Transylvanian Count Dracula is the staple of horror stories. This unabridged edition brings the full story of how Jonathan Harker travels to Castle Dracula and the nightmares he finds there. This edition also includes a useful who’s who of the main characters, some information about the author and some background to the vampire myths.
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First published in 1897, Bram Stoker's classic tale of a group of English friends tormented by a ruthless vampire returns in this eerie edition with a freshly reimagined cover!
When Jonathan Harker, a young English lawyer, journeys to the Carpathian Mountains to meet with a new client, his perception of reality warps as he experiences a series of paranormal events involving his host, Count Dracula, three women staying in his castle, and the local wolves. Jonathan wakes disoriented in a Budapest hospital with his fiancée Mina at his side.
But the count's appetites are far from sated. He lands on the shores of England, leaving no survivors among the ship's crew. From there, Dracula stalks Mina's best friend, Lucy, who becomes very ill. Lucy's friends rally around her-one of them even recruiting an old teacher, Professor Abraham Van Helsing-but she eventually succumbs to her sickness.
Mina and Jonathan reunite with their friends and Van Helsing intent on revenge. But can these ordinary mortals defeat a creature of the night?
Abraham "Bram" Stoker (8 November 1847 – 20 April 1912) was an Irish writer of novels and short stories, who is best known today for his 1897 horror novel Dracula. During his lifetime, he was better known for being the personal assistant of the actor Henry Irving and the business manager of the Lyceum Theatre in London, which Irving owned.
