Listen free for 30 days

Listen with offer

Offer ends May 1st, 2024 11:59PM GMT. Terms and conditions apply.
£7.99/month after 3 months. Renews automatically.
Pick 1 audiobook a month from our unmatched collection - including bestsellers and new releases.
Listen all you want to thousands of included audiobooks, Originals, celeb exclusives, and podcasts.
Access exclusive sales and deals.
£7.99/month after 30 days. Renews automatically. See here for eligibility.
Pick 1 audiobook a month from our unmatched collection - including bestsellers and new releases.
Listen all you want to thousands of included audiobooks, Originals, celeb exclusives, and podcasts.
Access exclusive sales and deals.
Dracula [Audible Edition] cover art

Dracula [Audible Edition]

By: Bram Stoker
Narrated by: Alan Cumming, Tim Curry, Simon Vance, Katherine Kellgren, Susan Duerden, John Lee, Graeme Malcolm, Steven Crossley
Get this deal Try for £0.00

Pay £99p/month. After 3 months pay £7.99/month. Renews automatically. See terms for eligibility.

£7.99/month after 30 days. Renews automatically.

Buy Now for £22.00

Buy Now for £22.00

Pay using card ending in
By completing your purchase, you agree to Audible's Conditions of Use and authorise Audible to charge your designated card or any other card on file. Please see our Privacy Notice, Cookies Notice and Interest-based Ads Notice.

Listeners also enjoyed...

Dracula: The Original Manuscript cover art
Quick Classics Collection: Gothic cover art
Frankenstein cover art
Bram Stoker: The Short Stories cover art
Gothic Imagination: Dracula, Frankenstein & More cover art
Two Horror Classics: Frankenstein and Dracula cover art
The Ultimate Horror Collection: 60+ Novels and Stories from H.P. Lovecraft, Edgar Allan Poe, M.R. James, Bram Stoker, Henry James, Mary Shelley, and More cover art
Alien: Out of the Shadows cover art
The Ultimate Gothic Horror Collection: Novels and Stories from Edgar Allan Poe; Bram Stoker, Henry James, Mary Shelley, Oscar Wilde; and More cover art
Classic BBC Radio Horror: Dracula cover art
Frankenstein (Dramatized) cover art
Dracula cover art
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde cover art
Jane Eyre cover art
Treasure Island cover art
David Copperfield cover art

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

Public Domain (P)2014 Audible, Inc.

Critic reviews

"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…Each actor employs various accents, infusing into the characters vibrant emphasis, urgency, and dread." ( AudioFile)

What listeners say about Dracula [Audible Edition]

Average customer ratings
Overall
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • 5 Stars
    3,042
  • 4 Stars
    1,156
  • 3 Stars
    397
  • 2 Stars
    101
  • 1 Stars
    48
Performance
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • 5 Stars
    2,888
  • 4 Stars
    875
  • 3 Stars
    295
  • 2 Stars
    85
  • 1 Stars
    44
Story
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • 5 Stars
    2,780
  • 4 Stars
    900
  • 3 Stars
    388
  • 2 Stars
    84
  • 1 Stars
    31

Reviews - Please select the tabs below to change the source of reviews.

Sort by:
Filter by:
  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

a true classic

this book truly is a classic and the cast has helped set the scenes and stirred the imagination so well that you will feel you're right there with them

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

Epic, mesmerizing classic retelling.

I thought I knew the Dracula story inside out but this retelling of this classic story was utterly mesmerising. Long yes but it is so well written that I was completely taken in and was listening to it whenever I could. The language is so rich (I wish we still spoke like this) and the casting was excellent. Overall an amazing story and I learnt a lot more about the Dracula story.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

Fantastic

This book is fantastic
Loved ever minute listening to it

The story line was deep emotional and intense

Can’t say anything bad about it
Fully loved this book

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

  • Overall
    4 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    4 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    4 out of 5 stars

Classically fantastic!

Amazing book with superb characters and a gripping plot.
the narration was phenomenal, my only complaint with it would be that is was sometimes difficult to understand which character was talking due to the diary format this book uses.
the storyline was a treat, it had a great blend of action and world building.
The characters were all quite unique and added a lot to the story due to the diverse ways they act and react.

overall, I love this book and would recommend a listen.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

Better than any film

This is an excellently produced version that gets you going right from the start. Just watch out for the nightmares if you listen to avidly!

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

  • Overall
    4 out of 5 stars

Not enough Tim Curry

Overall well read and kept a good pace. Alan Cummings seems to relish it.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

  • Overall
    4 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    4 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    4 out of 5 stars

mixed feelings about this edition

perhaps when Bram Stoker wrote his book people enjoyed reading the story unfolding from characters journals or letters or maybe it was a new one of telling a story, I felt it was a bit flat understandably if characters were in a different country a letter makes sense but having some dramatisation would have livened it up. the voice used for Lucy was a sickly sweet girlish voice which was irritating and when the voice actor for Mina put on an accented voice for Van Helsing it was jarring.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

the count

brilliant story well read and just a wonderful piece of litterateur bram stoker was a great writer

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

A great version of a classic

I love this story and to have an audio version of it gives it a new edge that adds to the air of dread throughout and makes it all the more enjoyable. The cast are great too.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

Brilliant story - perfect for audiobook

Dracula has always been one of my favourite stories. Suspense builds from the first page and there are some wonderful characters. I knew the story well before listening to the audiobook, but that didn't spoil the experience. In fact, if ever a book was perfect for audiobook, it is this one.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!