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The young English solicitor Jonathan Harker sets out on a business trip to the Carpathian Mountains, to a remote region that is not depicted on any map. Upon his arrival, he meets the eerie Count Dracula in his castle - though only ever between sunset and sunrise. What begins as a strange yet seemingly harmless encounter soon plunges Harker and his fiancée Mina into a spiralling nightmare ...
First published in 1897, Dracula remains one of the most chilling and iconic tales in world literature - as gripping and contemporary today as it was over a century ago. This legendary gothic novel about a bloodthirsty vampire is at the same time a literary journey into the depths of the human subconscious, into our suppressed fears and longings. A haunting drama of desire, power, and identity.
About the author
Bram Stoker, geboren 1847 in der Nähe von Dublin und verstorben 1912 in London, studierte Geschichte, Literatur, Mathematik und Physik in Dublin. Er wurde Beamter in der Justizverwaltung und arbeitete gleichzeitig als Journalist und Theaterkritiker und begann seine schriftstellerische Tätigkeit. Er wurde hauptsächlich durch seinen Roman Dracula bekannt – ein Erfolg, den Stoker jedoch nicht mehr erlebte.
Summary
The young English solicitor Jonathan Harker sets out on a business trip to the Carpathian Mountains, to a remote region that is not depicted on any map. Upon his arrival, he meets the eerie Count Dracula in his castle – though only ever between sunset and sunrise. What begins as a strange yet seemingly harmless encounter soon plunges Harker and his fiancée Mina into a spiralling nightmare …
First published in 1897, Dracula remains one of the most chilling and iconic tales in world literature – as gripping and contemporary today as it was over a century ago. This legendary gothic novel about a bloodthirsty vampire is at the same time a literary journey into the depths of the human subconscious, into our suppressed fears and longings. A haunting drama of desire, power, and identity.
