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reviewed Dracula by Bram Stoker (Vintage Classics)

Bram Stoker: Dracula (Paperback, 2007, Vintage Books)

A young lawyer on an assignment finds himself imprisoned in a Transylvanian castle by his …

The Count

An easy read, dripping with atmosphere and history.

Told by a collection of characters, you try to guess and put together what is happening in real time. Dracula himself featured less than I expected, but was somehow also omnipresent.

I think I enjoyed the opening from Jonathan's point of view the most - though it was cool to meet Van Helsing later.

Listening to the notes after the book, I have to say a lot of the obvious (in retrospect) themes completely passed me by, so perhaps one to reread.