#42 in Horror
Dracula
- 332
- Pages
- about 6 h
- Reading time
- Film 1922 +11
- On screen
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Our view
Told entirely through letters, diaries and press clippings, the vampire hunt reads like a real case file with a strong sense of time passing. For some, that same method is the main hurdle: the Count is on the page far less than his fame suggests, and they find the opening at his castle livelier than the detail-heavy stretches that follow. The prose, though more than a century old, is evocative and easy to follow.
Worth knowing Bram Stoker, who managed London’s Lyceum Theatre, never visited Transylvania; he researched it in libraries and found the name Dracula in a book borrowed in Whitby, where part of the novel is set. The story is told entirely through diaries, letters, newspaper cuttings and phonograph recordings. F. W. Murnau’s Nosferatu (1922) was an unauthorised adaptation, and Stoker’s widow won a court order for its prints to be destroyed.
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About the book
Dracula is an 1897 Gothic horror novel by Irish author Bram Stoker. The narrative is related through letters, diary entries, and newspaper articles. It has no single protagonist and opens with English solicitor Jonathan Harker taking a business trip to stay at the castle of a Transylvanian nobleman, Count Dracula. Revealing his true nature as a vampire, Dracula moves to England and plagues the seaside town of Whitby. Harker joins a group led by Abraham Van Helsing who hunt and kill the Count.
On screen
This book has been adapted for the screen 12 times — from 1922 to 2025.
- FilmNosferatuIMDb
- FilmBram Stoker's DraculaIMDb
- FilmDraculaIMDb
- FilmNosferatuIMDb
- FilmNosferatu the VampyreIMDb
- FilmDracula UntoldIMDb
- FilmDraculaIMDb
- FilmDracula: Dead and Loving ItIMDb
- FilmDracula's DaughterIMDb
- FilmDracula 2000IMDb
- FilmDracula: A Love TaleIMDb
- FilmDraculaIMDb
Adaptation data: Wikidata · On screen →
Where the score comes from
The sources average 7.8 across 2,673 ratings. With that many, the reader vote carries 95% of the weight and the score stays at 7.8 — the Horror average of 7.5 barely moves it.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 8.0 | 240 | 9% |
| Hardcover | 7.8 | 2.4K | 91% |
Frequently asked
How long is Dracula?
It has 332 pages — shorter than 72% of the ranked books in Horror.
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