DraculaJonathan Harker, a young English lawyer, travels to Castle Dracula in the Eastern European country of Transylvania to conclude a real estate transaction with a nobleman named Count Dracula. As Harker wends his way through the picturesque countryside, the local peasants warn him about his destination, giving him crucifixes and other charms against evil and uttering strange words that Harker later translates into "vampire." Frightened but no less determined, Harker meets the count's carriage as planned. The journey to the castle is harrowing, and the carriage is nearly attacked by angry wolves along the way. Upon arriving at the crumbling old castle, Harker finds that the elderly Dracula is a well educated and hospitable gentleman. After only a few days, however, Harker realizes that he is effectively a prisoner in the castle. |
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... coming through France and Germany , with short jackets and round hats and home - made trousers ; but others were very picturesque . The women looked pretty , except when you got near them , but they were very clumsy about the waist ...
... coming through France and Germany , with short jackets and round hats and home - made trousers ; but others were very picturesque . The women looked pretty , except when you got near them , but they were very clumsy about the waist ...
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... coming peasants , the Cszeks with their white , and the Slovaks with their col- oured , sheepskins , the latter carrying lance - fashion their long staves , with axe at end . As the evening fell it began to get very cold , and the ...
... coming peasants , the Cszeks with their white , and the Slovaks with their col- oured , sheepskins , the latter carrying lance - fashion their long staves , with axe at end . As the evening fell it began to get very cold , and the ...
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... coming of the morning . Just as I had come to this conclusion I heard a heavy step approaching behind the great door , and saw through the chinks the gleam of a coming light . Then there was the sound of rattling chains and the clanking ...
... coming of the morning . Just as I had come to this conclusion I heard a heavy step approaching behind the great door , and saw through the chinks the gleam of a coming light . Then there was the sound of rattling chains and the clanking ...
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... coming dawn . There seemed a strange stillness over everything ; but as I listened I heard as if from down below in the valley the howling of many wolves . The Count's eyes gleamed , and he said : - " Listen to them - the children of ...
... coming dawn . There seemed a strange stillness over everything ; but as I listened I heard as if from down below in the valley the howling of many wolves . The Count's eyes gleamed , and he said : - " Listen to them - the children of ...
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... coming on the rocks above the passes , that they might sweep de- struction on them with their artificial avalanches . When the invader was triumphant he found but little , for what- ever there was had been sheltered in the friendly soil ...
... coming on the rocks above the passes , that they might sweep de- struction on them with their artificial avalanches . When the invader was triumphant he found but little , for what- ever there was had been sheltered in the friendly soil ...
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