Dracula

Bram Stoker, first published 1897

An ancient undead monster terrorizes Victorian London.

Length: 28 chapters
Reading time: About 11 hr 13 min
Words: 160,112

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About the book

Dracula is one of the most famous horror novels, responsible not just for introducing the eponymous Count Dracula, but for laying the foundations for many of the common tropes we see in modern horror fiction.

Count Dracula isn’t the first vampire to have graced the pages of Western literature—that honor belongs to Lord Ruthven in “The Vampire,” a short story by John William Polidori—but Dracula is the vampire on which the modern vampire trope is based.

Dracula wasn’t as famous in its day as it is today; readers of the time seemed to enjoy it as nothing more than a good story, and Stoker died nearly penniless. But its long-lasting influence is undeniable, and for all its age Dracula remains a gripping, fast-paced, and enjoyable read.

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This edition

Text from Standard Ebooks, who proofread and typeset it and dedicate their edition to the public domain. Bram Stoker died more than 70 years ago, so the work is out of copyright in the UK. Includes the original dedication, preface.