Drácula - (Clásicos Ilustrados) by Bram Stoker (Hardcover)

About the Book

Las de Bram Stoker y Jonathan Haker fueron vidas paralelas. Stoker era el secretario particular de Henry Irving, un reputado actor shakespeariano y propietario del Lyceum Theatre de Londres; Harker, el del enigmâatico conde Drâacula, quien lo convocâo a su castillo de Transilvania para negociar la adquisiciâon de una mansiâon en Londres. No es casual que el personaje de Drâacula se inspire en las facciones e idiosincrasia de Irving, ni que stoker hiciese una lectura pâublica en el Lyceum Theatre dâias antes de su ediciâon. Drâacula es la novela vampâirica por antonomasia. En ella se concitan los grandes eje s temâaticos del subgâenero: la lucha entre el bien y el mal y la sexualidad del vampiro, con una estâetica victoriana y un despliegue estilâistico abrumador. Todo ello la convierte en un clâasico incontestable e imperecedero.

Book Synopsis

Drácula is the essential vampire novel in which Stoker sparks the core themes of the subgenre: the fight between good and evil and the sensuality of the vampire. It tells the story of Jonathan Harker, an estate agent who the enigmatic Count Dracula summons to his castle in Transylvania to help find a home in London--so Dracula may find new victims and spread his curse.

About the Author

Bram Stoker is a writer best known for his gothic novel Drácula, which established many conventions of the vampire horror genre. He studied mathematics at Trinity College, where he first became interested in theatre. During his lifetime, he was the business manager at the Lyceum Theatre in London.