Having just read the Marvel comics adaptation of Bram Stoker's legendary vampire novel, Dracula, I was inspired to backtrack a bit and tackle the original text itself.
I read it years ago, but having had several, um, things happen since then (like a pair of heart attacks and subsequent memory loss), I'd entirely forgotten everything except the basic story:
Jonathan Harker travels to Transylvania to close a deal on some real estate back in England. Once at the castle of Count Dracula, Harker's life and sanity are imperiled by the Count, who makes his way to Great Britain and starts to drain some of its inhabitants, including Jonathan's fiancee, Mina, and Mina's best friend, Lucy.
Only Jonathan, American Quincy Morris, Doctor Seward and the newly arrived Doctor Van Helsing stand between Dracula and his ultimate goal: Turning Mina into one of the undead.
Will there be thrills? Excitement? Adventure? Necking? Only time and page-flipping on the train to and from the job will tell.
1 comment:
I am ashamed to say I have not read the book.
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