Writing style
Atmospheric · Descriptive · Ornate
Apple BooksDracula
Horror · Gothic
- First published
- 1897
- Print length
- 436 pagesLongman, 2011
Description
Bram Stoker’s Gothic horror novel centers on Count Dracula, a supernatural figure who drinks blood and plans to leave his isolated Transylvanian castle for the vitality of nineteenth-century London. In England, a couple and their friends find themselves threatened by him. Their struggle brings them together with Professor Van Helsing, whose help prepares the group to confront the undead antagonist. The novel brings a remote castle, a modern city, and a group of endangered people into a single confrontation, building its central conflict around Dracula’s movement toward London and the group’s preparations to resist the threat he poses.
Reading profile
About this profile
Collected’s assessment, not reader ratings. Complexity runs from 1 (least demanding) to 5 (most demanding).
- Writing
- How much attention the sentences and language require.
- Ideas
- How much interpretation or abstract reasoning the book asks of you.
- Structure
- How much you need to keep track of speakers, timelines and connections.
- Background knowledge
- Prior knowledge needed to follow the book, beyond what it explains.
- Emotional intensity
- Emotional pressure, from gentle (1) to intense (5). Separate from difficulty.
Pace
Variable
Tone
Atmospheric · Eerie · Frightening · Tense
Structure
Braided · Fragmented
Focus
Atmosphere · Character · Plot
Emotional intensity
4 / 5
Reading complexity
1–5 · higher means more demanding- Writing
- 4 / 5
- Ideas
- 3 / 5
- Structure
- 4 / 5
- Background knowledge
- 2 / 5
Themes
Series
Collectors' library · Book 15
Book details
For the print edition listed above.
- Publisher
- Longman
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780205632633
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