What they said

There are mysteries which men can only guess at, which age by age they may solve only in part

Bram Stoker In seeking for a parallel to this weird, powerful, and horrorful story our mind reverts to such tales as… Frankenstein, Wuthering Heights and The Fall of the House of Usher. But Dracula is even more appalling in its gloomy fascination than any one of these ‘The Daily News’, 1897

Although Mr Stoker has tackled his gruesome subject with enthusiasm, the effect is often more grotesque than terrible

‘Manchester Guardian’, 1897