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)

Great!

Narration was great and of coarse the story was superb! I really think this is the way to listen to Dracula.

Bravo! Bravo! Bravo!

One of the very best Audible listens to date. Fantastic characters and incredible narration. I'll be thinking on this for years to come...10 stars.

enjoyable

good book, especially to relax to, the voices are soothing (except for Lucy's haha) and the story is good. I wish the author had managed to tell more of Dracula's side of the story as well.

an amazing production

Beyond loving this story, if Tim Curry reads it I'll listen. What an excellent book.

Wonderful listen, brilliant cast.

An ageless classic that is a wonder to revisit in this format.

Thought the novel itself needs no introduction or commentary, a word must be put forward in praise of the cast that performed it to such delight of ears.
They go as far as to compel you to write your review in the fashion of Mr. J. Harker himself.

Sublime

Una gran novela magistralmente escrita. Siempre creí que esta obra, Drácula, de Bram Stoker, era una historia de terror. Y con profunda sorpresa descubro que es una fascinante historia de amor, de virtudes, de principios, de lealtad, de valentía, y sí, de vampiros también, escrita de una manera tan sublime, con un inglés exquisito, expresiones que hacen suspirar. Detrás de la historia, un suave velo de admiración por el género femenino cubre los recuerdos de la historia y de la vida propia de nosotros los lectores.
He visto traducciones al español que ni remotamente se acercan al deleitable estilo inglés de Abraham "Bram" Stoker (8 de noviembre de 1847 - 20 de abril de 1912).
Recomiendo tener ambas versiones en la biblioteca personal.

Buddy Cop Meets Sci-fi Infused Folklore

The characters are extremely charming and defied expectations. The plot felt like a long adventure where the characters are all your best friends. Though it does have strong themes of death, that are hard to get through if you are having a tough time. Also, the voice acting is spectacular.

A Must Listen

This is an amazing story. it's so different than what I imagined it would be. I love love it!

Susan Duerden is awful

This book is a classic, fantastically written and amazingly read by everyone except Susan Duerden who is using a ridiculously pitchy voice, exaggerating every line, and talking in a super annoying breathy voice. It was painful to listen to her.

Great, a classic for a reason!

Dracula by Bram Stoker is clearly a great book, but this cast really does a fantastic job and sells the emotions between characters so well that when danger lurks, you actually feel for them. Bless Tim Curry ❤️