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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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Editor 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.
Using Bram Stoker’s original epistolary (letters) and diary structure and a multi-voiced cast of talented and well-known actors, the Audible Studios edition of Dracula is a real treat and has won two Audie Awards. The vampire Count Dracula, having fallen in love with Jonathan Harker’s fiancée, Mina, follows him from Transylvania to England, leaving a swath of dead bodies in his wake, their blood sucked dry. The all-star cast of this thrilling audiobook includes Alan Cumming as Dr Seward, Tim Curry as Van Helsing and Simon Vance as Harker.
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
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- Christine
- 02-01-21
Female narrators this down.
One of my favourite stories. Narrators where all excelle nt ... except Lucy, did they not audition for the parts? such a shame as the male narrators where all very good.
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- Amazon Customer
- 25-12-20
superb
Struggled to stop listening it was so good, read with great skill and emotion. Compelling book
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- Bagpuss45
- 17-12-20
Very atmospheric
I read this many years ago and picked it mainly because I like Alan Cummings and Tim Curry. The male narrators were really good, but I don't know if it is Stoker's text, or the female actors' interpretation, but I did find them a bit grating, particularly at the end when Mina Harker was describing the final tumultuous event. It is a shame really, as it did spoil the ending g a bit for me.
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- John 3:16
- 08-12-20
Truly Epic
A fantastic story, well paced, gripping, excellent performances all round!!!
Would highly recommend, amazed at how "modern" it still feels for a book written so long ago
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- Sherryn Gray
- 22-11-20
Great story, well written.
I recently visited a castle ruin in Scotland that is said to have been the inspiration for Bram Stoker's Dracula. I realised then I had never read the book although I obviously knew it.
I am a cake baker and listen to audios whilst decorating. This story has kept me going for many hours. I particularly liked the multi-cast that brought the characters together. I invisaged that old castle and I could picture the characters through their descriptions. I thought I'd have nightmares but the book isn't scary.
I definitely recommend this version.
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- Paul reveley
- 18-11-20
Brilliant
What a fantastic telling of Dracula expertly produced with a simply brilliant cast.
Well done Audible!
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- Stephanie Marie Napier
- 16-11-20
Still scary after all these years!
Loved it! Still scary in our modern world. Truely a classic! A very gripping story
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- Emil Veselinov Milanov
- 08-11-20
Not what I expected
A great, emotional performance by the whole cast. The story itself can definitely surprise and deliver the frights. Personally, I was hoping for more displays of power by the Count in the latter half of the book. His final death felt just a bit anticlimactic.
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- Zefira Z
- 05-11-20
fantastic performance
Loved it, very well performed! I find that the story when read in paper is a bit dry, but performed as it is here, its very good.
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- David Connor
- 27-10-20
Phenomenal
Sfter seeing so many adaptations it was great to finally hear it feom the source. All narrators involved are distinct and deliver an excellent rendition of the material.
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