Dracula and Other Horror Classics

Dracula and Other Horror Classics

2013 • 757 pages

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15

After many years of seeing various movie adaptations of Dracula or movies loosely based upon the story, it was refreshing to finally read the original. Delving into the classical language and customs, especially between men and women, from a bygone era is always quite interesting and while many might find reading such classics difficult, I rather enjoy such writings. I found the other two novels, The Jewel of the Seven Stars and The Lair of the White Worm equally intriguing. I was also impressed with the variety of subject matters of Stoker's several short stories found at the end of the book; the last story The Dualists: Or the Death-Doom of the Double-Born especially. It is a rather flippantly narrated tale of two psychopathic youths that provides a shudder or two.

November 7, 2021