DRACULA is an 1897 Gothic horror novel by Irish author Bram Stoker.
Famous for introducing the character of the vampire Count Dracula, the
novel tells the story of Dracula's attempt to move from Transylvania to
England so he may find new blood and spread the undead curse, and the
battle between Dracula and a small group of men and women led by
Professor Abraham Van Helsing. DRACULA has been assigned to many
literary genres including vampire literature, horror fiction, the gothic
novel and invasion literature. Although Stoker did not invent the
vampire, he defined its modern form, and the novel has spawned numerous
theatrical, film and television interpretations.
The tale begins with Jonathan Harker, a newly qualified English
solicitor, visiting Count Dracula in the Carpathian Mountains on the
border of Transylvania, Bukovina, and Moldavia, to provide legal support
for a real estate transaction overseen by Harker's employer. At first
enticed by Dracula's gracious manners, Harker soon realizes that he is
Dracula's prisoner. Wandering the Count's castle against Dracula's
admonition, Harker encounters three female vampires, called "the
sisters", from whom he is rescued by Dracula. After the preparations are
made, Dracula leaves Transylvania and abandons Harker to the sisters.
Harker barely escapes from the castle with his life . . . (more on
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