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BRAM STOKER - GEBRAUCHT DRACULA (PENGUIN CLASSI...

Bram Stoker's peerless tale of desperate battle against a powerful  ancient vampire When
Jonathan Harker visits Transylvania to help Count Dracula purchase a London house  he makes
horrifying discoveries in his client's castle. Soon afterwards  disturbing incidents unfold in
England: a ship runs aground on the shores of Whitby  its crew vanished  beautiful Lucy
Westenra slowly succumbs to a mysterious  wasting illness  her blood drained away  and the
lunatic Renfield raves about the imminent arrival of his 'master'. In the ensuing battle of
wills between the sinister Count and a determined group of adversaries - led by the intrepid
vampire hunter Abraham van Helsing - Bram Stoker created a masterpiece of the horror genre 
probing into questions of identity  sanity and the dark corners of Victorian sexuality and
desire. For this completely updated edition  Maurice Hindle has revised his introduction  list
of further reading and notes  and added two appendices: Stoker's essay on censorship and his
interview with Winston Churchill  both published in 1908. Christopher Frayling's preface
discusses the significance and the influences that contributed to his creation of the Dracula
myth. For more than seventy years  Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature
in the English-speaking world. With more than 1 700 titles  Penguin Classics represents a
global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines.
Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by
distinguished scholars and contemporary authors  as well as up-to-date translations by
award-winning translators.

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