DRACULA AND DRACULA'S GUEST 9781840226270

'Therehelaylookingasifyouthhadbeenhalf-renewed,forthewhitehairandmoustachewerechangedtodarkiron-grey,thecheekswerefuller,andthewhiteskinseemedruby-redunderneath;themouthwasredderthanever,foronthelipsweregoutsoffreshblood,whichtrickledfromthecornersofthemouthandranoverthechinandneck.Eventhedeep,burningeyesseemedsetamongsttheswollenflesh,forthelidsandpouchesunderneathwerebloated.Itseemedasifthewholeawfulcreatureweresimplygorgedwithblood;helaylikeafilthyleech,exhaustedwithhisrepletion.'ThusBramStoker,oneofthegreatestexponentsofthesupernaturalnarrative,describesthedemonicsubjectofhischillingmasterpieceDraculaatrulyiconicandunsettlingtaleofvampirism.