This is an immense edition of what is otherwise a pretty short novella. It is nice that a story like this would get this kind of treatment, but it's kind of over the top. For example, the novella itself is rather over-annotated. How is that possible, you ask? Well, even one of the footnotes has its ...
I truly have a "love/hate" relationship with this book. It took me months to make it through the first half, or more, because it was not holding my attention. I would read and read, wondering when it would get better (I knew it must), but it never did, so I would put it aside for weeks at a time. Th...
I don't know if it's because my expectations were high, or if the way of Stoker's narrating didn't suit me, but I found this book extremely boring!
Reading through Daily Lit. Began 12-9-09.1-28-10 Back to seriously reading it...the time speaks for itself in terms of interest.2-4-10 -- it was a struggle to finish! probably largely because of irritation at the expected role of women in the 19th century. Notes as I read:Wonder what on earth it w...
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