Dracula

Author: BRAMSTOKER
Publisher: Not available
Publication Date: 2007-03-01
Features: Introduction and Notes by Dr David Rogers, Kingston University
'They lay looking as if youth had been half-renewed, for the white hair and mustache were changed to dark iron-grey, the cheeks were fuller, and the white skin seemed ruby-red underneath; the mouth was redder than ever, for on the lips there were growths of fresh blood, which trickled from the corners of the mouth and ran over the chin and neck. Even the deep, burning eyes seemed set amongst the swollen flesh, for the lids and pouches underneath were bloated. It seemed as if the whole awful creature was simply gorged with blood; he lay like a filthy leech, exhausted with his repletion.'