Perhaps, like most people, I had preconceived ideas about Dracula. Hollywood has been hard at work creating an image which, while ghoulish, is much different than the novel.Bram Stoker's book is subtle and chilling. Dracula is all pervasive and immensely powerful. He is cold and can find his victim almost anywhere.I recommend this book to everyone. The reader will be unnerved by its pricipal character but pleased that the novel itself is so different from the standard dross dished out by Hollywood. Read it and relish in Dracula in his original carnation.