Bram Stoker
A lot has been heard in the town about this dark castle and its owner, Count Dracula; So much so, that when the young lawyer Jonathan Harker arrives in town, the inhabitants warn him of the dangers of traveling and staying in the castle, especially on the eve of St. George's Day, when the forces of evil have absolute power.
Jonathan has come with the intention of selling the castle and finding a home for the count in the city of London, but as the days go by he will notice that the count's habits are somewhat peculiar, in addition to the fact that there are mysteriously locked doors in the castle in which entry is prohibited.
In the following days the young lawyer would dedicate himself to working and writing a detailed diary addressed to his beloved fiancée Mina, who was waiting for him in England, while the count attended to his business, or at least that's what he made him think, and returned home at nightfall, when dinner was already served, strangely, so far he had not seen any servant or anyone else in the castle but everything seemed to be clean and the freshly cooked dinner was served, although the count frequently excused himself from having eaten previously, so he just limited himself to talking while Jonathan ate and the conversation lasted until sunrise.
Despite it being a huge castle, Jonathan had not been able to find any mirror, limiting himself to using the small pocket mirror he had with him, but something stood out in his mind since that day when the count entered the room and surprised him while he was shaving, Jonathan had not been able to see it in the reflection of the mirror although he could clearly see the entire room behind him, which added to the disconcerting things that had already happened, gave him a feeling of unease.
As time passed, Jonathan would end up becoming a hostage, and thus he would realize that the count is a mean and ruthless being capable of taming beasts and turning them into slaves, in addition to the fact that three women live in the castle, ghosts whom he had seen for the first time on the unfortunate night when he decided to enter one of the forbidden rooms and when they had almost managed to bite his neck and drink his blood, just as they had done with what he believed was a child chest.
In the midst of the storms of the month of August, a ship carrying sacred land from Transylvania, and a series of chilling events and inexplicable deaths announced the arrival of Count Dracula to London where the missing young Jonathan, in the name of the Count, had acquired a Quite a large property with high stone walls in which there was an old house and a chapel.
Finally, after several months without hearing from Jonathan, Mina receives a letter saying that he is deeply ill with an apparent fever that has made him see hallucinations and she travels to meet him. Meanwhile, Lucy, her best friend, suffers from a strange bloodlust illness that has baffled both Professor Van Helsing and Dr. Seward who was in charge of the mental hospital next to Dracula's house.
Terrible events begin to happen in the town, children missing at night and found in the morning with the same marks that Lucy had presented on her neck shocked the inhabitants, but more so Vam Helsing and Dr. Seward who had followed the story closely illness and death of dear Lucy, without imagining what would await them in the following days.
Could it be that the count is forming his own army of beasts and servants...
Everyone is convinced that the Count must die, but first he would have to be found. Who will dare to kill him?...

This book by Bram Stoker published in 1897 has been considered the most beautiful work of horror ever written, in addition to the fact that its protagonist Count Dracula became the most famous vampire in popular culture, being adapted to film and television as well as works theatrical.
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