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Dracula

by Bram Stoker1897

A solicitor rides into the Carpathians. His host has been expecting him for centuries.

Portrait of Count DraculaCountPortrait of Jonathan HarkerJonathanPortrait of Mina MurrayMinaPortrait of Abraham Van HelsingAbrahamPortrait of Lucy WestenraLucyPortrait of Arthur HolmwoodArthurPortrait of John SewardJohn
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Cover of Dracula, comic edition
Dracula, illustrated page 1: Left Munich at 8.35 p.m. on 1st May…
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.
I feared to go very far from the station.
We were leaving the West and entering the East…
…the most Western of splendid bridges over the Danube…
…took us among the traditions of Turkish rule.
Dracula, illustrated page 2: We left in pretty good time, and came after nightfall to Klausenburgh.
We left in pretty good time, and came after nightfall to Klausenburgh.
Here I stopped for the night at the Hotel Royale.
For supper, a chicken done up some way with red pepper.
Wow, I should get the recipe for Mina.
What is this dish?
They call it “paprika hendl.”
A national dish, sir.
You can get it anywhere around here.
I found my smattering of German very useful here.
Dracula, illustrated page 3: Having some time at my disposal when in London, I had visited the British Museum…
Having some time at my disposal when in London, I had visited the British Museum…
…and made search among the books and maps of the library regarding Transylvania.
I find that the district he named is in the extreme east of the country.
That night.
The Szekelys claim descent from Attila and the Huns.
Every known superstition in the world is gathered into the horseshoe of the Carpathians.
I had all sorts of queer dreams.
Dracula, illustrated page 4: There was a dog howling all night under my window, which may have had something to do with it…
There was a dog howling all night under my window, which may have had something to do with it…
…or it may have been the paprika, for I had to drink up all the water…
…in my carafe, and was still thirsty.
Towards morning I slept and was wakened by the continuous knocking at my door.
Mem., get recipe for this also.
I had to sit in the carriage for more than an hour before we began to move.
Dracula, illustrated page 5: It seems to me that the further East you go the more unpunctual are the trains.
It seems to me that the further East you go the more unpunctual are the trains.
What ought they to be in China?
All day long we seemed to dawdle through a country which was full of beauty of every kind.
At every station there were groups of people, sometimes crowds, and in all sorts of attire.
But others were very picturesque.
They had all full white sleeves of some kind or other.
Dracula, illustrated page 6: The strangest figures we saw were the Slovaks, who are more barbarian than the rest.
The strangest figures we saw were the Slovaks, who are more barbarian than the rest.
They wore high boots, with their trousers tucked into them, and had long black hair and heavy black moustaches.
They are very picturesque, but do not look prepossessing.
They are, however, I am told, very harmless and rather wanting in natural self-assertion.
Dracula, illustrated page 7: It was on the dark side of twilight when we got to Bistritz, which is a very interesting old place.
It was on the dark side of twilight when we got to Bistritz, which is a very interesting old place.
Count Dracula had directed me to go to the Golden Krone Hotel.
The Herr Englishman?
Yes.
Jonathan Harker.
She smiled, and gave some message to an elderly man in white shirt-sleeves.
Dracula, illustrated page 8: He went, but immediately returned with a letter:…
He went, but immediately returned with a letter:…
…“My friend,—Welcome to the Carpathians. I am anxiously expecting you.
At three to-morrow the diligence will start for Bukovina…
…a place on it is kept for you.
At the Borgo Pass my carriage will await you and will bring you to me.
And that you will enjoy your stay in my beautiful land.
“Your friend, “DRACULA.”

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Jonathan Harker ↔ Mina Murray: Married coupleAbraham Van Helsing → Mina Murray: MentorArthur Holmwood ↔ Abraham Van Helsing: ColleaguesAbraham Van Helsing ↔ John Seward: FriendsAbraham Van Helsing → Lucy Westenra: DoctorAbraham Van Helsing ↔ Quincey Morris: AlliesArthur Holmwood ↔ Quincey Morris: FriendsArthur Holmwood ↔ Lucy Westenra: FriendsJonathan Harker ↔ John Seward: LinkedCount Dracula → Mina Murray: EnemyMARRIED COUPLEFRIENDSDOCTORALLIESLINKEDENEMYCount DraculaRenfieldJonathan HarkerMina MurrayArthur HolmwoodAbraham Van HelsingLucy WestenraQuincey MorrisJohn Seward

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About Dracula

Dracula is a Gothic horror tale told through journals, letters, and other personal records. It carries the reader from London toward Transylvania, following Jonathan Harker’s detailed journey through unfamiliar cities, languages, customs, and mountain roads. His practical notes on trains, meals, maps, and local history gradually give way to unease as he approaches the remote Castle Dracula. Frightened innkeepers, ominous warnings, protective signs, and whispered references to Satan, witches, werewolves, and vampires make the landscape feel charged with superstition. The result is an atmospheric journey into an isolated, mysterious region where ordinary business meets the uncanny.

The style is observant and richly descriptive, balancing a traveler’s factual precision with mounting dread. Harker’s journal records delays, scenery, food, and conversations in a measured first-person voice, while the surrounding reactions and strange details create tension without explaining everything at once. Its late-nineteenth-century setting comes through in the rail travel, formal manners, shorthand journal, maps, and religious reservations. Readers drawn to epistolary fiction, old-world settings, Gothic atmosphere, and supernatural horror will find a patient, immersive beginning.

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