23.6 x 16.4 x 2.2 cm, 368 pages
Português language
Published July 1, 2020 by Excelsior.
Uma das mais emblemáticas obras do terror, Drácula transcende as fronteiras do tempo. Publicado originalmente em 1897, esse romance revolucionou a figura do vampiro no imaginário popular e se tornou uma das obras mais conhecidas de todos os tempos. Aqui, o advogado Jonathan Harker viaja até a Transilvânia para tratar de negócios com o conde Drácula – figura temida pelos moradores da região. Ao longo dos acontecimentos registrados no diário de Harker, sua estadia ganha um aspecto cada vez mais assustador; e, junto a recortes de jornal, troca de cartas e telegramas, além de registros em outros diários, a obra descortina a sombria e assustadora essência dos vampiros, amplamente conhecida na modernidade. Considerado o mais bem-sucedido texto literário sobre vampiros, a obra atemporal de Bram Stoker tornou-se base para um subgênero inteiro de narrativas de horror, inspirando inclusive múltiplas adaptações em diversos idiomas para teatro, cinema e televisão.
Sobre o …
Uma das mais emblemáticas obras do terror, Drácula transcende as fronteiras do tempo. Publicado originalmente em 1897, esse romance revolucionou a figura do vampiro no imaginário popular e se tornou uma das obras mais conhecidas de todos os tempos. Aqui, o advogado Jonathan Harker viaja até a Transilvânia para tratar de negócios com o conde Drácula – figura temida pelos moradores da região. Ao longo dos acontecimentos registrados no diário de Harker, sua estadia ganha um aspecto cada vez mais assustador; e, junto a recortes de jornal, troca de cartas e telegramas, além de registros em outros diários, a obra descortina a sombria e assustadora essência dos vampiros, amplamente conhecida na modernidade. Considerado o mais bem-sucedido texto literário sobre vampiros, a obra atemporal de Bram Stoker tornou-se base para um subgênero inteiro de narrativas de horror, inspirando inclusive múltiplas adaptações em diversos idiomas para teatro, cinema e televisão.
Sobre o Autor
Bram Stoker (1847–1912), ou Abraham Stoker, foi um escritor irlandês conhecido pela autoria do romance gótico Drácula. Ao longo de sua vida, também foi administrador do Lyceum Theatre, em Londres. Sua carreira literária teve início relativamente tarde em sua vida, quando Stoker já tinha 43 anos. Depois de sua obra-prima, o autor publicou também The Mystery of the Sea (1902), The Jewel of Seven Stars (1903) e The Lady of the Shroud (1909).
На удивление, даже сейчас довольно годно. Хотя Ван Хелсинг местами явно переигрывает 😅
Самого Дракулы в сюжете, прямо скажем, довольно мало.
The original novel is a great read. Not just for the way it codified modern vampire lore. But for the way it's built entirely out of diary entries, letters, news fragments, telegrams and so on. For the way it shows modern science coming to grips with ancient superstition and figuring out how to deal with it. For showing an early example of a woman participating in her own rescue. And for some of the parts that didn't make it into general pop culture. (Count Dracula spends an awful lot of time in a shipping box.)
In some senses it's the written-word equivalent of the "found footage" horror genre. Except the "sources" are wildly varying. John and Mina write their journals and letters to each other in shorthand. Business letters are of course written formally. Dr. Seward keeps an audio diary on a phonograph. Van Helsing's speech is rendered with every …
The original novel is a great read. Not just for the way it codified modern vampire lore. But for the way it's built entirely out of diary entries, letters, news fragments, telegrams and so on. For the way it shows modern science coming to grips with ancient superstition and figuring out how to deal with it. For showing an early example of a woman participating in her own rescue. And for some of the parts that didn't make it into general pop culture. (Count Dracula spends an awful lot of time in a shipping box.)
In some senses it's the written-word equivalent of the "found footage" horror genre. Except the "sources" are wildly varying. John and Mina write their journals and letters to each other in shorthand. Business letters are of course written formally. Dr. Seward keeps an audio diary on a phonograph. Van Helsing's speech is rendered with every quirk of his Dutch accent and speech patterns. And then halfway through the book, when all the major characters finally come together...they collate all the documents and Mina transcribes them on a typewriter, and they pass around the first half of the book so they can all read up on what the rest of them have been doing! (Literally getting them all on the same page.)
That's not to say it's flawless. It's unclear why some victims rise again as vampires while others don't. While the science/superstition contrast works well for the most part, eastern Europeans don't exactly come off very well. Especially when they'd talk about the "gypsies" carrying Dracula around Transylvania. I mean, it could have been a lot worse, but it's still jarring.
Overall, though, it's an engaging read, whether approached as a book or, as Dracula Daily did, one day's letters at a time from May 3 through November 7.
Dracula Daily: draculadaily.substack.com/archive
This review on my website: hyperborea.org/reviews/books/dracula/
Dracula was actually quite nice to read. At first, the story advanced quite slowly in my opinion, but towards the middle it became faster. Sometimes the story haunted me in the night, but fortunately this was not that bad and it never lasted long.
