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Reed, Gary. Bram Stoker's Dracula.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)

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Date: 20060301
Author:Galuschak, George

REED, Gary. Bram Stoker's Dracula. Art by Becky Cloonan. Penguin, Puffin Graphics. 176p. illus, c2006. 0142405728. $9.99. JS

A short synopsis of Dracula: real estate agent Jonathan Harker travels to Transylvania to meet Count Dracula, who is buying a house in England. Harker notes in his journal that the Count has some strange habits, such as crawling up and down walls like a spider, casting no reflection in mirrors, and resting during the day in an earth-filled coffin. Dracula is a vampire, and when he gets to England he visits Lucy Westenra, who forsakes her three mortal ...

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