Why the book Dracula has NEVER been out of print all these years??? what are the elements that helped that?

Answer 1

That book has never been out of print because it is so very modern. Despite having been written in the late Victorian era, it anticipates many of the tensions that have been developing since that time: reason and science vs. religion and superstition, the rise of feminism, Western Civilization vs. Eastern Civilization, race, world domination, the breaking of sexual taboos, etc. etc. We love this book because it shines a thrilling, heroic, and subtle sexy light on these and many more modern issues.

In many ways, the battle against Dracula is a battle that we all fight every day. Like Mina (who exchanges blood with the Count), Lucy (who becomes a vampire), and Jonathan (who is tempted by the vampire "brides"), we are all confused and not always sure on which side of the fight we stand or why. Like those characters, we use our modern most technologies against a superstitious, yet strangely powerful foe from the East that we cannot quite comprehend or define. At the same time, we struggle with internal issues that are largely sexual and/or religious, most notably a woman's place is society as well as religion-based sexual taboos.

Most importantly, we love the book because it ends happily. The monster from the East is defeated. The damsel is freed from her distress. It gives us hope that we, too, will be victorious in our own struggle.

Answer 2

It's exciting and terrifying - people love being scared. Bram Stoker ratchets up the tension and you can't put the book down.