Dracula

Dracula by Bram Stoker (1897)

Dracula is an 1897 Gothic horror novel by Irish author Bram Stoker. It tells the story of Count Dracula, a vampire who moves from Transylvania to England in search of new blood and victims. The novel follows the experiences of Jonathan Harker, a young lawyer who is sent to Transylvania to help Dracula purchase an estate in England. Harker soon discovers that Dracula is a vampire and is horrified by the undead creature's nocturnal activities. Meanwhile, in England, Dracula begins to prey on the people of London, including Harker's fiancée, Mina Murray. A group of men, including Harker, Mina's fiancé, Dr. John Seward, and the Dutch professor Abraham Van Helsing, join forces to try to stop Dracula and save Mina. They travel to Transylvania and confront the vampire in his castle. After a fierce battle, they manage to defeat Dracula and save Mina. The novel ends with Mina and Harker's wedding and the death of Dracula.

By Bram Stoker · First published 1897 · Genre: Gothic Horror, Romance, Mystery · 60 chapters · 158,979 words

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(Kept in shorthand.) 3 May. Bistritz. Left Munich at 8:35 P. M., on 1st May, arriving at Vienna early next morning; should have arrived at 6:46, but train was an hour late. Buda-Pesth seems a wonderful place, from the glimpse which I got of it from the train and the little I could walk through the streets. I feared to go very far from the station, as we had arrived late and would start as near the correct time as possible. The impression I had was that we were leaving the West and entering the East; the most western of splendid bridges over the Danube, which is here of noble width and depth, took us among the traditions of Turkish rule.

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Count (Fictitious character) · Dracula · Dracula, Count (Fictitious character) · Epistolary fiction · Fiction · Gothic Fiction · Horror · Horror tales · Movie Books · Mystery Fiction · Novel · Transylvania (Romania)

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