Description
"I want you to believe . . . to believe in things you cannot." Bram Stoker's Dracula, one of literature's most frightening horror novels, is now available in an exquisite hardcover edition, featuring a striking foil-accented cover and distinctive interior design elements, making it ideal for fiction lovers, horror fans, and book collectors. This collectible volume is the ideal addition to any well-appointed library.
Harper Muse Classics: The Gothic Chronicles Collection presents Dracula:
- Presents Bram Stoker's wildly terrifying horror novel about the evil Count Dracula, viewed by many as one of the best vampire stories ever written; its 1897 publication helped secure Stoker's place in literature's pantheon of great writers
- Explores such themes as the darker side of female sexual expression, madness/insanity, distrust of the "other," the negative effects of modernization and wealth, and the power of Christian ritual
- Is ideal for Bram Stoker fans, lovers of literary fiction and classic literature, and people who love both the book and the cinematic adaptations it inspired
Whether you're buying this as a gift or as a self-purchase, this remarkable edition features:
- Beautiful foil-accented hardcover
- Distinctive decorative interior pages featuring pull quotes distributed throughout
- Part of a 4-volume horror collection including Oscar Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray, Dante's Inferno, and a volume of Edgar Allan Poe's best-known short stories
Unfolding in a series of diary entries, letters, newspaper articles, and ships' logs, Bram Stoker's renowned tale of terror opens with young lawyer Jonathan Harker journeying to Transylvania to meet with the mysterious Count Dracula. There Harker discovers his nobleman client is a bloodthirsty vampire on the hunt for new prey. After imprisoning Harker in his castle, Dracula travels to England, where he encounters Harker's fiancee, Mina Murray, her tragic friend Lucy Westenra, and the formidable Doctor Abraham van Helsing. What transpires in London is a terrifying and haunting battle against an unspeakable and seemingly indestructible evil.
Dracula by Bram Stoker is part of a four-volume collection that includes Oscar Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray, Dante's Inferno, and a volume of Edgar Allan Poe's best-known short stories.
About the Author
Bram Stoker (1847-1912) grew up listening to his mother's tales of blood-drinking fairies and vampires rising from their graves. He later managed the Lyceum Theatre in London and worked as a civil servant and a newspaper editor and reporter. Dracula, his best-known work, was published in 1897.
Book Information
ISBN 9781400344185
Author Bram Stoker
Format Hardback
Page Count 528
Imprint Harper Muse
Publisher HarperCollins Focus
Series The Gothic Chronicles Collection
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The Gothic Chronicles Collection |
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