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    1) Jonathan Harker is a lawyer who has been hired to help Count Dracula purchase a house in London. He travels to Transylvania to meet with the Count and have him sign paperwork at his castle. 2) Upon arriving in Transylvania, Harker learns that locals fear Dracula and believe he is a vampire based on old stories and superstitions about the vampires of the region. 3) As Harker prepares to continue his journey to Castle Dracula, the innkeeper begs him not to go and gives him a crucifix for protection, increasing Harker's unease about meeting the mysterious Count Dracula.

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    1) Jonathan Harker is a lawyer who has been hired to help Count Dracula purchase a house in London. He travels to Transylvania to meet with the Count and have him sign paperwork at his castle. 2) Upon arriving in Transylvania, Harker learns that locals fear Dracula and believe he is a vampire based on old stories and superstitions about the vampires of the region. 3) As Harker prepares to continue his journey to Castle Dracula, the innkeeper begs him not to go and gives him a crucifix for protection, increasing Harker's unease about meeting the mysterious Count Dracula.

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    1) Jonathan Harker is a lawyer who has been hired to help Count Dracula purchase a house in London. He travels to Transylvania to meet with the Count and have him sign paperwork at his castle. 2) Upon arriving in Transylvania, Harker learns that locals fear Dracula and believe he is a vampire based on old stories and superstitions about the vampires of the region. 3) As Harker prepares to continue his journey to Castle Dracula, the innkeeper begs him not to go and gives him a crucifix for protection, increasing Harker's unease about meeting the mysterious Count Dracula.

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    Dracula: The Road To Castle Dracula

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    1) Jonathan Harker is a lawyer who has been hired to help Count Dracula purchase a house in London. He travels to Transylvania to meet with the Count and have him sign paperwork at his castle. 2) Upon arriving in Transylvania, Harker learns that locals fear Dracula and believe he is a vampire based on old stories and superstitions about the vampires of the region. 3) As Harker prepares to continue his journey to Castle Dracula, the innkeeper begs him not to go and gives him a crucifix for protection, increasing Harker's unease about meeting the mysterious Count Dracula.

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    DRACULA

    BY BRAM STOKER

    The Road to Castle Dracula

    My name is Jonathan Harker. I am a lawyer and i live in London. About seven years ago, some strange and terrible
    things happened to me. Many of my dear friends were in danger too. At last we have decided to tell the story of
    that terrible time. Part of my work is to find houses in England for rich people who live in foreign countries. At the
    beginning of 1875, I received a letter from Transylvania, a country in Eastern Europe. The letter was from a rich man
    called count Dracula. He wanted to buy a house near London.

    The count asked me to find him an old house with a large garden. The price of the house was not important. I found
    him a large, old house to the east of London. I wrote to the count and he agreed to buy it. There were many papers
    which he had to sing. To my surprise, Count Dracula invited me to visit him in his castle in Transylvania. ´bring the
    papers with you, ´he wrote in his latter, I can sign them here.

    I was very busy and did not want to go. Transylvania was far away and few England people had been there . there
    was another reason too. I was going to get married in the autumn to my darling Mina. I did not want to leave
    England until we were married.

    But Mina said that I should go.

    The count is a rich man, she said. You may be able to do more business with him. You can travel most of the way by
    train. In two weeks, you will be home again. So I accepted count Dracula’s invitation. I left England at the end of
    April. Mina gave me a book about Transylvania to read to the train.

    On the morning of 4th may, I reached Bistritz , a small town in Transylvania. It was a beautiful day. The sun

    Shining on the great Carpathian Mountains. Somewhere, high up in those mountains, was castle Dracula where the
    count lived. The coach from Bistritz would take me to the Borgo pass. There the count´s carriage would meet me.
    The coach left from the inn in Bistritz at three o´clock. I had six hours to wait. I decided to have a meal. Nobody in
    the in spoke English, but the innkeeper spoke some German. He welcomed me and I was soon eating a good meal.

    The inn was very crowded, I watch all the people in their brightly-coloured clothes. They were speaking in languages
    I could not understand. Drank some more wine and called to the innkeeper.

    What can you tell me about Count Dracula? i asked him. Have you ever seen his castle? The innkeeper walked away
    without answering my questions. All the people in the inn stopped talking. They looked at me in fear and surprise.
    Then they all began to talk at the same time. I head the name Dracula and another word, repeated several times. I
    looked at my dictionary. They were saying the word ´´vampire´´. Where had I read the word before? I opened the
    book that Mina had given me. There are many old stories about the vampires of Transylvania, I read. Vampires are
    men and women who never die. Vampires have long, sharp teeth. They bite the throats of living people. Then they
    drink their blood. Everyone in Transylvania fears vampires. People often wear a cross to keep themselves safe…

    I shut the book quickly. Did people believe these stories?

    It was time for me to leave. I paid for my meal. Then I walked outside and go into the coach. There was a crowd of
    people outside the inn. Suddenly the innkeeper ran forward and spoke to me through the coach window.

    Must you go to the castle Dracula? He said.´´ Do not go to that terrible place´´.

    I have important business with the count, I answered.

    Then take this, the innkeeper said, and ´´may god help you´´ and he put a gold cross on a chain into my
    hand.

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