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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... stopped for the night at the Hotel Royale . I had for dinner , or rather supper , a chicken done up some way with red pepper , which was very good but thirsty . ( Mem . , get recipe for Mina . ) I asked the waiter , and he said it was ...
... stopped for the night at the Hotel Royale . I had for dinner , or rather supper , a chicken done up some way with red pepper , which was very good but thirsty . ( Mem . , get recipe for Mina . ) I asked the waiter , and he said it was ...
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... stopped , the driver jumped down and held out his hand to assist me to alight . Again I could not but notice his prodigious strength . His hand actually seemed like a steel vice that could have crushed mine if he had chosen . Then he ...
... stopped , the driver jumped down and held out his hand to assist me to alight . Again I could not but notice his prodigious strength . His hand actually seemed like a steel vice that could have crushed mine if he had chosen . Then he ...
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... stopped . " Hark ! " Close at hand came the howling of many wolves . It was almost as if the sound sprang up at the rising of his hand , just as the music of a great orchestra seems to leap under the bâton of the conductor . After a ...
... stopped . " Hark ! " Close at hand came the howling of many wolves . It was almost as if the sound sprang up at the rising of his hand , just as the music of a great orchestra seems to leap under the bâton of the conductor . After a ...
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... stopped and looked at the Count . There was a mocking smile on the bloated face which seemed to drive me mad . This was the being I was helping to transfer to London , where , perhaps , for cen- turies to come he might , amongst its ...
... stopped and looked at the Count . There was a mocking smile on the bloated face which seemed to drive me mad . This was the being I was helping to transfer to London , where , perhaps , for cen- turies to come he might , amongst its ...
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... stopped , and said with a sort of manly fervour that I could have loved him for if I had been free : - " ' Lucy , you are an honest - hearted girl , I know . I should not be here speaking to you as I am now if I did not be- lieve you ...
... stopped , and said with a sort of manly fervour that I could have loved him for if I had been free : - " ' Lucy , you are an honest - hearted girl , I know . I should not be here speaking to you as I am now if I did not be- lieve you ...
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