Dracula [Paperback]

Sensual, dark and thrilling, Bram StokersDracularemains the seminal work of Gothic fiction.

When 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 Abraham Van Helsing, can put a stop to the bloodshed.

Frankenstein,The Hunchback of Notre DameandThe Shadow in The Corner and Other Classic Ghost Storiesare also available in this series of gorgeous paperbacks from Macmillan Collector's Library which celebrates the very best Gothic and horror literature, teeming with monsters, misfits and ghosts.

A stunning, pocket-sized paperback edition of one of the greats of horror fiction.Abraham Stoker was born near Dublin in 1847. He was virtually bedridden with an unidentified illness until the age of seven. After graduating from Trinity College, he followed his father into a career as a civil servant, writing journalism and short stories in his spare time. In 1876 he met the actor Henry Irving and, two years later, became manager of Irvings Lyceum Theatre in London. Stoker met his wife, Florence Balcombe, through Oscar Wildes parents. He wrote many books, includingThe Lair of the White Worm(1911), butDracula(1897) remains his most celebrated. He died in 1912.