Dracula (Barnes & Noble Classics Series)

de Bram Stoker (auteur), Brooke Allen (introduction), Brooke Allen (introduction et notes)

Maison d'édition : Barnes & Noble Classics

juin 2009

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Dracula, by Bram 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:

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Comments by other famous authors
Study questions to challenge the readers viewpoints and expectations
Bibliographies for further reading
Indices & Glossaries, when appropriate

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Count Dracula has inspired countless movies, books, and plays. But few, if any, have been fully faithful to Bram Stokers original, best-selling novel of mystery and horror, love and death, sin and redemption. Dracula chronicles the vampires 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.

Todays critics see Dracula 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.

Brooke Allen 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, Twentieth-Century Attitudes, will be published in 2003.

Auteur

Bram Stoker (auteur)

Abraham dit Bram Stoker est un auteur irlandais né en 1847 à Dublin. Sa petite enfance marquée par la maladie, il sera peu scolarisé mais initié à la littérature par sa mère. Plus tard il deviendra fonctionnaire et critique de théâtre bénévole jusqu'à sa rencontre avec son idole, l'acteur shakespearien Sir Henry Irving. Il devient alors son secrétaire, l'accompagnant dans ses tournées notamment américaines et sera nommé administrateur de son théâtre à Londres. Ce n'est que vers 1891 qu'il s'essaiera à l'écriture romanesque dont la postérité retiendra le chef-d'œuvre de l'épouvante qu'est Dracula qu'il publie en 1897. ll meurt à Londres en 1912.

Auteur(s) : Bram Stoker