{"product_id":"2026200016341-secondhand-dracula","title":"Dracula","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: N\/A\u003cbr\u003ePages: Good\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFew novels have so thoroughly colonised the human imagination as Dracula, Bram Stoker's masterwork of Gothic terror that introduced the world to Count Dracula — an ancient, aristocratic vampire preying upon the innocent from his crumbling Transylvanian castle. Told through a mosaic of journal entries, letters, and newspaper clippings, the narrative follows solicitor Jonathan Harker, the fearless Professor Van Helsing, and a determined band of companions as they race to unmask and destroy an evil that has stalked humanity since before memory. The novel masterfully balances claustrophobic dread with breathless adventure, weaving themes of sexuality, religious faith, modernity versus superstition, and the terror of the unknown into every page.\n\nPublished in 1897, Dracula stands as one of the most influential works in the English literary canon, single-handedly codifying the vampire myth for centuries to come and inspiring countless adaptations across stage, screen, and literature. Stoker's epistolary style grants the horror an unsettling intimacy — the reader is never a passive observer but rather a fellow witness, piecing together the dreadful truth alongside the characters themselves. This beautifully presented Quarto\/Cherished Books edition ensures that a timeless classic remains as chilling and compulsive as it was when it first sent shivers down Victorian spines — because some darkness, once invited in, never truly leaves.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49336822202587,"sku":"2026200016341-SECONDHAND","price":12.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/c64ed56a-cb6e-4585-9b37-041d052ba9e5.png?v=1789958989","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200016341-secondhand-dracula","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}