When Jonathan Harker travels to Transylvania to sell a house, he little
expects the horrors that await. As the guest and prisoner of the
sinister Count Dracula, Jonathan is plunged into a terrifying world of
ancient evil and unbearable fear. Back in England, Jonathan's wife Mina
is concerned about her friend Lucy, who is mysteriously ill and growing
weaker by the day. Can Lucy's friends save her from the worst horror of
all, or are they all doomed to a similar fate? Can love, courage and
goodness defeat the evil thirst of a vampire? In this fight to the
bitter end, who will live, who will die, and who will be doomed to a
living death?
Real Reads are accessible texts designed to support the literacy
development of primary and lower secondary age children while
introducing them to the riches of our international literary heritage.
Each book is a retelling of a work of great literature from one of the
world's greatest cultures, fitted into a 64-page book, making classic
stories, dramas and histories available to intelligent young readers as
a bridge to the full texts, to language students wanting access to other
cultures, and to adult readers who are unlikely ever to read the
original versions.