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My Favorite Book “Dracula” by Bram Stoker

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Page 1: "Dracula" by Bram Stoker

My Favorite Book

“Dracula” by Bram Stoker

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•Dracula is an 1897 gothic horror novel by Irish author Bram Stoker.

•Bram Stoker claimed that he saw Dracula in nightmare.

•The novel tells the story of the battlebetween Count Dracula and a small group of people.

• Story is narrated using letters and diaries of characters.

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Plot summary Book is about young man Jonathan Harker, who goes in Transylvania. He should help Count Dracula, who wants to move from Transylvania to England.

This job will really change Harker’s peaceful life.

Soon Harker realizes, that he is a prisoner in a huge castle with monsters. Harker will escape, but the most horrible part of his life is just beginning.

Dracula wants new bride and he chose Mina Harker, Jonathans fiancee.

Jonathan with his friends and with professor Abraham Van Helsing will try to stop monster.

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Count Dracula“Dracula” is fantasy-horror book, but Count Dracula is historical person. Count really was a monster, but of course he wasn’t a vampire. Romanian Count was known for his hatred of Turkish people.

He liked dining among the corpses of his victims.

It’s known that he was drinking Turkish slave’s blood during the dinner.

That’s why author chose him and created perfect monster.

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AdaptationsThere are numerous films, cartoons, TV series and comic books based on “Dracula”.

There are more than 200 films about Dracula.

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