Dracula (Barnes & Noble Classics Series) - Softcover

Stoker, Bram

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1593080042 ISBN 13: 9781593080044

Publisher: Fine Communications,US, 2003

Synopsis

&&LDIV&&R&&LP&&R&&LI&&RDracula&&L/I&&R, by &&LB&&RBram Stoker&&L/B&&R, is part of the &&LI&&RBarnes & Noble Classics&&L/I&&R&&LI&&R &&L/I&&Rseries, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of &&LI&&RBarnes & Noble Classics&&L/I&&R: &&L/P&&R

• New introductions commissioned from today's top writers and scholars
• Biographies of the authors
• Chronologies of contemporary historical, biographical, and cultural events
• Footnotes and endnotes
• Selective discussions of imitations, parodies, poems, books, plays, paintings, operas, statuary, and films inspired by the work
• Comments by other famous authors
• Study questions to challenge the reader's viewpoints and expectations
• Bibliographies for further reading
• Indices & Glossaries, when appropriate

&&LDIV&&RAll editions are beautifully designed and are printed to superior specifications; some include illustrations of historical interest. &&LI&&RBarnes & Noble Classics &&L/I&&Rpulls together a constellation of influences—biographical, historical, and literary—to enrich each reader's understanding of these enduring works.&&L/DIV&&R&&L/DIV&&R&&LDIV&&R&&LI&&R&&L/I&&R &&L/DIV&&R&&LDIV&&R&&LI&&RCount Dracula&&L/I&&R has inspired countless movies, books, and plays. But few, if any, have been fully faithful to &&LB&&RBram Stoker&&L/B&&R's original, best-selling novel of mystery and horror, love and death, sin and redemption. &&LI&&RDracula&&L/I&&R chronicles the vampire's journey from Transylvania to the nighttime streets of London. There, he searches for the blood of strong men and beautiful women while his enemies plot to rid the world of his frightful power.&&LBR&&R&&LBR&&RToday's critics see &&LI&&RDracula&&L/I&&R as a virtual textbook on Victorian repression of the erotic and fear of female sexuality. In it, Stoker created a new word for terror, a new myth to feed our nightmares, and a character who will outlive us all.&&L/DIV&&R&&LDIV&&R &&L/DIV&&R&&LDIV&&R&&LDIV&&R&&LSTRONG&&RBrooke Allen&&L/B&&R&&L/B&&R is a book critic whose work has appeared in numerous publications including The Atlantic Monthly, The New Criterion, The New York Times Book Review, The Wall Street Journal, and The Hudson Review. A collection of her essays, &&LI&&RTwentieth-Century Attitudes&&L/I&&R, will be published in 2003.&&L/DIV&&R&&L/DIV&&R

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Paperback. Pub Date: 2003 Pages: 496 Publisher: Barnes & Noble Dracula by am Stoker is part of the Barnes & Noble Classics series. which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader. including new scholarship. thoughtful design. and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of Barnes & Noble Classics: New introductions commissioned from today's top writers and scholarsBiographies of the authorsChronologies of contemporary historical. biographical. and cultural eventsFootnotes and endnotesSelective discussions of imitations. parodies. poems. books. plays. paintings. operas. statuary. and films inspired by the workComments by other famous authorsStudy questions to challenge the reader's viewpoints and expectationsBibliographies for further readingIndices & Glossaries. when appropriateAll editions are beaut...

Review:

"An exercise in masculine anxiety and nationalist paranoia, Stoker's novel is filled with scenes that are staggeringly lurid and perverse... The one in Highgate cemetery, where Arthur and Van Helsing drive a stake through the writhing body of the vampirised Lucy Westenra, is my favourite" (Sarah Waters)

"It is splendid. No book since Mrs. Shelley's Frankenstein or indeed any other at all has come near yours in originality, or terror" (Bram Stoker’s Mother)

"In my opinion Dracula is about how suffocating Victorian times were. The bonus is, you get vampires!" (Ryan Adams)

About this edition

• Publisher: Fine Communications,US
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 1593080042
• ISBN 13: 9781593080044
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• Number of pages: 496