Cover of Dracula

Dracula

  • 1897 first published
  • 384 pages
  • ★ 4.0 (247 ratings)
  • 1,918 editions
  • 🎧 18 h 02 min free audiobook

Bram Stoker's Dracula (1897) is a mythic fiction and gothic fiction novel. The story is set in Transilvania, Rumania and Transylvania, Romania, in the 19th century. It features Count Dracula, Bram Stoker (1847-1912) and Dracula Count. It deals with monsters, vampires, irish authors and romanians.

Open Library readers give it an average of 4.0 out of 5 from 247 ratings, and 2,154 more have it on their want-to-read list. It has been published in 1,918 editions across 16 languages. On Project Gutenberg it was downloaded 78,131 times in the last 30 days.

At about 384 pages, most readers finish it in 7–8 hours. It is in the public domain, so you can read it free on Project Gutenberg or listen to the 18 h 02 min LibriVox audiobook.

About Dracula

Na história, um casal e seus amigos são atormentados por Conde Drácula, uma entidade sobrenatural e hematófoga que, presa em uma maldição contagiosa, pretende se mudar de seu recluso castelo na Transilvânia para a efervescente Londres do século XIX. Com a ajuda do professor Van Helsing, o grupo de amigos pretende enfrentar o morto-vivo, mesmo com todos os perigos que a ofensiva trará.
Description from Open Library

Free audiobook

Dracula — LibriVox recording, 18 h 02 min in 44 sections.

Public-domain recording by volunteer readers. Listen online, download MP3s or stream from the Internet Archive.

Themes, setting & tropes

Genres

Setting

Era

Characters

  • Count Dracula
  • Bram Stoker (1847-1912)
  • Dracula Count
  • Dracula, Conde (Personaje literario)
  • Van Helsing

Subjects

  • Horror
  • Horror stories
  • Horror tales
  • Monsters
  • Thriller
  • Vampires
  • Vampires in literature
  • Horror fiction
  • Irish authors
  • Epistolary novels
  • Romanians
  • British
  • Psychological fiction
  • Textbooks for foreign speakers
  • Readers for new literates
  • Romania

Quick answers

Who wrote Dracula?

Dracula was written by Bram Stoker and first published in 1897.

What genre is Dracula?

It is usually shelved as Myth & Legend Fiction, Gothic Fiction, Vampire Fiction and Ghost Stories.

How long is Dracula?

The median edition has 384 pages, about 7–8 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.

Is Dracula free to read?

Yes. It is in the public domain in the United States and can be read free on Project Gutenberg in EPUB, Kindle and HTML formats.

Is there a free audiobook of Dracula?

Yes — LibriVox volunteers recorded it; the recording runs 18 h 02 min.

What books are similar to Dracula?

Readers who like it often enjoy Dracul, Lucy Undying and Attack of the Trolls.

More by Bram Stoker

All books →

Books like Dracula