Dracula

A plain heads-up first: the catalog credits this to Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, but Dracula was written by Bram Stoker in 1897 — Shelley wrote Frankenstein. The 1995 listing most likely refers to a combined-works omnibus binding both novels together under both authors' names. That attribution error matters because it affects what you are actually getting. The novel itself is foundational Gothic horror: Count Dracula's calculated invasion of Victorian England, the small band of heroes who track him down, and Professor Van Helsing's methodical campaign to destroy him. The epistolary format — diaries, letters, telegrams — remains genuinely inventive. The honest caveat for families: this is sustained horror with blood, death, supernatural evil, and Victorian undertones of sexuality. Not for younger readers. Confidence in the specific 1995 edition's contents is low. Older teens and adult fans of classic Gothic literature will find the source novel richly rewarding.