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Dracula [Audible Edition]
- Narrated by: Alan Cumming, Tim Curry, Simon Vance, Katherine Kellgren, Susan Duerden, John Lee, Graeme Malcolm, Steven Crossley
- Length: 15 hrs and 27 mins
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Publisher's Summary
Audie Award, Distinguished Achievement in Production, 2013
Audie Award, Multi-voiced Performance, 2013
Audie Award Nominee, Classic, 2013
Because of the widespread awareness of the story of the evil Transylvanian count and the success of numerous film adaptations that have been created over the years, the modern audience hasn't had a chance to truly appreciate the unknowing dread that readers would have felt when reading Bram Stoker's original 1897 manuscript. Most modern productions employ campiness or sound effects to try to bring back that gothic tension, but we've tried something different. By returning to Stoker's original storytelling structure - a series of letters and journal entries voiced by Jonathan Harker, Dr. Van Helsing, and other characters - with an all-star cast of narrators, we've sought to recapture its originally intended horror and power.
This production of Dracula is presented by what is possibly the best assemblage of narrating talent ever for one audiobook: Emmy Award nominees Alan Cumming and Tim Curry plus an all-star cast of Audie award-winners Simon Vance (The Millenium Trilogy), Katherine Kellgren (Pride and Prejudice and Zombies), Susan Duerden (The Tiger’s Wife), John Lee (Supergods) and customer favorites Graeme Malcolm (Skippy Dies), Steven Crossley (The Oxford Time Travel series), Simon Prebble (The Baroque Cycle), James Adams (Letters to a Young Contrarian), Nicola Barber (The Rose Garden), Victor Villar-Hauser (Fun Inc.), and Marc Vietor (1Q84). These stellar narrators have been cast as follows:
Alan Cumming as Dr. Seward
Simon Vance as Jonathan Harker
Katy Kellgren as Mina Murray/Harker
Susan Duerden as Lucy Westenra
Tim Curry as Van Helsing
Graeme Malcolm as Dailygraph correspondent
Steven Crossley as Zookeeper’s account and reporter
Simon Prebble as Varna
James Adams as Patrick Hennessey
Nicola Barber as Sister Agatha
Victor Villar-Hauser as Arthur Holmwood
Marc Vietor as Quincey Morris
John Lee as Introductory paragraph, various letters
Editorial reviews
Followers of the popular vampire literary and film interpretations of recent years might be blasé about another performance of the exquisitely written novel that started it all. But listening to this full-cast performance turns out to be remarkably suspenseful and chilling. The superlative cast lends this powerful production the diversity that is required by the structure of the novel, which includes journal entries and letters. Each actor employs various accents, infusing into the characters vibrant emphasis, urgency, and dread. The famed vampire Count Dracula leaves a swath of exsanguinated bodies in his wake as he attempts to relocate from Transylvania to England in 1897, stalked by the brave Van Helsing.
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- Jonas Goodwin
- 06-11-2016
Made better by a full cast!
The book is very good, with a great deal of suspense and curiosity, but the manner in which it was written lent itself wonderfully to a full cast audio version. Each chapter is written from the perspectives of the characters involved as if taken from their diaries, papers, and recordings of events. The audiobook then becomes as much about this as it does the actors lending their voices, accents, and craft to the telling of the story. I rate it very highly, and have already been suggesting it to my friends.
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- Sonya
- 19-11-2016
Spoilers ahead
The novel's unreliable first person narratives would have made for a challenging project, but the cast does very well with it. It was a relief, however, when Lucy finally died - she had the relentless, unctuous intonation of a TV promo.
The book was also unexpectedly funny in many places - a reminder that comedy and horror are always cheek by jowl.
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- Jim
- 04-11-2017
A classic
A great cast excellently used.
The story you already kinda know, but with lot of great details you probably didn't already know.
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- thereadaholic
- 22-10-2017
Brilliant reading of a classic
Dracula is such a stereotype it's easy to forget the brilliance of the original. Having such good actors such as Tim Curry and Alan Cummings read the book turns a great classic into a modern masterpiece. I can't fault anything about this recording at all. Love it.
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- Damien Goerke
- 11-04-2019
Whoa!
What an absolutely excellent listen! There's a reason why this is a classic, I've never read or listened to Dracula before but I would gladly do it again. Not a dull moment, and the whole cast is very entertaining.
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- Lauren
- 07-05-2019
Can't read? Listen
I tried to read the physical book a decade ago and couldn't get stuck into it.
I am happy that I finally found a way to finish it!
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- Jaz
- 04-11-2021
The gripping classic told with a full cast
Really enjoyed Dracula - had me thinking of it for hours after whenever I stopped, wondering what would happen next. Having the different voices for the different characters was great, except for when Lucy first impersonates the men.
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- James
- 20-10-2022
excellent story and amazing performance
story is a classic. the voice performance is amazing. the story it self drags on a bit for modern tastes but you shouldn't pass this up ad a way to enjoy one of the most famous villians in all of literature
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- Shannon
- 26-10-2022
Excellent
Always loved Dracula and this performance is a wonderful rendition. Part of why I chose this version was that it mention Tim Curry on the cover, however his magnificent voice is only in it a handful of times. Regardless, the other actors are wonderfully expressive and parts that could drag when read from the written book are livened up by the actors. I really enjoy Alan Cummings' attempt at Van Helsing's accent. ; it's adorable!
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- Anonymous User
- 27-12-2022
Sensational
We all know the yarn
But the way it is performed and the original language maintained is nothing short but breathtaking
Highly recommend!
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