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Libro Gratis Dracula Register Free To Download Files | File Name : Dracula (English Edition) PDF DRACULA (ENGLISH EDITION) Versin Kindle Author : Bram Stoker Descripcin del productoCrticasOne of the most glorious achievements of publishing in our time -- Daily TelegraphIt will never be more possible for a more complete and perfect edition to be put on the market --Arthur Waugh, Past President, Dickens FellowshipIt will never be more possible for a more complete and perfect edition to be put on the market --Arthur Waugh, Past President, Dickens Fellowship--Este texto se refiere a la edicin kindle_edition .Nota de la solapaWhen Jonathan Harker is summoned to Transylvania to finalize a property deal for the mysterious Count Dracula, he stumbles upon an ancient evil he is unprepared to face. When that evil escapes to England, the entire nation is suddenly under threat and only an aged vampire hunter, Professor Van Helsing, can put a stop to the bloodshed. Sensual, dark and thrilling, Bram Stoker's Dracula remains the seminal work of Gothic fiction, and in this elegant Macmillan Collector's Library edition, which includes an illuminating afterword by Jonty Claypole, readers can experience the horror and excitement as never before.--Este texto se refiere a la edicin kindle_edition .ContraportadaAn exercise in masculine anxiety and nationalist paranoia, Stoker's novel is filled with scenes that are staggeringly lurid and perverse' Sarah Waters Collected inside this book are diary entries, letters and newspaper clippings that piece together the depraved story of the ultimate predator. A young lawyer on an assignment finds himself imprisoned in a Transylvanian castle by his mysterious host. Back at home his fiance and friends are menaced by a malevolent force which seems intent on imposing suffering and destruction. Can the devil really have arrived on England's shores? And what is it that he hungers for so desperately? Those who cannot find their own reflection in Bram Stoker's still-living creation are surely the undead' New York Times See also: Dr Jeckyll and Mr Hyde--Este texto se refiere a la edicin kindle_edition .Biografa del autorAbraham 'Bram' Stoker (1847 - 1912) was educated at Trinity College, Dublin and joined the Irish Civil Service before his love of theatre led him to become the unpaid drama critic for the Dublin Mail. He went on to act as as manager and secretary for the actor Sir Henry Irving, while writing his novels, the most famous of which is Dracula.--Este texto se refiere a la edicin kindle_edition .CrticasRecomendacin de Librosyliteratura.es, escrita por Susana Hernndez Drcula, de Bram Stoker A lo largo de mi vida me he dado cuenta de que hay algunos libros que hay que leer s o s, y uno de ellos es Drcula, el original, el de Bram Stoker. Stoker.- Tiene razn Susana, tiene toda la razn, y perdone que le quite la palabra en esta entrada, pero tiene por costumbre no hablar demasiado del libro que resea, as que en este caso he pensado que sera mejor que yo tome las riendas para hablar de Drcula. Porque si no hablamos de l y hacemos que la gente lo lea, puede pasar como con El Quijote (y sepan que mi amigo Cervantes es de mi misma opinin), que es mucha la gente que al cabo de los aos incluso llega a creer que lo ha ledo y no lo ha hecho; son tantas las referencias que tenemos sobre ellos, tantas las versiones realizadas, y tantas las frases que extradas de sus pginas han llegado a hacerse populares y a estar en boca de todos Vean si no algunas de mi genial libro: - Siempre hay una princesa con deslizantes vestidos bancos y su rostro, su rostro es un ro. La princesa es un ro lleno de lgrimas de tristeza y congoja - Bienvenido a mi morada. Entre libremente, por su propia voluntad, y deje parte de la felicidad que trae. - He cruzado ocanos de tiempo para encontrarte - Nunca bebo... Vino. - Te amo demasiado para condenarte Susana.- Perdone Sr. Stoker pero debe reconocer que no es lo mismo que aquellas otras sacadas del libro del Ilustre Caballero: - "Con la iglesia hemos dado, Sancho!" - Al bien hacer jams le falta premio - Amistades que son ciertas nadie las puede turbar - Bien predica quien bien vive - De gente bien nacida es agradecer los beneficios que recibe Stoker.- Queda perdonada y algo de razn le dar, pero sigamos hablando de mi libro, querida, que ya la veo venir & Susana.- Pues adelante D. Abraham Stoker.- Se ha empeado usted en que todo el mundo se entere que me llamo en realidad Abraham Stoker Susana .- Algn motivo para ocultarlo? Stoker.- Ninguno, tampoco he negado nunca mi condicin de irlands, ni que fui un nio muy enfermizo y que mi madre, una famosa feminista por cierto, me ayudaba a pasar el rato contndome historias de miedo. Supongo que eso influy mucho en mi vida y en mi inters por este tipo de literatura, y en general por toda la literatura; en la casa de mis padres, comamos poco y leamos mucho. Susana.- Y aprovechando que est usted con nosotros, me podra confirmar si es realmente suyo el captulo titulado El invitado de Drcula que precede al libro? Stoker.- Eso, querida ma, formar parte siempre del misterio que envuelve mi libro y mi persona. Susana.- Me ha resultado muy divertido enterarme que su esposa D Florens Balcombe haba sido novia de su amigo Oscar Wilde Stoker.- Para hablar de eso vaya usted a esos programas de la T.V. que tanto le deben de gustar. Veo que quiere seguir apartndome de lo que me ha trado aqu, hablar de una novela que fue un hito en la literatura del romanticismo y que puede considerarse como la madre del gnero Gtico. Se da usted cuenta de como revolucion la literatura?, y no era fcil, querida ma, tomar un diario, unas cartas, unas reproducciones fonogrficas, telegramas, notas y dar sentido a todo eso montando una terrorfica novela que como ve ha pasado a la Historia Susana.- Muchos opinan que trat de emular la vida de Vlad Draculea Stoker.- Mienten, mienten y lo saben. Yo ya tena mi novela casi terminada cuando, documentndome, encontr la historia de este hombre, hasta entonces mi vampiro se llamaba Conde Wampir pero he de reconocer que el sonido de Draculea, que no quera decir otra cosa, en Rumano, que hijo de Drcul, me cautiv y cambi el nombre al Conde; de hecho, querida ma, muchos le dirn que me inspir en una figura femenina, Ersbet Batory, que tambin era Condesa, pero hngara. Estos estn ms acertados. Susana.- Y que hay de cierto en que la descripcin del conde es muy similar a la de su Jefe el actor Henry Irving Stoker.- Jajajaja, veo que se ha dado cuenta. Se la tena jurada a ese dspota desagradecido que me llev a la muerte Susana.- Bueno, uno no pilla una sfilis por obligacin, usted ya me entiende Stoker.- Que sabr usted de la vida que me oblig a llevar Henry. Solo tiene que ver como acab mis das, solo y medio loco, viendo vampiros por todas partes. Aunque supongo que todo esto tuvo mucho ms que ver con la gran labor de documentacin que realic para escribir el libro Susana.- Que caracterstica destacara del Conde Drcula Stoker.- Se nota que no es usted periodista, querida, pero le dir que es ante todo un seductor. Susana.- De las adaptaciones que he visto en cine, he de decirle que la de Coppola me parece fascinante, perfecta Stoker.- Perdone pero perfecto, perfecto, solo es mi libro. Por cierto Usted lo ha ledo? Susana.- Por supuesto querido. Stoker.- Pues ya ven amigos de LibrosyLiteratura, si ella lo ha ledo, cualquiera puede hacerlo. Lean, lean esta obra de arte con la que consegu revolucionar la literatura, lean esta joya que consigui acercar por fin la literatura al gran pblico, lean este gran legado que hizo avanzar a la literatura y romper con la linealidad y la monotona de los relatos a la que estaban acostumbrados los pocos lectores de la poca, y descubran que fui un genio, como lo fue aos ms tarde mi querido amigo Orson Welles cuando sorprendi al mundo con su obra maestra, Ciudadano Kane. & Susana Hernndez--Este texto se refiere a la edicin kindle_edition .Titular de promocinEl conde Drcula, un vampiro, llega a Londres y provoca el pnico y el terror.--Este texto se refiere a la edicin kindle_edition .Descripcin del libroEdicin para toda Espaa--Este texto se refiere a la edicin kindle_edition .Leer ms Dracula (Word Cloud Classics) I was expecting a bit more from this collection (World Cloud Classics). The book has a nice touch and a beautiful cover, but inside it does not contain any introduction, notes... anything but the text. And the letters are a bit small. So I'll keep on searching for a good Dracula edition.Short edit: I found a very good edition in the Penguin Clouthbound Classics collection. Barnes Flexibound edition is Beautiful! Dracula: (English Edition) [Stoker, Bram, Waters, Miles] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Dracula: (English Edition) Amazon.com: Bram Stoker: Dracula (English Edition) eBook: Stoker, Bram: Kindle Store. Skip to main content.us. Hello Select your address Kindle Store ... Dracula is an 1897 novel by Irish author Bram Stoker, featuring as its primary antagonist the vampire Count Dracula.Dracula has been attributed to many literary genres including vampire literature, horror fiction, the gothic novel and invasion literature. Structurally it is an epistolary novel,... Frankenstein o el moderno Prometeo / Frankenstein (Penguin Cl\u00e1sicos) (Spanish Edition) Mary Shelley. 4.8 out of 5 stars.
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