Dracula (Classics of World Literature)

xix, 380 pp. The Dracula myth has inspired a vast subculture, but the story has never been better told than by Bram Stoker in 1897. He succeeds entirely in his aim to terrify because he allows evil to remain mysterious. Civilized England cannot resist the vampire brood; virtue has no impact, for it can simply be drained away like the victim's blood. Science cannot combat the undead, and it is only the old magic--a crucifix, garlic, a wooden stake--which can provide effective weapons against Count Dracula's appalling power.--rear jacket panel