BY : RIFAT QAYYUM
A NOVEL BY “BRAM STOKER” ,AN IRISH NOVELIST , FAMOUS FOR HIS NOVELS AND SHORT STORIES BEST KNOWN FOR HIS NOVEL ” DRACULA”.
I WAS SNOOPING THROUGH THE BOOKS IN THE LIBRARY WHEN I GOT THE GLIMPSE OF THIS BOOK ” DRACULA” . I READ THE BLURB, WHICH SAYS-
“I COULD FEEL THE SOFT SHIVERING TOUCH OF LIPS ON MY SUPERSENSITIVE SKIN OF MY THROAT AND THE HARD DENTS OF TWO SHARP TEETHS, JUST TOUCHING AND PAUSING THERE. I CLOSED MY EYES IN LANGUOROUS ECSTASY AND WAITED…..WAITED WITH THE BEATING HEART.”
MY EYES WIDENED AND I STAND STILL WITH THE “BEATING HEART”, THIS MUCH IT HAS EFFECT ON ME. THE BOOK COVER IS PHENOMENAL , GIVING ME “MYSTERIOUS HORROR” VIBES. MY CRAVINGS FORCED IT TO ISSUE AND I ISSUED RIGHT THEN. I STARTED READING IT. IT IS WRITTEN IN FIRST PERSON POV AND THE CONSISTENCY IS MANTAINED THROUGH OUT. READING IT FEELS LIKE I AM THE CHARACTER, EXPIRIENCING IT .YES ! YOU MAY HAVE PROBLEM IN SOME SENTENCES , YOU WILL FEEL LIKE ARE INCORRECT. ABOUT THE CHARACTERS IN IT ,DRACULA , JONATHAN HARKER , HIS WIFE MINA HARKER , HER BEST FRIEND MISS LUCY WESTERNA , HER HUSBAND ARTHUR HOLMWOOD , DR JOHN SEWARD , DR ABRAHAM VEN HELSING , RENFIELD , QUINCEY MORRIS. IT IS A STURDY NOVEL WITH PROLONGED CHAPTERS, EACH CHAPTER CONTAINS THE JOURNALS AND DIARY ENTRIES OF THE CHARACTERS IN FICTIONAL FORM, A DIFFRENT PUT DOWN THOUGH.
THE STORY STARTS OFF WITH JONATHAN HARKER VISITING COUNT DRACULA FOR OVERSEAS TRANSACTIONS. BUT HE CAME ACROSS TO A TERRIFIC SIDE OF “COUNT DRACULA” ( TO KNOW HOW WAS IT , YOU NEED TO READ THE NOVEL 🙂 ) . DUE TO WHICH HE WAS TRAUMATISED AND ADMITTTED TO THE HOSPITAL AS AN “ASYMPTOMATIC PATIENT”, TOOK TIME FOR HIM TO GET BACK AS HIMSELF . FURTHER , HE ALSO SUFFERED THE CONSEQUENCES AT THE COST OF HIS WIFE’s HEALTH WHEN HE SAW DRACULA IN HIS CITY , HE WAS BACK AGAIN IN “THOSE TIMES” . MINA HARKER , A CARING AND LOVING WIFE , WORRIED ABOUT HIM , KNOWS ALL THE HAPPENING. MISS LUCY WESTERNA , SUFFERING FROM SLEEPING DISORDER. SHE HAS STAYED WITH LUCY WHEN MR HARKER WAS NOT THERE AND SOMETHING UNEXPECTED HAPPEN WHICH TOOK HER LIFE . ARTHUR HOLMWOOD HAVE NOT MUCH ROLE , BUT , AN UNCONDITIONAL LOVE FOR MISS LUCY. DR VEN HELSING , SENIOR DOCTOR WITH THE GREATEST EXPIRIENCE , SMARTLY PLAYS WITH HIS FORESIGHT IN THE CASE OF COUNT. DR JOHN SEWARD WHO WORKS UNDER DR VEN HELSING , HAS A MAIJOR ROLE TO PLAY ALONG WITH QUINCEY MORRIS WHO IS THE RICHEST MAN NOT ONLY FROM HIS WEALTH BUT ALSO FROM VALUES. RENFIELD , NOT A LEAD CHARCTER BUT AN IMPORTANT ONE , EATS ALL THE INSECTS SPECIALLY HOUSEFLIES , CALL COUNT DRACULA AS HIS MASTER AND HE IS SLAVE , PATIENT OF DR SEWARD.
READ IT PATIENTLY AND YOU WILL FALL FOR IT, WILL BE YOUR BEST NOVEL.
“A MUST READ “
Start feeling it , you will never find it monotonous.
Go and see how falling for a delusional character feels like ! !
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