh tetap berusaha nulis di tengah situasi yang mencekam demi nggak kelewat satu pun detail sebagai bukti karena apa yang mereka alami pasti nggak mudah diterima akal sehat.
Dari sana aku mikir, terbatasnya pengetahuan manusia tentunya bikin kita nggak akan ingat satu persatu detail atau peristiwa dalam hidup. Tahu-tahu kita tua. Satu tahun lalu mungkin kita masih bisa ingat, tapi gimana dengan sepuluh tahun yang lalu?
Aku benar-benar enjoy baca buku ini. Boleh dicoba. Silakan :)
June 12, 2020
La mejor historia de Vampiros. El amor que perdura más allá de la muerte. La lucha de la ciencia por imponerse por encima de las creencias populares y la religión. Mística, horror, medicina, relaciones humanas, diversas formas de amar. Todo en un gran clásico del terror gótico
April 9, 2021
(my YouTube review is here if you want to listen: https://youtu.be/TptdIoVmLqQ)
Dracula, a classic, we all know who wrote it, we all know the name Bram Stoker. We know that Dracula is a vampire and many know the name Jonathan Harker and Van Helsing. It is a book cemented in the minds of millions as ‘the’ vampire book, but is it as good as they say?
I love this book, I love that Dracula isn’t a sparkly vampire, he’s a bloodsucking fiend who takes what he wants and to hell with the consequences. He is bound not by the laws of man, but by the laws of dawn and dusk.
There’s no getting away from the fact that, though it can be forgiven some for being written back in the 1890s, it is pretty clunky to read. The diaries of Mina Murry and her fiancé Jonathan Harker are stuffy and disjointed in places. But there are wonderful highlights, that if you read too quickly, you will miss. There’s the journey Jonathan takes to Transylvania -no cars or aeroplanes, just trains and horse drawn carriages. Having been to Romania myself, I would be terrified of going through the wilds of the country in a horse drawn carriage. Wolves would have been aplenty in those days and the roads treacherous, they’re not much better as you get into the wilder parts of Romania even now in the 2000’s. Could you imagine being begged not to travel that day, to be surrounded by other travellers who bid you to wait until the morning before continuing your journey… left on the side of the road at the rendezvous point, the public carriage leaving and being left in the dark. A few moments could feel like a lifetime, but then a spooky carriage arrives and you are bid inside….
Jonathan’s incarceration in the tower is wickedly claustrophobic, I liked it, a lot. I loved the interplay with the three vampire women, the brides of Dracula, or the sisters as they are often referred to. Jonathan isn’t really sure if, when falling asleep in a part of the castle forbidden by Dracula, he is dreaming or not when the 3 women approach him, only to be saved by Dracula himself, who tells them they can have him when he is finished with him, and gives them a wriggling bag of what is presumed to be a child, to eat. Horrifying, but that’s just a small short journal entry.
Another amazing piece is the one chapter from the ships log and journalist’s telling of the Voyage of the Demeter, the schooner ship that Dracula travelled to Whitby.
Then it gets wooly, it’s hard to separate the male suiters to Lucy Westernra and they blend into each other. There’s then the strange Dr Seward who loves Lucy and is her doctor, but strangely is a psychiatrist overseeing an asylum, and brings in his old Professor, Van Helsing for a consult.
The writing in the book is difficult even before van Helsing arrives, the English written in the late 1800s is different in many places to that now, with words not often found in literature today, littering the book and making a smooth read a little difficult.
Jonathan’s ordeal has left him shredded mentally and physically and then he realises that the danger, the Count has arrived in England, and um… yeah, tried to make his fiancé, Mina, a vampire. The only way to save her is to destroy the Count, they find and destroy his home and he flees back to his castle in Transylvania. Our heroes follow and despite a hard battle and lives lost, he is defeated, as are the women in the castle, staked in the daylight by a slightly hesitant Van Helsing. One look at these women and he feels hypnotised, taken in by their beauty even in their death and staring, unblinking eyes. After he stakes the first one, he dispatches the second two in short order so as not to succumb. I liked that little detail, a lot. Jonathan’s declaration that, if he cannot save Mina and she becomes a vampire, he would follow her so as to be by her side forever.
The hype surrounding Dracula can often blind people to seeing it with open eyes. It’s ‘THE’ vampire book, it’s the one everybody kind of feels the rest stem from, but I do believe its hype is a long way off of the reality. It’s an okay book, with very very good small inner stories within it, such as the vampire women, the issue with the Renfield patient in Dr Sewards asylum who is a servant of Dracula having come back mad from his encounter with the Count.
Many read it because they feel it’s one of the books they should read, read it because you’re curious about it, read it because you’re a fan of vampires, but don’t read it because you think you should. That way lies disappointment. If you do venture in, read it with an eye to the small details – they are often much more entertaining and thought provoking than the main story.
Dracula, a classic, we all know who wrote it, we all know the name Bram Stoker. We know that Dracula is a vampire and many know the name Jonathan Harker and Van Helsing. It is a book cemented in the minds of millions as ‘the’ vampire book, but is it as good as they say?
I love this book, I love that Dracula isn’t a sparkly vampire, he’s a bloodsucking fiend who takes what he wants and to hell with the consequences. He is bound not by the laws of man, but by the laws of dawn and dusk.
There’s no getting away from the fact that, though it can be forgiven some for being written back in the 1890s, it is pretty clunky to read. The diaries of Mina Murry and her fiancé Jonathan Harker are stuffy and disjointed in places. But there are wonderful highlights, that if you read too quickly, you will miss. There’s the journey Jonathan takes to Transylvania -no cars or aeroplanes, just trains and horse drawn carriages. Having been to Romania myself, I would be terrified of going through the wilds of the country in a horse drawn carriage. Wolves would have been aplenty in those days and the roads treacherous, they’re not much better as you get into the wilder parts of Romania even now in the 2000’s. Could you imagine being begged not to travel that day, to be surrounded by other travellers who bid you to wait until the morning before continuing your journey… left on the side of the road at the rendezvous point, the public carriage leaving and being left in the dark. A few moments could feel like a lifetime, but then a spooky carriage arrives and you are bid inside….
Jonathan’s incarceration in the tower is wickedly claustrophobic, I liked it, a lot. I loved the interplay with the three vampire women, the brides of Dracula, or the sisters as they are often referred to. Jonathan isn’t really sure if, when falling asleep in a part of the castle forbidden by Dracula, he is dreaming or not when the 3 women approach him, only to be saved by Dracula himself, who tells them they can have him when he is finished with him, and gives them a wriggling bag of what is presumed to be a child, to eat. Horrifying, but that’s just a small short journal entry.
Another amazing piece is the one chapter from the ships log and journalist’s telling of the Voyage of the Demeter, the schooner ship that Dracula travelled to Whitby.
Then it gets wooly, it’s hard to separate the male suiters to Lucy Westernra and they blend into each other. There’s then the strange Dr Seward who loves Lucy and is her doctor, but strangely is a psychiatrist overseeing an asylum, and brings in his old Professor, Van Helsing for a consult.
The writing in the book is difficult even before van Helsing arrives, the English written in the late 1800s is different in many places to that now, with words not often found in literature today, littering the book and making a smooth read a little difficult.
Jonathan’s ordeal has left him shredded mentally and physically and then he realises that the danger, the Count has arrived in England, and um… yeah, tried to make his fiancé, Mina, a vampire. The only way to save her is to destroy the Count, they find and destroy his home and he flees back to his castle in Transylvania. Our heroes follow and despite a hard battle and lives lost, he is defeated, as are the women in the castle, staked in the daylight by a slightly hesitant Van Helsing. One look at these women and he feels hypnotised, taken in by their beauty even in their death and staring, unblinking eyes. After he stakes the first one, he dispatches the second two in short order so as not to succumb. I liked that little detail, a lot. Jonathan’s declaration that, if he cannot save Mina and she becomes a vampire, he would follow her so as to be by her side forever.
The hype surrounding Dracula can often blind people to seeing it with open eyes. It’s ‘THE’ vampire book, it’s the one everybody kind of feels the rest stem from, but I do believe its hype is a long way off of the reality. It’s an okay book, with very very good small inner stories within it, such as the vampire women, the issue with the Renfield patient in Dr Sewards asylum who is a servant of Dracula having come back mad from his encounter with the Count.
Many read it because they feel it’s one of the books they should read, read it because you’re curious about it, read it because you’re a fan of vampires, but don’t read it because you think you should. That way lies disappointment. If you do venture in, read it with an eye to the small details – they are often much more entertaining and thought provoking than the main story.
April 14, 2012
Loved it! Nothing like I expected.
January 26, 2015
Really glad that I picked this book for book club, really gals that o did not hate it, the way that it was written was so gripping and also really easy to follow.
January 29, 2023
Este libro es un clásico y se comprende la razón, Drácula es una historia donde el villano aparece poco pero ello provoca aún más suspenso, la primera parte en el castillo te mantiene al borde de la tensión, posterior a ello hay que unir las piezas. Aunque uno ya sabe de qué va el libro, debido a la popularidad de la historia, está escrita de forma que quieres averiguarlo con el lector. Sin embargo, el desenlace considero que desencaja con todo lo construido, es rápido y fácil, cuando durante toda la historia se nos habló de un Drácula súper poderoso.
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February 27, 2024
Esqueci de comprar o volume II da obra, mas esse parte I me cativou bastante. Os primeiros capítulos com as aparições do Drácula e o suspense entorno desse personagem é instigante. Senti que o livro deu importância há outras personagens e acabou 'esquecendo' o personagem principal do livro. Enfim, foi uma sensação que senti, mas de resto é um livro incrível. Ansioso para o segundo volume.
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April 24, 2023
absolutamente todas as perspectivas desse livro são equivocadas e estou amando ver
September 4, 2023
For a contemporary reader this book would be utterly boring unless one wants an endless discussion on the virtues of men and women.
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February 19, 2017
Wonderfully written
October 5, 2009
The Victorian Era seems to have been so romantic and idealistic; the men are brave yet sensitive and the women strong yet lovely. You have to admire Mina and Professor Van Helsing for their valor, and adore Jonathan and Arthur for their tender hearts.
I thought the format was written interestingly enough--letters and diaries of many people comprising one story.
There were some parts that I was engrossed in--mainly the beginning chapters during Jonathan's imprisonment in Dracula's castle, but other parts dragged a bit for me. I had a hard time getting through the last fifty pages or so--it lacked the amount of suspense I was hoping for. It also could have something to do with my expectations and the mood I was in while reading it, etc.
All in all, I liked it.
I thought the format was written interestingly enough--letters and diaries of many people comprising one story.
There were some parts that I was engrossed in--mainly the beginning chapters during Jonathan's imprisonment in Dracula's castle, but other parts dragged a bit for me. I had a hard time getting through the last fifty pages or so--it lacked the amount of suspense I was hoping for. It also could have something to do with my expectations and the mood I was in while reading it, etc.
All in all, I liked it.
June 25, 2010
Although I enjoyed the writing and storyline, this book has a few inconsistencies. It is clearly written by a male of the times as the women were viewed as the weak sex; its religious overtones were quite over-the-top.
The movie directed by Francis Ford Coppola featuring Gary Oldman, Sir Anthony Hopkins, Winona Ryder, and Keanu Reeves is a farce, as the writing and most of the acting was so poor that at many points it was made extremely laughable (the talented Sir Anthony Hopkins was the movie’s only saving grace, as he played his role very tongue-in-cheek). The storyline varied greatly from the original story, and once again, Hollywood added a romance plot where one did not need to be, and was not intended by the original writer.
The movie directed by Francis Ford Coppola featuring Gary Oldman, Sir Anthony Hopkins, Winona Ryder, and Keanu Reeves is a farce, as the writing and most of the acting was so poor that at many points it was made extremely laughable (the talented Sir Anthony Hopkins was the movie’s only saving grace, as he played his role very tongue-in-cheek). The storyline varied greatly from the original story, and once again, Hollywood added a romance plot where one did not need to be, and was not intended by the original writer.
May 8, 2013
Having seen thé 1992 movie featuring Gary Oldman, Winona Ryder, Anthony Hopkins and Keannu Reeves, and reading thé First Half Of thé book, I really thought that it was not scary at all, but when I reached thé part that Mina was being attacked by Dracula, I stoppéd reading thé book at night because I was so frightened that I even halluciner, seeing red eyes gleaming in thé dark. It was indeed scary, though I know that it has other meaning, I'm Still afraid whenever I remember this book.
September 3, 2013
sepertinya aku baca novel ini pertama kali jaman smp, awalnya males bacanya, ga sreg liat covernya, kesannya koq seperti cerita horor murahan, sebangsa novel abdullah harahap :p
tp yah "dont judge a book by its cover", ternyata ceritanya bagus bgt!
tp yah "dont judge a book by its cover", ternyata ceritanya bagus bgt!
January 22, 2016
Fantastis & menegangkan, mungkin itulah kata-kata yang paling cocok untuk menilai karya Bram Stoker ini. Lanjut ke part 2 ^.^
July 26, 2017
Nada de reviews hasta leer la parte II
September 16, 2021
Final pésimo.
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