Dracula

A young English solicitor travels to Transylvania to close a property deal with a courteous nobleman, and slowly realizes he's a prisoner, and that his client is something that does not die. When Count Dracula ships himself to England, a small band of friends led by the eccentric Professor Van Helsing must piece together what they're facing and hunt it, armed with train timetables, transfusions, and nerve.

Stoker told the story entirely through diaries, letters, phonograph recordings, and newspaper clippings, which makes Dracula an ensemble of distinct voices. It's practically a radio drama in book form, and one of the most naturally listenable classics ever written. Over a century of imitations has never dulled the original's slow-building dread.

At roughly 148,400 words, Dracula runs about 16½ hours at 1x narration speed. That figure is an estimate based on a typical narration pace. The exact length depends on the voice and the playback speed you choose.

The edition linked here is available from Project Gutenberg under its US public-domain listing. Check the edition, translation, completeness and copyright rules where you live. LoudReader lets you browse and download Gutenberg books; they are not all stored on installation. To listen:

1. Install LoudReader on iPhone or iPad, or its iPad app on a compatible Apple Silicon Mac.
2. Search for “Dracula” in the built-in catalog and add it to your library.
3. Press play. A natural offline voice reads the book while each word highlights on screen, and your place is saved between sessions.

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