Review: Bram Stoker’s Dracula

29 October 2015 · WKAR Public Media

Scott D. Southard

Bram Stoker Estate account

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Scott D. Southard revisits the novel behind the familiar screen vampire. He discusses Dracula’s relatively few appearances, the importance of religious belief and the immediacy of its diaries and letters. His review contrasts Stoker’s predatory Count with romantic adaptations, while acknowledging weaknesses alongside the book’s memorable passages of suspense.

WKAR Public Media, 29 October 2015. Complete displayed review transcript inspected; the audio recording was not listened to. The summary reflects the written review, not an independent assessment of its performance.

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Related illustration: Dracula, 1897 first edition, yellow cloth coverCourtesy of the Bram Stoker Estate.