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)

Fantastic

This is the best way to read this book, in my opinion. A full cast? Are you serious?! And Tim Curry plays Van Helsing?! Why would you NOT read it this way?! Absolutely loved it!

Great performance

The story holds up remarkably well for it's age (science aside). The voice acting is top notch and they totally nail the multiple narrators - I especially enjoyed how each narrator impersonates the other characters as well when they speak during a section from their own character's point of view.

Good stuff

Addictive story with great voice acting. It made what I thought would be a boring classic into something I wish I had read years ago. Simply outstanding!

The Undead Never Sounded So Good

Where does Dracula [Audible Edition] rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

It's the first audiobook that I've listened to with Audible, but certainly not the first. Either way, it's a terrific listen, and I rank it the best I've ever listened to so far.

What did you like best about this story?

The all-star cast. Hoo-boy, Tim Curry's voice in nothing short of a good time, even if his schlocky accent is reminiscent of the good Dr. Frank-N-Furter.

Have you listened to any of the narrators’s other performances before? How does this one compare?

I believe this is the second time I've heard Simon Vance. I continue to love his voice, and all his accents that seem to both blend well together and stand out as separate characters.

Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?

Anytime Alan Cumming spoke about Renfield was particularly horrifying. I loved it.

Any additional comments?

None, other than holy crap, I loved this audiobook.

All Star Cast of Narrators

A first class performance by an all-star cast of narrators enriches this Victorian classic. Dark, menacing, creepy, spooky and chilling...the story and the Victorian prose came to life in this audio production.

the first great vampire book

to be honest I only started to read this because I felt like I should as a lover of old books. but soon I was enthralled. this is by far one of the most beautiful books I have ever read.

Great Book!

Narration was awesome. Hollywood really butchered this story, especially concerning Me Renfield and Dracula’s Demise.

Amazing first time exp.of this classic

Only complaint is that actors would vocalize other characters voices that didn’t seem to line up with other actors characters choices. Sorry this sounds a bit confusing.

It's a classic for a reason!

The performance only adds to the great story. Unique story-telling that holds up to the test of time.

Classic vampire

Loved story. I Will explore a different narration as well. Couple parts were hard to follow at mid point. Happy listening