“It is about as fine a collection of blood curdling incidents as we remember to have seen… Dracula cannot be called a pleasant tale – there is too much of the weird and ghoulish about it for that; but it shows considerable imaginative power, and is possibly the most successful, as it is certainly the most ambitious, of Mr. Stoker’s efforts.” – Westminster Gazette, 1897

“In a word, Dracula is a thrilling supernatural romance, which those who surrender themselves to Mr. Bram Stoker’s hypnotic influence – and it is difficult to withstand it – must find it absorbing.” – The Sketch, 1897

“Dracula is a novel that Edgar Allan Poe might have written. It is a weird story, in which the supernatural is skillfully blended with ordinary events and ordinary people.” – The Era, 1897

“There are a hundred nightmares in Dracula, and each is more uncanny than the last.” – St. James’s Gazette, 1897

“I soon became horribly enthralled, and could not choose but read on – on – until the lights burned blue and my blood ran cold.” – The Referee, 1897

“In seeking a parallel to this weird, powerful, and horrible story, our mind reverts to such tales as The Mysteries of Udolpho, Frankenstein, Wuthering Heights, The Fall of the House of Usher, and Margery of Quether. But Dracula is even more appalling in its gloomy fascination than any one of these… the eerie chapters are written and strung together with very considerable art and cunning, and also with unmistakable literary power.” – The Daily Mail, 1897