Dracula

Der junge Sir Johann Adderley Bancroft – H?rern aus Artmanns unvergesslichem Geheimnis des Werwolfs" als ebenso zaghaft wie begehrenswert bekannt – hat sich mit seiner Verlobten Edwarda Cornwallis auf den Weg zum Grafen Dracula gemacht. Da alle Wege eines britischen Adligen ?ber London f?hren, hatte er dort auch Bram Stoker aufgesucht, der ihn nicht nur durch seine schier unglaublichen Vampir-Geschichten, sondern auch durch seine Kenntnis der transsylvanischen Geographie und Tradition beeindruckte. Wenig sp?ter sitzen Bancroft, Student des Transsylvanischen und Huzulischen und Edwarda im Zug von Szathmar nach Mandrak und werden dort, im Herzen der Karpaten, Zeugen allerseltsamster Hochzeitsbr?uche. So wird die Tochter des B?rgermeisters im Fledermaussalon des Dracula-Schlosses auf ein Streckbett geschnallt, ein junger J?ger wird tot und blutleer im Wald aufgefunden, neben ihm ein Postbote. Ebenfalls blutleer. Und was mit Edwarda, Bancrofts scheuer Verlobten, geschieht … man muss es h?ren, um es zu glauben!"

Dracula: Introduction and Notes by Dr David Rogers, Kingston University. ‘There he lay looking as if youth had been half-renewed, for the white hair and moustache were changed to dark iron-grey, the cheeks were fuller, and the white skin seemed ruby-red underneath; the mouth was redder than ever, for on the lips were gouts of fresh blood, which trickled from the corners of the mouth and ran over the chin and neck. Even the deep, burning eyes seemed set amongst the swollen flesh, for the lids and pouches underneath were bloated. It seemed as if the whole awful creature were simply gorged with blood; he lay like a filthy leech, exhausted with his repletion.’ Thus Bram Stoker, one of the greatest exponents of the supernatural narrative, describes the demonic subject of his chilling masterpiece Dracula, a truly iconic and unsettling tale of vampirism. Dracula’s Guest & Other Stories: Edited and Introduced by David Stuart Davies. The above is followed with a rich collection of Stoker’s macabre tales including Dracula’s Guest (which was omitted from the final version of Dracula); a devilishly dangerous haunted room in The Judge’s House; a fatalistic tragedy in The Burial of the Rats; a terror of revenge from beyond the grave in The Secret of Growing Gold, and a surprising twist in the tail in The Gypsy’s Prophecy. Other strange and frightening episodes provide a feast of terror for those readers who like to be unnerved as well as entertained.

Part of Penguin's beautiful hardback Clothbound Classics series, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith, these delectable and collectible editions are bound in high-quality colourful, tactile cloth with foil stamped into the design When Jonathan Harker visits Transylvania to help Count Dracula with the purchase of a London house, he makes a series of horrific discoveries about his client. Soon afterwards, various bizarre incidents unfold in England: an apparently unmanned ship is wrecked off the coast of Whitby; a young woman discovers strange puncture marks on her neck; and the inmate of a lunatic asylum raves about the 'Master' and his imminent arrival. In Dracula, Bram Stoker created one of the great masterpieces of the horror genre, brilliantly evoking a nightmare world of vampires and vampire hunters and also illuminating the dark corners of Victorian sexuality and desire.

Stoker's Dracula is a 1992 American erotic horror film directed and produced by Francis Ford Coppola, based on the novel Dracula by Bram Stoker.It sars Gary Oldman as Count Dracula, Winona Ryder as Mina Harker, Anthony Hopkins as Professor Abraham Van Helsing, and Keanu Reeves as Jonathan Harker. .Dracula was greeted by a generally positive critical reception and was a box office hit, although Reeves' performance was subject to ridicule.[6][7] The film's score was composed by Wojciech Kilar and featured "Love Song for a Vampire" by Annie Lennox, which became an international hit, as the closing credits theme.

Bram Stoker’s “Dracula” is the novel that introduced the fictional creature known as the vampire to millions. It is considered by many as the single most important work in the gothic vampire horror genre. “Dracula,” while not the first appearance of the vampire in literature, is certainly the work that is most readily identified with the vampire genre and has spawned countless imitations and references. The novel is set sometime in the late 19th century and begins by being told from the perspective of Jonathan Harker, a young English legal practitioner who is traveling to the castle of Count Dracula, in the Carpathian Mountains on the border of Transylvania, to perform some legal services for the Count. Harker upon meeting Count Dracula finds him a strange and eerie man, one with a dark secret. Dracula needs the help of Harker to execute his plan to relocate to England in order to find new blood and spread the curse of the undead. The only thing standing in his way is a small group of people led by Professor Abraham Van Helsing, who know what he secretly is and have vowed to stop him. This edition includes a biographical afterword.

Jonathan Harker, a young English lawyer, travels to Castle Dracula in the Eastern European country of Transylvania to conclude a real estate transaction with a nobleman named Count Dracula. As Harker wends his way through the picturesque countryside, the local peasants warn him about his destination, giving him crucifixes and other charms against evil and uttering strange words that Harker later translates into “vampire.” Frightened but no less determined, Harker meets the count’s carriage as planned. The journey to the castle is harrowing, and the carriage is nearly attacked by angry wolves along the way. Upon arriving at the crumbling old castle, Harker finds that the elderly Dracula is a well educated and hospitable gentleman. After only a few days, however, Harker realizes that he is effectively a prisoner in the castle.

The Penguin English Library Edition of Dracula by Bram Stoker 'Alone with the dead! I dare not go out, for I can hear the low howl of the wolf through the broken window' A chilling masterpiece of the horror genre, Dracula also illuminated dark corners of Victorian sexuality. When Jonathan Harker visits Transylvania to advise Count Dracula on a London home, he makes a horrifying discovery. Soon afterwards, a number of disturbing incidents unfold in England: an unmanned ship is wrecked at Whitby; strange puncture marks appear on a young woman's neck; and the inmate of a lunatic asylum raves about the arrival of his 'Master', while a determined group of adversaries prepares to face the terrifying Count.

‘There he lay looking as if youth had been half-renewed, for the white hair and moustache were changed to dark iron-grey, the cheeks were fuller, and the white skin seemed ruby-red underneath; the mouth was redder than ever, for on the lips were gouts of fresh blood, which trickled from the corners of the mouth and ran over the chin and neck. Even the deep, burning eyes seemed set amongst the swollen flesh, for the lids and pouches underneath were bloated. It seemed as if the whole awful creature were simply gorged with blood; he lay like a filthy leech, exhausted with his repletion.’ Thus Bram Stoker, one of the greatest exponents of the supernatural narrative, describes the demonic subject of his chilling masterpiece Dracula, a truly iconic and unsettling tale of vampirism.

Der Urvater aller Blutsaugerromane machte bei seinem Erscheinen, 1897, Furore. «Keine Lektüre für Schwachnervige» kündigte die Werbung für die deutsche Übersetzung an, und das ist nicht übertrieben. Das schaurige Geschehen entrollt sich wie ein Tatsachenbericht Stück für Stück in Tagebuchaufzeichnungen, Gesprächsnotizen, Briefen, Telegrammen und Zeitungsartikeln, und ganz allmählich erst kommt der Leser dahinter, welch fürchterliche Bedrohung sich hinter den rätselhaften Ereignissen verbirgt, deren Zeuge die Protagonisten werden. Nicht wenige der Beteiligten lassen dabei ihr Blut. – Mit einer kompakten Biographie des Autors.