Dracula by Bram Stoker – Read the 1897 Gothic Classic Free Online

Name: Dracula
Author: Bram Stoker

By Bram Stoker · 1897

Letters and journals trace Count Dracula’s journey to England—and the desperate alliance formed to stop him.

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First published in 1897, Dracula unfolds through letters, diary entries, and journal accounts as Count Dracula travels from Transylvania to England. A desperate alliance forms among those who come to understand what he is and what he intends. Bram Stoker builds suspense through the voices of multiple narrators, each piecing together a picture of growing dread. The story opens with a young solicitor arriving in Eastern Europe, his earliest journal entry dated 3 May from Bistritz. If you enjoy gothic atmosphere, epistolary storytelling, or classic horror, this edition is free to read and listen to in the Vocalini Open Library with no account or checkout required.

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