Dracula [Audible Edition]

By: Bram Stoker

Narrated by: Alan Cumming, Tim Curry, Simon Vance, Katherine Kellgren, Susan Duerden, John Lee, Graeme Malcolm, Steven Crossley

Length: 15 hrs and 27 mins

Publisher's 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)

The Best Narration and Acting on Audible!

If there is a better-acted audiobook on Audible I have never heard it. The cast of Dracula are all fantastic, and this is the best way to ever ‘read’ the classic novel.

There are two or three audio errors that somehow got past editing, such as Dr. Steward repeating the same line twice in a row, but that doesn’t even slightly take away from the audiobook.

The only complaint that I could find is that the great Tim Curry is wasted in this audiobook. He plays Dr. Van Helsing, who has little in the book that is written from his point-of-view, and that’s one of the biggest shames imaginable.

I listen to this title every October at work, and you probably will as well once you buy it, and you absolutely should buy it. You’d have to be insane to pass this up!

So Good

I Love this book. This is truly fantastic literature. It is a profound lesson on authentic masculinity & femininity with a very original & ingenious writing style. The performances from these voice actors are spectacular. It has great writing, great vision, wonderful characters; it touches the heart & even occasionally makes me laugh. I highly recommend it.

Not enough Curry

I loved it! the one problem I had is they bill Tim Curry as one of the stars but he only plays Van Helsing in chapters that he's the lead voice on. if it's another characters chapter (like Alan Cumming) then the other actor voices Van Helsing. Luckily I love Alan's voice as well but more Tim would have been truer to how big his name is on this.

Excellent production

The cast was phenomenal. The book (Dracula) is particularly suited to a full cast audio production, and this one did not disappoint. The cast was passionate and gave it their all. Full of drama and voice intonations and accent variations brought life to the text. It was a pleasure to listen to this performance!

fantastic!

very long, but every minute of it enjoyable. great classic story. good storytelling. great voice actors

passing the time

i really enjoyed this book. the cast really put their hearts in reading this book. i might listen again

Great start, slow middle, fantastic end

The story slows down slightly in the middle, but by the end, it picks back up and all things resolve beautifully.

Seriously Fantastic

All the voice actors’ performances were stellar and brought this incredible masterpiece to (un)life!

One of the Classics

One of the classic horror novels that would define a genre. A great story told through the lens of time.

Not what I knew about Dracula

The story was VERY descriptive. All dialog from journals. It was read well. Enjoyed the actors. Just not what I was expecting from a vampire book. Lol!