Dracula by Bram Stoker Hardback: Dracula Special Edition

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This is not intended to be a full statement of all your rights under the Distance Selling Regulations. As far as the plot is concerned, I’m assuming almost everyone is familiar with it by now, given how Dracula is such a huge cultural phenomenon. Count Dracula had directed me to go to the Golden Krone Hotel, which I found, to my great delight, to be thoroughly old-fashioned, for of course I wanted to see all I could of the ways of the country. We're always happy to answer any questions or queries you might have, please get in touch using one of the methods below. It seemed as if the whole awful creature were simply gorged with blood; he lay like a filthy leech, exhausted with his repletion.

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. There is already a Limited Edition 1 of 1000 numbered title page in addition to the actual title page. I found my smattering of German very useful here; indeed, I don’t know how I should be able to get on without it.Described as having the paw of Hercules and the smile of Machiavelli, above all he knew what it meant to be a loyal friend.

Sobre a história, nem tem como não elogiar o quão interessante é ler Drácula, não só por ser a figura base do que entendemos por vampiros hoje em dia, como também as outras leituras que vamos fazendo de elementos da época. Essential volumes for the shelves of every classic literature lover, the Chartwell Classics series includes beautifully presented works and collections from some of the most important authors in literary history.For years after I wondered how fantastic it would be if it was republished and bound like the 1st Edition of 1897. Part of Penguin's beautiful hardback Clothbound Classics series, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith, this delectable and collectible edition is bound in high-quality colourful, tactile cloth with foil stamped into the design. It provides, in beautiful canvas-bound hardcover, a reprinting of the 1897 first edition, as opposed to the abridged 1901 edition (there are only these two official ‘Dracula’ versions in circulation). However, despite literary acclaim, Stoker was never able to make much money from his work and died in 1912 almost penniless. I’ve always found the Dutch to be superb speakers of English so wonder who the author drew upon for inspiration.

When that evil escapes to England, the entire nation is suddenly under threat and only an aged vampire hunter, Professor Abraham Van Helsing, can put a stop to the bloodshed. 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. This began a long association with the film studio Hammer - with whom he made a further eleven films including the Transylvanian bloodsucker himself in the 1958 `Dracula', Kharis in `The Mummy' (1959), Sir Henry Baskerville in `The Hound of the Baskervilles' (1959) and Rasputin in `Rasputin, the Mad Monk' (1966). Which would explain why the title and author lettering doesn't touch the edges of the spine as the on the 1st edition's. Super recomendo a experiência para todas as pessoas que gostam de leituras mais ligadas a esses seres folclóricos e sombrios.To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. It would have been fantastic if Constable had used the initiative to bring this 1901 softcover back to life, instead, as an authentic facsimile and an alternative to the Limited Edition hardback. I trust that your journey from London has been a happy one, and that you will enjoy your stay in my beautiful land. I was not able to light on any map or work giving the exact locality of the Castle Dracula, as there are no maps of this country as yet to compare with our own Ordnance Survey maps;7 but I found that Bistritz, the post town named by Count Dracula, is a fairly well-known place.

It is accepted by you that Daunt Books has no control over additional charges in relation to customs clearance. Dracula is not only a classic of Gothic horror and a wellspring of modern mythology: it is also irresistible entertainment. Christopher Lee is one of the world's most iconic horror and fantasy actors - coming to prominence with the 1957 film `The Curse of Frankenstein' in which he played Frankenstein's monster. But, if there were fewer inconsistencies it could've been the dogs doodahs with still enough distinction between this and the original. Authors Nige Burton and Jamie Jones examine the gothic atmosphere of Hammer Horror and the ways in which Dracula 1958 changed our perception of the character.A mysterious Count resides in a Transylvania castle, and it's Jonathan Harker's duty to help him find a residence in London. They had all full white sleeves of some kind or other, and the most of them had big belts with a lot of strips of something fluttering from them like the dresses in a ballet, but of course there were petticoats under them. This classic tale of horror is told through the diaries, letters and journals of the protagonists: the young solicitor Jonathan Harker, his fiancee, her friend Lucy Westenra and Dr Seward, the superintendent of a large lunatic asylum near Purfleet in Essex.