DRACULA

There have been many audio versions of this classic novel, but it's hard to imagine a better one than Nick Sandys's. His pacing is gripping, his skill with accents and voices impressive, and he is respectful of the text, of what it's trying to do, and what it succeeds at so well after all these years. Bram Stoker's style is sentimental and hyperbolic by current standards, and the plotting creaks in predictable places, but, nonetheless, this is a masterpiece of horror fiction, and there's a reason it endures. From Jonathan Harker's arrival in Transylvania to the last pulse-pounding race to thwart the Count's escape and save poor Mina Harker from a fate worse than death, Sandys has you in thrall. B.G. Winner of AudioFile Earphones Award, 2018 Audies Finalist © AudioFile 2018, Portland, Maine [Published: APRIL 2018]