Der berühmteste Vampirroman aller Zeiten.
Die Geschichte des berüchtigten Grafen Dracula, der in Transsylvanien und London sein Unwesen treibt, ist weltbekannt. Der Roman, der die Themen Liebe, Abenteuer und Schauer kunstvoll verknüpft, regte seit seinem Erscheinen 1897 zahlreiche Schriftsteller, Regisseure und Künstler zu Adaptionen und Nacherzählungen an. Varianten des Vampir-Mythos erfreuen sich bis heute ungebrochener Beliebtheit, und zahllose Legenden ranken sich um den düsteren Grafen. Den Anfang jedoch nehmen all diese Geschichten in einem der berühmtesten Meisterwerke der Weltliteratur: Bram Stokers 'Dracula'.

Informationen zum Autor Bram (Abraham) Stoker was an Irish novelist, born November 8, 1847 in Dublin, Ireland. 'Dracula' was to become his best-known work, based on European folklore and stories of vampires. Although most famous for writing 'Dracula', Stoker wrote eighteen books before he died in 1912 at the age of sixty-four. Klappentext We are in Transylvania; and Transylvania is not England. Our ways are not your ways, and there shall be to you many strange things. Earnest and naïve, solicitor Jonathan Harker travels to Transylvania to organize the estate of the infamous Count Dracula at his crumbling castle. Finding himself imprisoned, Harker experiences all manner of supernatural horrors until he eventually escapes to be reunited with his fiancée Mina. Meanwhile in England, Mina's friend Lucy has been bitten and Mina herself is under threat from the Count as he attempts to quell his appetite for human blood. Arguably the most enduring Gothic novel of the 19th Century, Bram Stoker's Dracula is as chilling today in its depiction of the vampire world and its exploration of Victorian values as it was at its time of publication. Zusammenfassung HarperCollins is proud to present our range of timeless literary classics.

Autorentext

Bram (Abraham) Stoker was an Irish novelist, born November 8, 1847 in Dublin, Ireland. 'Dracula' was to become his best-known work, based on European folklore and stories of vampires. Although most famous for writing 'Dracula', Stoker wrote eighteen books before he died in 1912 at the age of sixty-four.

Klappentext

We are in Transylvania; and Transylvania is not England. Our ways are not your ways, and there shall be to you many strange things.
Earnest and naïve, solicitor Jonathan Harker travels to Transylvania to organize the estate of the infamous Count Dracula at his crumbling castle. Finding himself imprisoned, Harker experiences all manner of supernatural horrors until he eventually escapes to be reunited with his fiancée Mina. Meanwhile in England, Mina's friend Lucy has been bitten and Mina herself is under threat from the Count as he attempts to quell his appetite for human blood. Arguably the most enduring Gothic novel of the 19th Century, Bram Stoker's Dracula is as chilling today in its depiction of the vampire world and its exploration of Victorian values as it was at its time of publication.

Zusammenfassung
HarperCollins is proud to present our range of timeless literary classics.