Enriched Classics offer readers accessible editions of great works of literature enhanced by helpful notes and commentary. Each book includes educational tools alongside the text, enabling students and readers alike to gain a deeper and more developed understanding of the writer and their work. A true masterwork of storytelling,
Dracula has transcended generation, language, and culture to become one of the most popular novels ever written. It is a quintessential tale of suspense and horror, boasting one of the most terrifying characters ever born in literature: Count Dracula, a tragic, night-dwelling specter who feeds upon the blood of the living, and whose diabolical passions prey upon the innocent, the helpless, and the beautiful. But
Dracula also stands as a bleak allegorical saga of an eternally cursed being whose nocturnal atrocities reflect the dark underside of the supremely moralistic age in which it was originally written--and the corrupt desires that continue to plague the modern human condition.
Enriched Classics present the great works of world literature enhanced for the contemporary reader. This edition of
Dracula was prepared by Joseph Valente, Professor of English at the University of Illinois and the author of
Dracula's Crypt: Bram Stoker, Irishness, and the Question of Blood, who provides insight into the racial connotations of this enduring masterpiece.
Sobre o autor(a)
Stoker, Bram
Bram Stoker nasceu em 8 de novembro de 1847, em Clontarf, na Irlanda. Ficou conhecido por escrever o clássico "Drácula", publicado em 1897. Além de escritor, Stoker foi gerente teatral do renomado ator Henry Irving. Apesar de não ter obtido grande riqueza com seus escritos, seu personagem icônico, o Conde Drácula, tornou-se um símbolo do terror e inspirou inúmeras adaptações para o cinema e o teatro. Bram Stoker faleceu em 20 de abril de 1912, em Londres, deixando um legado duradouro na literatura de horror. |
| ISBN | 9780743477369 |
| Autor(a) | Stoker, Bram |
| Editora | Simon & Schuster |
| Ano de edição | 2003 |
| Acabamento | Brochura |