"Since its publication in 1897, Drc̀ula has enthralled generation after generation of readers with the same spellbinding power with which the Count enthralls his victims. Though Bram Stoker did not invent vampires, and in fact based his Count on extensive research in European folklore, his novel elevated the nocturnal creature to iconic stature, spawning a genre of stories and movies that flourishes to this day. But a century of imitations has done nothing to diminish the power of Stoker's tale. As his chilling, suave monster stalks his prey from a crumbling castle in the Carpathian mountains of Transylvania to an insane asylum in England to the bedrooms of his swooning female victims, the drama is infused with an exquisite measure of sensuality and suspense. Drc̀ula is a classic of Gothic horror, an undying wellspring of modern mythology, and irresistible entertainment"--