
D R A C U L A
Contents
D R A C U L A
CHAPTER I JONATHAN HARKER’S JOURNAL
CHAPTER II JONATHAN HARKER’S JOURNAL—continued
CHAPTER III JONATHAN HARKER’S JOURNAL—continued
CHAPTER IV JONATHAN HARKER’S JOURNAL—continued
CHAPTER V
CHAPTER VI MINA MURRAY’S JOURNAL
CHAPTER VII CUTTING FROM “THE DAILYGRAPH,” 8 AUGUST
Through the meticulous entries of a young English solicitor, the story opens on a winding journey from bustling Vienna to the remote borderlands of the Carpathians. He arrives at the foreboding Castle Dracula, a place where local legends swirl like the mist that clings to the hills, and where the host, a brooding nobleman, extends a cordial yet unsettling welcome. The journal records the solicitor’s uneasy observations—strange nocturnal noises, a sense of being watched, and dreams flavored by the spicy local cuisine. As the days pass, his letters home become increasingly terse, hinting at a growing dread that the ancient walls conceal far more than polite hospitality.
Back in England, his fiancée Mina, along with her close friends Lucy and Dr. Seward, begin to receive fragmented reports that echo the same eerie atmosphere. Their correspondence and diaries gradually reveal a pattern of inexplicable illnesses and whispered rumors of a nocturnal predator. Listeners are drawn into a web of Victorian intrigue and supernatural suspense, wondering whether the shadows of the castle will reach across continents.
Language
en
Duration
~14 hours (834K characters)
Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Credits
Chuck Greif and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team
Release date
1995-10-01
Rights
Public domain in the USA.

1847–1912
Best known for creating Dracula, this Irish writer helped define modern horror with a story that still feels eerie and alive. His work mixed Gothic atmosphere, suspense, and a sharp sense of how fear can travel through ordinary life.
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