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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... wolf or vampire . ( Mem . , I must ask the Count about these superstitions . ) When we started , the crowd round the inn door , which had by this time swelled to a considerable size , all made the sign of the cross and pointed two ...
... wolf or vampire . ( Mem . , I must ask the Count about these superstitions . ) When we started , the crowd round the inn door , which had by this time swelled to a considerable size , all made the sign of the cross and pointed two ...
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... , and they quieted down , but shivered and sweated as though after a run - away from sudden fright . Then , far off in the dis- tance , from the mountains on each side of us began a louder and a sharper howling - that of wolves - 12 ...
... , and they quieted down , but shivered and sweated as though after a run - away from sudden fright . Then , far off in the dis- tance , from the mountains on each side of us began a louder and a sharper howling - that of wolves - 12 ...
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... wolves sounded nearer and nearer , as though they were closing round on us from every side . I grew dreadfully afraid , and the horses shared my fear . The driver , however , was not in the least disturbed ; he kept turning his head to ...
... wolves sounded nearer and nearer , as though they were closing round on us from every side . I grew dreadfully afraid , and the horses shared my fear . The driver , however , was not in the least disturbed ; he kept turning his head to ...
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... wolves had ceased altogether ; but just then the moon , sailing through the black clouds , appeared behind the jagged crest of a beetling , pine - clad rock , and by its light I saw around us a ring of wolves , with white teeth and ...
... wolves had ceased altogether ; but just then the moon , sailing through the black clouds , appeared behind the jagged crest of a beetling , pine - clad rock , and by its light I saw around us a ring of wolves , with white teeth and ...
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... wolves fell back and back further still . Just then a heavy cloud passed across the face of the moon , so that we were again in darkness . When I could see again the driver was climbing into the calèche , and the wolves had disappeared ...
... wolves fell back and back further still . Just then a heavy cloud passed across the face of the moon , so that we were again in darkness . When I could see again the driver was climbing into the calèche , and the wolves had disappeared ...
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