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The classic vampire story by Bram Stoker revolves around a struggle between good and evil, tradition and modernity, and lust versus chastity. The author didn’t invent vampires, but his novel has so captured the public’s imagination that he is rightly considered their popularizer. Listen and you will meet not only the Count himself, but heroes Jonathan Harker and Abraham Van Helsing, plus an array of madmen, psychiatrists, and fair maidens who cross paths with the fanged menace.

A masterpieces of horror literature, Dracula brilliantly evokes a nightmare world of vampires and vampire hunters and illuminates the dark corners of Victorian sexuality and desire. Count Dracula travels from his castle in the Carpathian Mountains to England on a ship in which the entire crew is lost. Upon his arrival, the count entrances Lucy Westenra and Mina Harker, both women doomed to become vampires—unless Jonathan Harker and Professor Abraham Van Helsing can stop the count.

Dracula by Bram Stoker, with some dialogue of the vampires translated in Romanian by Ana Talos.

"Dracula" is an 1897 Gothic horror novel by Irish author Bram Stoker. It introduced the character of Count Dracula, and established many conventions of subsequent vampire fantasy. The novel tells the story of Dracula's attempt to move from Transylvania to England so that he may find new blood and spread the undead curse, and of the battle between Dracula and a small group of men and a woman led by Professor Abraham Van Helsing.

Four horror stories, over 30 hours of audio entertainment. Horror stories are intended to frighten, startle, and even disgust the listener. The tales of blood-sucking vampires, headless horsemen, hideous creatures, and transformed humans will leave you terrified yet compelled to listen to the next.

Jose Coronado se mete en la piel del Conde Drácula para traer a Audible este clasico de la literatura. Mediante cartas y diarios de los principales personajes, esta obra clásica revela la historia y la vida misteriosa del conde Drácula. Este personaje, inspirado en leyendas como la de Vlad Tepes y la Condesa Sangrienta Erzsébet Báthory, dio lugar a una gran cantidad de versiones de cine, cómics y teatro.

At the end of Jonathan Harker’s terrifying journey through the dark forests of Transylvania, he comes at last to “a vast ruined castle, from whose tall black windows came no ray of light, and whose broken battlements showed a jagged line against the moonlit sky.”

Castle Dracula, and its infamous denizen Count Dracula, are known to people throughout the world whether or not they are familiar with Bram Stoker's 1897 novel. So powerful was Bram Stoker's portrayal of the ancient vampire legend that this has become the definitive version.

Bram Stoker va aconseguir una original recreació del mite del vampir en Dràcula, perquè tot i que va inspirar-se en el folklore i altres obres literàries, va dotar el seu personatge duna atracció irresistible, i combinà així la por de la mort amb lafany de la immortalitat i el desig amorós.

FNH Audio presents an unabridged reading of Bram Stoker’s classic tale Dracula. Johnathan Harker’s life became a horror-filled living nightmare when Count Dracula decided to move from his castle in Transylvania to a large house in London. Harker’s family and friends would be drawn into a maelstrom of madness and death.

Abraham “Bram” Stoker was born in 1847 in Dublin as the third of seven children. Stoker was bedridden with an unknown illness until the age of seven, when he made a complete recovery. He even grew up to become a successful athlete. Stoker is best known today for his 1897 Gothic novel Dracula. The novel Dracula begins when an English lawyer, Jonathan Harker, travels to Eastern Europe to meet Count Dracula, who is a client of his. When he arrives in Transylvania, he immediately notices that locals are shocked to learn where he is heading.

Johan, mi cochero, desde que hemos salido de Munich no hace más que repetir: Walpurgis NachtEstá claro que el pobre está demasiado influenciado por la ignorancia y supersticiones locales. ¿o no.....? El caso es que pasear viendo los rayos del sol cayendo sobre la verde campiña de los alrededores de Munich, no podía hacer preveer que íbamos a entrar en otro mundo completamente distinto, donde la penumbra iba a dominar a la luz y el frío al calor.....y seres venidos como de otra dimensión nos iban a hacer conocer el miedo....

Dracula is a Gothic horror novel by Bram Stoker, considered to be one of the most enduring and skillful examples of the modern vampire genre. It tells the story of Count Dracula, and of Professor Abraham Van Helsing, who attempts to thwart the vampire in his attempt to move from Transylvania to London, in order to find new blood and spread the undead curse. This Essential Classics edition includes a new introduction by Professor Vivian Heller, PhD in literature and modern studies from Yale University.

The charismatic Count Dracula, a Transylvanian nobleman, wishes to purchase a house in London. Assisted in this enterprise by a young solicitor, Jonathan Harker, it becomes evident that there is a sinister side to the Count's plans. A small group of friends unite to prevent the success of the Count's schemes, hazarding danger to themselves for the greater good of humanity. The growing mystery is revealed through journal entries, letters, and telegrams written by the main characters.

Fresh from his brilliant Earphones Award-winning audiobook reading of Frankenstein, BBC actor Clive Hayward now brings his unique skills to the quintessential vampire tale - Dracula. This compelling Gothic horror novel introduced the world to Count Dracula and established many of the vampire conventions that modern fantasy writers still embrace.

The book about Le Fanu’s tortured, powerful female vampire, Carmilla, has been terrifying generations with its themes of lesbian attraction and forbidden, dangerous desires. Carmilla inspired Bram Stoker to create his own vampire classic 26 years later. Now, these two blood-chilling tales are brought together in this brilliant recording followed by a fascinating interview in which Hayward and Larkin talk about their process and reactions to the stories, straight from the London recording studio.

A menacing tale from one of the masters of horror fiction! If you only know Bram Stoker for his novel Dracula then be prepared for some chilling nights shivering in the candlelight. This is truly one of the most frightening haunted house stories you will ever hear. Enjoy!

Dracula is an 1897 Gothic horror novel by Irish author Bram Stoker. Famous for introducing the character of the vampire Count Dracula, the novel tells the story of Dracula's attempt to move from Transylvania to England so he may find new blood and spread the undead curse. It then relates the epic battle between Dracula and a small group of men and women led by Professor Abraham Van Helsing.

En Angleterre, le docteur Seward a demandé le concours de son maître le docteur Van Helsing pour soigner la charmante Lucie Westenra atteinte d'une anémie incompréhensible. Une succession d'incidents effroyables amène le savant hollandais à croire l'inimaginable possible.

Après un périple éprouvant en Europe centrale, Jonathan Harker, un jeune homme de loi anglais parvient au château du comte Dracula, une bâtisse isolée dans les montagnes de Transylvanie. Il s'y rend à la demande de l'inquiétant aristocrate qui souhaite l'assistance de son cabinet pour s'installer à Londres. Durant son séjour, des évènements effarants font bientôt comprendre à Jonathan Harker qu'il est probablement perdu pour sa fiancée Mina Murray qui attend son retour à Londres.