HeyJaredYou Want It Darker?
Your Gothic Horror obsessed bookish bestie. Weekly Dracula deep dives and original fiction. Follow my journey to become a Dracula Scholar.
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Count Dracula, the Antichrist? (opens the original)
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Dear Reader,Welcome to Chapter 21 of our Dracula Read-Along.In Dracula, Bram Stoker made an interesting choice in how his villain is presented. Since the dramatic scenes following the Count’s arrival in Whitby, we’ve caught only occasional glimpses of him. Stoker builds tension by keeping him offstage throughout Lucy’s ordeal and the investigation that follows. When Dracula finally does reappear, Bram subverts reader expectations in a way that is both effective and shocking.Based on Dr. Seward’s
Dracula and the Madhouse (opens the original)
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Dear Reader,Welcome to chapter 20!One of my goals for the Dracula read-along was to give my Dear Readers a sense of the historical themes from the Victorian era that may be lost on us as modern readers. I was excited to share some of the concepts that I found the most surprising because they completely changed my appreciation for the book. These themes also give us fascinating context to understand not only ourselves but the evolution of Western civilization. While my take on concepts such as th
Dracula and the Mad Doctor (opens the original)
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Dear Reader, Welcome to chapter 19 of Dracula! I could wax poetic for ages about how Bram Stoker’s writing really shines in his sensory setting descriptions which are truly in fine form in this chapter, but we have another mission today because today we finally get to talk about one of my favorite character archetypes of all time—the mad doctor. If you are currently saying to yourself, “but DeMonica, didn’t we just talk about Van Helsing last week?” Then just you wait, because this one is spicy.
Will the Real Professor Van Helsing Please Stand Up? (opens the original)
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Dear Reader,Welcome to chapter 18 of our Dracula Read-Along! I can’t believe we’re in the final 10 chapters. Isn’t it perfect that Dracula ends right after Halloween? The very structure of the novel seems to invite a week by week investigation. Here’s the link for this week’s YouTube video containing the chapter overview and analysis. During Sundays with Dracula, viewers voted on a name for their group of Dracula devotees and selected “Dr
Where The Woman in White Meets Dracula (opens the original)
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Dear Reader,Welcome to chapter 17 of our Dracula Read-Along. Wasn’t chapter 16 a doozy? I’m not even sure how many times I’ve read Dracula at this point, and yet I’m surprised every single time at just how gruesome and jarring it is when Lucy is staked, even by today’s standards. Chapters 17 and 18 are important transitional chapters in which the Crew of Light fully assembles and (finally) shares information that allows them to name their fo
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