Dracula

548 Pages

Dracula, Count (Fictitious character)
Epistolary fiction
Gothic fiction
Horror tales
Transylvania (Romania)
Vampires
Whitby (England)

Summary

Dracula by Bram Stoker is a classic novel that introduces the character of Count Dracula and established many conventions of subsequent vampire fantasy. 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 led by Professor Abraham Van Helsing. The narrative is presented as a collection of realistic but fictional diary entries, telegrams, letters, and newspaper clippings. This epistolary style adds a layer of realism to the tale, enhancing its chilling and enigmatic atmosphere.

Famous Quotes

Listen to them, the children of the night. What music they make! - Count Dracula

I am all in a sea of wonders. I doubt; I fear; I think strange things which I dare not confess to my own soul. - Jonathan Harker

There are darknesses in life and there are lights, and you are one of the lights, the light of all lights. - Van Helsing

No man knows till he has suffered from the night how sweet and dear to his heart and eye the morning can be. - Jonathan Harker