Review 104: Dracula (Bram Stoker)

3 men who love a girl try to save her. An astonishingly Christian theme of heroism and redemption pervades this book. This is Christianity incaranate in the dark, romantic tale. Though, as this great work shows, dialect is always hard to write, and the dialogues of Van Helsing become grating for their attempt to capture dialect. Otherwise, beautiful story; it will leave you on the edge of your seat. I have been to Transylvania (Romania). Apparently the character of dracula was based (in part) on Vlad the impaler from this region. The castle there is amazing, and was inhabited by Romanian royalty (not just Vlad).