Dracula- Bram Stoker :: English Literature

Dracula- Bram StokerIn my opinion, this is one of the greatest horror books that have perpetuallybeen written. It is excellent.The book begins with Jonathon Harker- one of the main characters,writing in his journal. From this we see that he is on his way toTransylvania, one of the wildest and least known portions of Europewhere he is visiting one of the clients of the accountants level thathe works for in his castle, Castle Dracula. From Budapest, he travelsto Bistritz where he stays in the Golden Krone Hotel. The next day heis to travel to the Borgo run low by coach where Draculas carriage willmeet him.There are early signs that all is not right He has queer dreamswhilst staying in Budapest, tribe are very wary of telling himanything of the count or his castle, when he asked the hotel ownerswhat they knew of the Count both he and his wife crossed themselvesand, saying that they knew nothing at all, refused to handle anyfurther, people try to warn him off going to the castle, th e landladywouldnt let him leave the hotel until she had placed a cross aroundhis neck, even the people on the coach he is taking to meet the countscarriage begin talking of evil things Satan, vampires, hell.But this is soon forgotten as he journeys, he is absorbed in thebeautiful landscape, oblivious to everything else. As they near theBorgo pass he finds that the other people on the coachs behaviourbecomes more and more erratic as if they are nervous and frightened,for him as well as themselves.When they arrive to the pass, there is no-one there and they try topersuade him to leave with them but the Counts horseman arrives withthe carriage . His appearance is very disturbing. He has eyes whichseemed red in the lamplight and red lips with sharp looking teeth.He interrogates the coach device driver who seems to be very scared of him.There is in any case something very strange in his behaviour but we cant putour finger on it. Jonathan boards the carriage and begins the finallap of his journey towards the castle. The way in which the journey isdescribed builds up a sense of apprehension, as if this is thebeginning of an undescribable horror. The closer to the castleJonathan gets, the worse it is. He sees a blue flame which the driverruns off into the darkness to inspect. While he is away the wolves ofthe forest form a ring around him but when the driver comes back, he