Dracula

Retold from the Bram Stoker original
by Tania Zamorsky

Illustrated by Jamel Akib

New York / London
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Zamorsky, Tania.

  Dracula / retold from the Bram Stoker original ; abridged by Tania Zamorsky ; illustrated by Jamel Akib ; afterword by Arthur Pober.

     p. cm.—(Classic starts)

 Summary: Having discovered the double identity of the wealthy Transylvanian
nobleman, Count Dracula, a small group of people vow to rid the world of the
evil vampire.

 ISBN 978-1-4027-3690-2

[1.Vampires—Fiction. 2. Horror stories.] I. Akib, Jamel, ill. II. Stoker, Bram,
1847–1912. Dracula. III. Title. IV. Series.

PZ7.Z25457Dr 2006

[Fic]—dc22

2006005458

2  4  6  8  10  9  7  5  3

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Copyright © 2007 by Tania Zamorsky

Illustrations copyright © 2007 by Jamel Akib

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CONTENTS

CHAPTER 1:
Jonathan Starts His Journey

CHAPTER 2:
Jonathan Arrives at the Castle

CHAPTER 3:
Jonathan Learns He Is a Prisoner

CHAPTER 4:
The Ladies and the Lizard

CHAPTER 5:
Jonathan Explores the Chapel

CHAPTER 6:
The Storm Brings a Strange Ship to Whitby

CHAPTER 7:
Dr. Seward’s Most Interesting Patient

CHAPTER 8:
Lucy Sleepwalks to the Cemetery

CHAPTER 9:
Jonathan Gets Better, and Lucy, Worse

CHAPTER 10:
Van Helsing Asks for Faith

CHAPTER 11:
Lucy Changes Some More

CHAPTER 12:
Lucy Changes Again

CHAPTER 13:
The Men Exclude Mina

CHAPTER 14:
Mina Fears the Night

CHAPTER 15:
Renfield Speaks

CHAPTER 16:
Mina Is Burned by the Bread

CHAPTER 17:
Mina Reads the Count’s Mind

CHAPTER 18:
The Group Closes In on the Count

What Do You Think?

Afterword

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