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The story that gave popular culture the tropes of vampire teeth, bites on the neck and their aversions to sun retold time and again.Set in the wilderness of Transylvania, the Castle Dracula becomes a dark hole where visitors become confined to the prisoners of the castle. Count Dracula, the lord of the castle, is trying to move from Transylvania to England, but is unable to because every person who arrives becomes a victim of his uncontrollable vampire seductions.A thrilling tale of survival of both the victims and victimizer; the Count’s desperate measures to escape a lonely existence. 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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. Pocket Books 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dusky's Shrine","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46040263688249,"sku":"9780743477369","price":675.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0795\/3367\/0457\/files\/61osM8rq_LL._SL1000_974184c4-a064-4f04-a4c6-c2cbef4a6be5.jpg?v=1782841916"},{"product_id":"dracula-4","title":"Dracula","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis striking gift edition presents Bram Stoker''s iconic work Dracula, featuring a luxurious, silver-embossed cover design, gilded page edges and patterned endpapers. Written in an epistolary format, Dracula recalls the experiences of a young lawyer called Jonathan Harker, who pays a visit to Count Dracula on the border of Transylvania to deal with the purchase of some property. After Harker leaves Dracula''s castle, having nearly been the victim of vampires, a Russian ship runs aground off Whitby and the captain''s log details the gradual disappearance of the crew. Meanwhile, Lucy Westenra, who lives in Whitby, begins to sleepwalk and suffer bouts of dementia. Despite attempts to save her, Lucy is found dead. Evidence points to Dracula and the race is on to defeat him before he gains control over more victims. This pocket-sized gift edition contains the classic and unabridged text, presented with a silver embossed cover design, ivory pages, beautifully designed endpapers and silver gilded page edges. 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And that Dracula is a creature of pure evil who gorges on human blood. Barely escaping with his life, Harker flees to England with his new bride, Mina. But escaping Count Dracula is not so easy. When Dracula lands on British soil, everyone is in danger. In a bid to eradicate Dracula once and for all, Harker and a group of trusted friends, including the vampire hunter Abraham Van Helsing, pursue Dracula even after he flees back to Transylvania. 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