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Dracula

Bram Stoker

Dracula

Original publication
1897
Bilingual edition
June 12, 2026
Pages
899
Difficulty
★★☆
Genres
Horror, Science Fiction, Romance
Translated from
English

Book summary

Jonathan Harker, a young solicitor, travels to an isolated castle where the mysterious Count Dracula lives. Very quickly, he realizes that he is facing a supernatural threat. As Dracula extends his influence, several characters unite in an attempt to stop him. The struggle becomes a battle against an ancient and elusive force. The novel creates an oppressive and gripping atmosphere, exploring fear, desire, and the conflict between good and evil.

The plot

A young solicitor and a strange count. Jonathan Harker, a young English solicitor, sets off for Transylvania, in the mountains of Eastern Europe.

The world of the book

From Eastern Europe to London. The story takes place at the end of the 19th century, in Transylvania, a mountainous region of today’s Romania, then in England.

The author

A man of the theatre invents Dracula. Born in Dublin, Ireland, he works as a civil servant and, in the evenings, writes theatre reviews. The great actor Henry Irving becomes his friend and asks him to run his London…

The benefits of the bilingual method with Line-by-line synced layout

Every line of the original has its translation directly beneath it, at the same height. You never lose your place: your eye drops one line and lands on exactly the sentence it just read. This is the layout that lets you open a book in a language you barely know without ever giving up, and compare the two texts almost word for word.

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