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Dracula

by Bram Stoker

Jonathan Harker’s diary of his journey to the Count’s castle.

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Original language: EnglishLevel: Advanced2,771 characters · ≈ 4 minSource: Project Gutenberg
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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.

We left in pretty good time, and came after nightfall to Klausenburgh.…

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About the book

Dracula is an 1897 Gothic horror novel by Irish author Bram Stoker, narrated through letters, diary entries, and newspaper articles. It opens with the English solicitor Jonathan Harker traveling on business to the castle of a Transylvanian nobleman, Count Dracula. The book is regarded as a seminal work of Gothic fiction and has been called the centrepiece of vampire literature.

About the author

Bram Stoker (8 November 1847 – 20 April 1912) was an Irish writer, barrister, literary critic, and theatre manager. He was the author of the Gothic horror novel Dracula (1897) and the creator of Count Dracula, a character and work regarded as milestones in Gothic and vampire literature.

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