Dracula (1897) is the defining vampire novel of modern literature and a foundational text in the evolution of horror and dark fantasy. Told through letters, journals, telegrams, and ship's logs, Bram Stoker's epistolary narrative follows Jonathan Harker's harrowing encounter with Count Dracula in Transylvania and the spreading shadow that reaches from the Carpathians to Victorian London. What begins as a legal transaction becomes a struggle against an ancient predator whose will, cunning, and appetite threaten the boundaries of science, faith, and modern civilisation.

Stoker fused Gothic atmosphere with contemporary anxieties-technology, sexuality, empire, and degeneration-creating a mythic antagonist who has shaped more than a century of fiction, film, and popular culture. The novel's band of hunters-Professor Van Helsing, Mina Harker, Dr. Seward, and their allies-embody the tension between rational modernity and supernatural dread. The result is not merely a tale of blood and terror, but a meditation on belief, contagion, and the limits of progress.

This Positronic edition presents the complete and unabridged text of Stoker's masterpiece, restored for readers who wish to encounter the original novel that defined vampire lore and continues to influence horror, fantasy, and speculative fiction worldwide.