Dracula

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Narrator
Miscellaneous
Length
2 hours 12 minutes
Publisher
Penguin Random House
Catalogue #
19826
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Synopsis

Michael Fassbender stars in this multi-voice reading of Bram Stoker's legendary tale First published in 1897 Bram StokerTMs Dracula is widely regarded as the best gothic horror novel of all time. The popularity of the world's most notorious vampire Count Dracula has ensured that it has never been out of print and it remains a timeless classic. In this epistolary novel journal entries letters newspaper clippings and a ship's log interweave to form an incredible thrilling story as the various protagonists intimately recount the epic legend of the Transylvanian count. The tale begins with Jonathan Harker's journal as the young newly qualified solicitor travels to the remote Carpathian Mountains to meet a wealthy client.

But as he explores Castle Dracula he discovers more than he dares contemplate and learns the terrible truth about his host. Meanwhile in England his fiancee Mina Murray fears for his safety. An empty foreign schooner arrives in Whitby and Mina's apprehension grows as a mysterious illness affects her dear friend Lucy. When Lucy's health deteriorates rapidly Dr Seward calls in the help of Professor Van Helsing who sets a plan in motion to capture Dracula. With time running out Jonathan Van Helsing Dr Seward and Mina must embark on a perilous journey to Transylvania and come face to face with the Vampire King.