Dracula, A Mystery Story (THE GREAT CLASSICS LIBRARY)

Published in 1897 by Irish author Bram Stoker, Dracula is not the first vampire novel, but it is certainly the most influential and introduces the now legendary vampire Count Dracula. It has been assigned to many literary genres including vampire literature, horror fiction, the gothic novel and invasion literature. Structurally it is an epistolary novel, that is, told as a series of letters, diary entries, ships' logs, etc. Literary critics have examined many themes in the novel, such as th...