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Dracula [Audible Edition]
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Written by:
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Bram Stoker
About this listen
Audie Award, Distinguished Achievement in Production, 2013
Audie Award, Multi-voiced Performance, 2013
Audie Award Nominee, Classic, 2013
Because of the widespread awareness of the story of the evil Transylvanian count and the success of numerous film adaptations that have been created over the years, the modern audience hasn't had a chance to truly appreciate the unknowing dread that readers would have felt when reading Bram Stoker's original 1897 manuscript. Most modern productions employ campiness or sound effects to try to bring back that gothic tension, but we've tried something different. By returning to Stoker's original storytelling structure - a series of letters and journal entries voiced by Jonathan Harker, Dr. Van Helsing, and other characters - with an all-star cast of narrators, we've sought to recapture its originally intended horror and power.
This production of Dracula is presented by what is possibly the best assemblage of narrating talent ever for one audiobook: Emmy Award nominees Alan Cumming and Tim Curry plus an all-star cast of Audie award-winners Simon Vance (The Millenium Trilogy), Katherine Kellgren (Pride and Prejudice and Zombies), Susan Duerden (The Tiger’s Wife), John Lee (Supergods) and customer favorites Graeme Malcolm (Skippy Dies), Steven Crossley (The Oxford Time Travel series), Simon Prebble (The Baroque Cycle), James Adams (Letters to a Young Contrarian), Nicola Barber (The Rose Garden), Victor Villar-Hauser (Fun Inc.), and Marc Vietor (1Q84). These stellar narrators have been cast as follows:
Alan Cumming as Dr. Seward
Simon Vance as Jonathan Harker
Katy Kellgren as Mina Murray/Harker
Susan Duerden as Lucy Westenra
Tim Curry as Van Helsing
Graeme Malcolm as Dailygraph correspondent
Steven Crossley as Zookeeper’s account and reporter
Simon Prebble as Varna
James Adams as Patrick Hennessey
Nicola Barber as Sister Agatha
Victor Villar-Hauser as Arthur Holmwood
Marc Vietor as Quincey Morris
John Lee as Introductory paragraph, various letters
What the critics say
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Classic that lives up to its name
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Outstanding in every respect
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They should’ve done voices per character, not whoever was narrating their diary
Good butt…
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The story itself is obviously quite old fashioned and is a very slow burn, really taking its time to establish the world and individual characters before anything exciting happens. The characters are often not very bright, taking chapters and chapters to understand things that seem painfully obvious to the reader, and often withholding information from each other for far too long before revealing specifics to the reader. This can be somewhat annoying, but overall it does fit the setting of time and societal norms of the time, which in my opinion is where much of the charm and appeal of the book comes from.
While this book doesn't come off as nearly the same level of unnerving or mysterious as modern horror/mystery/thrillers, it's still really charming and enjoyable in my opinion, especially due to the performance in this version. Ultimately I'm really pleased that this was available for free and that I was able to hear it.
Good performance of an old classic
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Awesome cast
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a true classic
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A classic.
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the original
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superb
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well done
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