Bram Stoker made a radical choice in the writing of his classic novel Dracula. He presented it as a collection of found documents — correspondence, newspaper articles, journal entries — painstakingly transcribed and compiled into the published book by his characters themselves. His experimental approach brings you directly into the story and refracts it through countless points of view.
Dark Regions Press’ “DRACULA: The Evidence” is an entirely new way to experience Stoker’s masterpiece: through an actual physical research file full of ephemera, correspondence, clues, and artifacts. This unique edition of the Bram Stoker classic features the entire original text of “Dracula,” presented as a gorgeously designed and curated briefcase full of maps, letters, diaries, newspaper clippings, telegrams, and phonograph records.
This unique edition of “Dracula” turns reader into explorer as you peruse through the archive of first-hand evidence, retracing the nightmarish story through the remnants it left behind, all of which are housed in a custom-designed leatherette briefcase with metal clasps. Each briefcase features hundreds of documents including:
- several books, including Mina Harker’s journal and Jonathan Harker’s diary
- dozens of letters, notes, and telegrams
- a playable phonograph record detailing Dr. Seward’s care for his troubled patient Renfield
- maps of the locations where the story unfolds marked up by the characters
- newspaper clippings and advertisements
- train and theatre tickets
- shipping manifests
- travel itineraries
This immersive literary experience was made possible in part thanks to Bram’s descendent Dacre Stoker, the great grand-nephew of the “Dracula” author and a known Dracula expert.
This special Archive Edition of “DRACULA: The Evidence” is available for pre-order now for $400 through the Dark Regions Press website.
