https://standardebooks.org/ebooks/bram-stoker/dracula
Another free book, check your local public domain laws to verify. Enjoy!
“Dracula is one of the most famous horror novels, responsible not just for introducing the eponymous Count Dracula, but for laying the foundations for many of the common tropes we see in modern horror fiction.”
Here’s another way to enjoy it, DraculaDaily. Receive emails containing the letter, news article, journal entry, etc from Dracula on the date that it appears in the book. Starts in May.
I was gonna post this. It’s such a good way to experience it.
I read Dracula for the first time about a year ago. I’m also not a big horror fan in general, but I absolutely loved it and – even with knowing about Dracula just from popular culture – found it genuinely creepy. It was also really interesting how Dracula was defeated not just by the heroes’ actions in the conventional sense but also by the conventional trappings of modernity. Things like calendars, railway timetables, and bills of sale play a surprisingly outsize role.
Such a great book
I’m almost done with this book and can really recommend.
I’m not a fan of horror but thought I should read this classic and have not been disappointed.
the reader's experience (not really spoilers but might want to skip this if you really wanna go into the book blind)
The story doesn’t start boring - instantly gets to the point and lets the reader know what’s going on, what is the scary part and what is going to happen - but then after initial setting of the atmosphere the story slows down a bit and might even make someone put down the book.
The last half of the book, though, picks up the speed and stuff goes down so fast you feel like you can’t put the book down anymore!
What really makes the book scary is that you are mostly reading the events of the past day; the book is actually a collection of diaries, letters, telegraphs, and news. I was very sceptical whether I’d enjoy this book but I have to say it just makes the story better.
Thank you for sharing your experience! I also don’t really care for horror but I thought the same about classics.
