Sunday, January 19, 2014

Classic Book Week 1: Dracula

As my classic book I am reading Dracula. This is about a man named Herr Jonathan Harker who lives in London. He got a letter of invite to visit Count Dracula in Transylvania. He arrives in Transylvania by train and then goes to the Count's castle by stagecoach. Some very weird things happen at the castle including the Count's repeating disappearances during the day's and then also Count Dracula is always saying he already has eaten when dinner time comes round. One night though Herr Jonathan wakes up to the sound of voices before tonight he always thought it was just the Count and him at the castle. If squints out his eyes and standing at the base of his bed is three women. They are whispering to each other and then the youngest one breaks off and starts to come towards him. She then bites his neck and all the sudden the Count is there telling them to get out because he is his.  No one realizes he was awake for the whole thing. The next couple of weeks during the Count's disappearances Herr Jonathan explores the castle and cannot find anyway out. That's when he realizes it's like a prison and he is the prisoner.

This book I believe is a classic because of the language and it is a very well known and popular story. A classic is also I believe what is popular during that time period, what people want to buy. For example during our era right now I believe the fantasies like Percy Jackson and Harry Potter will be the classics of our age while during other ages it's other things.

This book is long and pretty difficult. It is super small text and 500 pages. It's a little confusing at the beginning but it get's easier. I would suggest it of anyone it's not like the content is mature but it is older one difficult. Overall it is reasonably good book so far.

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