Count Fame and the book which made him so
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deird1I have recently been reading Dracula. I figured that, well, it's a classic, and also, it's free, so why not?
It's actually quite good. (Which I wasn't at all expecting. Despite it being a classic. Because I'm kinda dumb.) It's also an epistolary novel, which is exactly my kind of thing.
So... hurrah! Dracula!
One thing I found rather amusing is that, as a 21st-century reader, I interpret some sentences differently to the average 19th-century gothic novel fan.
Like this:
...so, there they were, hunting down Dracula, and someone made the very sensible suggestion that they should bring Sam and Dean along, because those Winchester boys know a thing or two about vampire hunting - and I nodded seriously and got halfway down the page before I realised that wasn't what they'd meant.
I'm not a hopeless fangirl, I swear.
It's actually quite good. (Which I wasn't at all expecting. Despite it being a classic. Because I'm kinda dumb.) It's also an epistolary novel, which is exactly my kind of thing.
So... hurrah! Dracula!
One thing I found rather amusing is that, as a 21st-century reader, I interpret some sentences differently to the average 19th-century gothic novel fan.
Like this:
Here Quincey Morris added, "I understand that the Count comes from a wolf country, and it may be that he shall get there before us. I propose that we add Winchesters to our armament. I have a kind of belief in a Winchester when there is any trouble of that sort around."
...so, there they were, hunting down Dracula, and someone made the very sensible suggestion that they should bring Sam and Dean along, because those Winchester boys know a thing or two about vampire hunting - and I nodded seriously and got halfway down the page before I realised that wasn't what they'd meant.
I'm not a hopeless fangirl, I swear.
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Date: 2012-09-27 10:39 am (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2012-09-27 11:12 am (UTC)Hyeah :-p
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Date: 2012-09-27 02:17 pm (UTC)Heeeeeee. I like your re-interpretation of it. (Despite knowing nothing of... um, Supernatural?)
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Date: 2012-09-27 05:44 pm (UTC)"snorfles"
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Date: 2012-09-27 07:32 pm (UTC)If you're looking for something else marvelous in the 19th century vampire line, might I suggest Carmilla by Sheridan LeFanu? Also, there's Clarimonde by Theophile Gautier which is simply extraordinary!
Gabrielle
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Date: 2012-09-28 04:50 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-09-28 04:56 am (UTC)After you're done rereading Carmilla, I recommend reading Clarimonde.
Gabrielle
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Date: 2012-09-27 09:08 pm (UTC)I've reread Dracula at least twice since my first reading as a kid (of some sort - maybe teenager?) and it holds up quite well, IMHO.
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