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Originally Posted by I, Brian  It is possibly heresy to state so, but I found Bram Stoker's Dracula to be a dull and lifeless work.
The first few chapters while Jonathan Harker is trapped in Dracula's castle is very good - but that part of the story quickly ends.
And then the rest of the book is seemingly Van Helsing ( not the Hugh Jackman version!!) giving people blood transfusions.
The ending is extremely rushed as well. The characters assemble in Transylvania, and within 2 pages Dracula is suddenly killed.
The end. Fin.
As a piece of writing influential on its time, it certainly deserves an honour. But let's not elevate second-rate Victorian populist literature too much, please. 
OR - am I quite wrong? |
sorry!! but i find that quite wrong!!......i so enjoyed this book, my copy is really tattered now but havent read it for ages but i really enjoyed it, the way it unfolds and the whole reading of it!!