Bram Stoker's Dracula: still the best vampire fiction to date? Our review winner thinks it's possible!

04 August 2010

What an interesting question is posed by Vega. B – The winner of our July review competition. Vega recognises the marketing melodrama that has been created since the publication of the Stephenie Meyers Twilight trilogy, and so she chose, with admitted trepidation, to go back to the vampire classic which is over one hundred years old, to find out if the Dracula could offer anything to appeal to the modern audience who appear to lust after more and more of the genre, regardless of the quality of the writing.

I am more of an enthusiast for historical and political fiction and have to admit to not being quite up to speed on the whole vampire literature scene. I have friends, some of them male and forty something, who testify to the brilliance of Twilight and New Moon, and have read the book, seen the film and wear the Tee shirt, but I have to say that I am forced to walk out of the room if my sixteen year old daughter insists on playing the DVD again! The girl, her name escapes me (not my daughter), is so utterly miserable, that I just want her to turn lesbian, fall in love with the Witches from Eastwick, fail to stir her cauldron, and be forced to pick up a broomstick and fly away into oblivion.

However, I do respect that others may find the vampire genre captivating. As a teenager, it was exciting watching the terrifying, and not at all sexy, Christopher Lee in the Black and white series, that looked as though it was produced, as well as set, in the eastern bloc.  Vega, is clearly one of the genre's enthusiasts and has given a much more though and fair assessment by returning to the Penguin Classic, written in 1897, to see if it can offer modern readers something to get excited about, and was not disappointed.

If you too are interested in the vampire literature scene, or if you are interested in the subject of literature in general, it is well worth reading Vega's review, the insight provided is so fascinating, that even I am prepared to give it a whirl. If a review can convince normally agnostic or potentially atheist audiences that they are missing something good, their evangelism makes them a worthy winner. It is worth noting, on checking our price comparison service; Bram Stoker's Dracula is available today at less than £2.

Vega will receive a £50 voucher to spend in Amazon. Thank you so much for your entry, and to our other suppliers of excellent entries. Do please keep them coming, as they are so enjoyable to read, and all help to offer our customers some a valuable service.

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And, in order to satisfy Vega's curiosity about how lovers of twilight find the Dracula story, why not purchase a copy, and submit your opinions through the review competition service. I will be most interested in collating these responses and reviewing this subject for a future editorial.