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Onderdeel van de uitgeversreeks(en)BevatDracula door Bram Stoker The Death of Dracula (excerpt) door Bram Stoker (indirect)
Dracula: Introduction and Notes by Dr David Rogers, Kingston University. 'There he lay looking as if youth had been half-renewed, for the white hair and moustache were changed to dark iron-grey, the cheeks were fuller, and the white skin seemed ruby-red underneath; the mouth was redder than ever, for on the lips were gouts of fresh blood, which trickled from the corners of the mouth and ran over the chin and neck. Even the deep, burning eyes seemed set amongst the swollen flesh, for the lids and pouches underneath were bloated. It seemed as if the whole awful creature were simply gorged with blood; he lay like a filthy leech, exhausted with his repletion.' Thus Bram Stoker, one of the greatest exponents of the supernatural narrative, describes the demonic subject of his chilling masterpiece Dracula, a truly iconic and unsettling tale of vampirism. Dracula's Guest & Other Stories: Edited and Introduced by David Stuart Davies. The above is followed with a rich collection of Stoker's macabre tales including Dracula's Guest (which was omitted from the final version of Dracula); a devilishly dangerous haunted room in The Judge's House; a fatalistic tragedy in The Burial of the Rats; a terror of revenge from beyond the grave in The Secret of Growing Gold, and a surprising twist in the tail in The Gypsy's Prophecy. Other strange and frightening episodes provide a feast of terror for those readers who like to be unnerved as well as entertained. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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The novel was a disappointment. I have read it before (about 30 years ago) and enjoyed it but struggled with it this time. It wasn't so bad that I felt justified in DNF-ing it but was in no hurry to pick it up again either. Perhaps by now the story is just too familiar. Also the introduction and notes were very poor. If the characters are in London and get on a train at Liverpool Street, I don't think we need a note telling us that Liverpool Street is a railway station in London. Just generally meh.
The short stories on the other hand (different person writing the introduction and no notes) were atmospheric enough to compensate for the twists being very predictable, and perhaps they weren't when the stories first appeared. ( )