Dracula
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- 1. Introduction 2:32 Free
- 2. Chapter 1 β Part 1 of 4: /Jonathan Harker's Journal./ (Kept in shorthand.) 3 May 8:32
- 3. Chapter 1 β Part 2 of 4: "It is the eve of St 8:52
- 4. Chapter 1 β Part 3 of 4: When it grew dark there seemed to be some excitement... 8:25
- 5. Chapter 1 β Part 4 of 4: Suddenly, away on our left, I saw a faint flickering... 3:30
- 6. Chapter 2 β Part 1 of 3: /Jonathan Harker's Journal/--continued 9:51
- 7. Chapter 2 β Part 2 of 3: I am all in a sea of wonders 9:46
- 8. Chapter 2 β Part 3 of 3: "At Purfleet, on a by-road, I came across just such... 8:47
- 9. Chapter 3 β Part 1 of 3: /Jonathan Harker's Journal/ (continued) 9:31
- 10. Chapter 3 β Part 2 of 3: "Of course," I replied; "and such is often done by m... 8:48
- 11. Chapter 3 β Part 3 of 3: At last, however, I found one door at the top of a s... 10:32
- 12. Chapter 4 β Part 1 of 3: JONATHAN HARKER'S JOURNALβcontinued 9:52
- 13. Chapter 4 β Part 2 of 3: It makes me rage to think that this can go on, and w... 9:50
- 14. Chapter 4 β Part 3 of 3: "To-morrow, my friend, we must part 10:35
- 15. Chapter 5: Letter from Miss Mina Murray to Miss Lucy Westenra 19:03
- 16. Chapter 6 β Part 1 of 3: /Mina Murray's Journal./ 24 July 9:45
- 17. Chapter 6 β Part 2 of 3: "But," I said, "surely you are not quite correct, fo... 9:50
- 18. Chapter 6 β Part 3 of 3: 11 p.m.--I gave Renfield a strong opiate to-night; e... 10:08
- 19. Chapter 7 β Part 1 of 4: /Cutting from "The Dailygraph," 8 August./ (Pasted i... 8:26
- 20. Chapter 7 β Part 2 of 4: It so happened that there was no one at the moment o... 9:46
- 21. Chapter 7 β Part 3 of 4: 28 July.--Four days in hell, knocking about in a sor... 9:39
- 22. Chapter 7 β Part 4 of 4: Lucy is so sweet and sensitive that she feels influe... 1:55
- 23. Chapter 8 β Part 1 of 4: /Mina Murray's Journal./ Same day, 11 o'clock p.m.--... 9:45
- 24. Chapter 8 β Part 2 of 4: Same day, noon.--All goes well 10:03
- 25. Chapter 8 β Part 3 of 4: "We are, dear Sirs, "Faithfully yours, "/Samuel F 9:48
- 26. Chapter 8 β Part 4 of 4: Glad I made the resolution; gladder that I kept to it 3:46
- 27. Chapter 9 β Part 1 of 3: Letter, Mina Harker to Lucy Westenra 9:56
- 28. Chapter 9 β Part 2 of 3: ... Three nights has the same thing happenedβviolent... 10:24
- 29. Chapter 9 β Part 3 of 3: "When I have received your letter I am already comin... 10:59
- 30. Chapter 10 β Part 1 of 4: Letter, Dr. Seward to Hon 10:30
- 31. Chapter 10 β Part 2 of 4: It astonished me how long the drug took to act 10:36
- 32. Chapter 10 β Part 3 of 4: "Well, when I left her, or rather when she left me,"... 10:27
- 33. Chapter 10 β Part 4 of 4: We then waited whilst Lucy made her toilet for the n... 1:08
- 34. Chapter 11 β Part 1 of 3: /Lucy Westenra's Diary./ 12 September.--How good the... 9:52
- 35. Chapter 11 β Part 2 of 3: "An' when you said you'd report me for usin' of obsc... 8:43
- 36. Chapter 11 β Part 3 of 3: 17 September.--I was engaged after dinner in my stud... 8:45
- 37. Chapter 12 β Part 1 of 4: /Dr. Seward's Diary./ 18 September.--I drove at once... 9:23
- 38. Chapter 12 β Part 2 of 4: Once again we went through that ghastly operation 10:06
- 39. Chapter 12 β Part 3 of 4: Letter, Mina Harker to Lucy Westenra 10:01
- 40. Chapter 12 β Part 4 of 4: 20 September.--Only resolution and habit can let me... 9:13
- 41. Chapter 13 β Part 1 of 4: /Dr. Seward's Diary/--continued 9:51
- 42. Chapter 13 β Part 2 of 4: "Frankly we did our best to prevent such a testament... 9:53
- 43. Chapter 13 β Part 3 of 4: The service was very simple and very solemn 9:51
- 44. Chapter 13 β Part 4 of 4: "Oh, it was the grim irony of it allβthis so lovely... 5:36
- 45. Chapter 14 β Part 1 of 4: /Mina Harker's Journal./ 23 September.--Jonathan is... 10:17
- 46. Chapter 14 β Part 2 of 4: "Oh, you so clever woman!" he said 9:48
- 47. Chapter 14 β Part 3 of 4: 26 September.--I thought never to write in this diar... 8:45
- 48. Chapter 14 β Part 4 of 4: "Yes," I said. "Charcot has proved that pretty well.... 5:25
- 49. Chapter 15 β Part 1 of 4: /Dr. Seward's Diary/--continued 10:00
- 50. Chapter 15 β Part 2 of 4: It was a lonely vigil 9:46
- 51. Chapter 15 β Part 3 of 4: To-morrow night you will come to me to the Berkeley... 9:45
- 52. Chapter 15 β Part 4 of 4: "But, I beseech you, do not go forth in anger with me 1:14
- 53. Chapter 16: /Dr. Seward's Diary/--continued 24:03
- 54. Chapter 17 β Part 1 of 4: /Dr. Seward's Diary/--continued 9:27
- 55. Chapter 17 β Part 2 of 4: "Because it is a part of the terrible story, a part... 8:55
- 56. Chapter 17 β Part 3 of 4: To use an Americanism, he had "taken no chances," an... 9:16
- 57. Chapter 17 β Part 4 of 4: "For dear Lucy's sake," I said as we clasped hands 1:55
- 58. Chapter 18 β Part 1 of 4: /Dr. Seward's Diary./ 30 September.--I got home at f... 10:02
- 59. Chapter 18 β Part 2 of 4: 30 September.--When we met in Dr 9:23
- 60. Chapter 18 β Part 3 of 4: Only at certain times can he have limited freedom 8:33
- 61. Chapter 18 β Part 4 of 4: "Lord Godalming, I had the honour of seconding your... 8:36
- 62. Chapter 19 β Part 1 of 4: /Jonathan Harker's Journal./ 1 October, 5 a.m.--I we... 9:29
- 63. Chapter 19 β Part 2 of 4: A few minutes later I saw Morris step suddenly back... 8:54
- 64. Chapter 19 β Part 3 of 4: "I fear that he does not appraise me at much 8:48
- 65. Chapter 19 β Part 4 of 4: 2 October, 10 p.m.--Last night I slept, but did not... 1:41
- 66. Chapter 20 β Part 1 of 4: /Jonathan Harker's Journal./ 1 October, evening.--I... 8:52
- 67. Chapter 20 β Part 2 of 4: "No, sir. But ye needn't have no difficulty about that 10:01
- 68. Chapter 20 β Part 3 of 4: "Then you command life; you are a god, I suppose?" H... 10:12
- 69. Chapter 20 β Part 4 of 4: 2 October.--I placed a man in the corridor last nigh... 2:34
- 70. Chapter 21 β Part 1 of 4: /Dr. Seward's Diary./ 3 October.--Let me put down wi... 10:17
- 71. Chapter 21 β Part 2 of 4: "The Acberontia atropos of the Sphingesβwhat you cal... 8:57
- 72. Chapter 21 β Part 3 of 4: "Jonathan is in a stupor such as we know the Vampire... 10:18
- 73. Chapter 21 β Part 4 of 4: "'Silence! If you make a sound I shall take him and... 3:36
- 74. Chapter 22 β Part 1 of 3: /Jonathan Harker's Journal./ 3 October.--As I must d... 9:52
- 75. Chapter 22 β Part 2 of 3: "Then," he looked at me keenly as he spoke, "all tha... 9:25
- 76. Chapter 22 β Part 3 of 3: There was hope in his words, and comfort; and they m... 8:40
- 77. Chapter 23 β Part 1 of 3: /Dr. Seward's Diary./ 3 October.--The time seemed te... 9:56
- 78. Chapter 23 β Part 2 of 3: Suddenly with a single bound he leaped into the room... 9:25
- 79. Chapter 23 β Part 3 of 3: Before they retired the Professor fixed up the room... 11:27
- 80. Chapter 24 β Part 1 of 4: /Dr. Seward's Phonograph Diary, Spoken by Van Helsin... 9:55
- 81. Chapter 24 β Part 2 of 4: When Dr. Van Helsing had done speaking, I asked him... 9:10
- 82. Chapter 24 β Part 3 of 4: "With the sad experience of Miss Lucy, we must this... 10:00
- 83. Chapter 24 β Part 4 of 4: "Madam Mina, you are, as always, most wise 3:40
- 84. Chapter 25 β Part 1 of 4: /Dr. Seward's Diary./ 11 October, Evening.--Jonathan... 10:14
- 85. Chapter 25 β Part 2 of 4: "I can hear the waves lapping against the ship, and... 8:58
- 86. Chapter 25 β Part 3 of 4: 28 October.--When the telegram came announcing the a... 10:13
- 87. Chapter 25 β Part 4 of 4: "The Count is a criminal and of criminal type 4:03
- 88. Chapter 26 β Part 1 of 4: /Dr. Seward's Diary./ 29 October.--This is written i... 9:59
- 89. Chapter 26 β Part 2 of 4: "When we got past the Bosphorus the men began to gru... 10:11
- 90. Chapter 26 β Part 3 of 4: My surmise is, this: that in London the Count decide... 9:31
- 91. Chapter 26 β Part 4 of 4: October 30. Night.--I am writing this in the light f... 8:20
- 92. Chapter 27 β Part 1 of 5: /Mina Harker's Journal./ 1 November.--All day long w... 10:17
- 93. Chapter 27 β Part 2 of 5: All yesterday we travel, ever getting closer to the... 9:10
- 94. Chapter 27 β Part 3 of 5: 5 November, afternoon.--I am at least sane 9:46
- 95. Chapter 27 β Part 4 of 5: On the cart was a great square chest 9:41
- 96. Chapter 27 β Part 5 of 5: The sun was now right down upon the mountain top, an... 2:21
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Inconsistencies in hyphenation and spelling (to-morrow/tomorrow; aerial/aΓ«rial, etc.), as well as incorrectly used phrases in Van Helsing's speech have been retained. A number of obvious errors in punctuation and inconsistencies in single/double quotation have been tacitly removed.
The following typographical errors, have been corrected:
# p. vi/vii: header word "Page" has been moved from page vii to page vi. # p. vii: "Chapter VXVII" β "Chapter XVIII"; "Chapter XXI" β "Chapter XXVII"; "320" β "324" # p. 16: "a long" β "along" # p. 30: "WΕ" β "Woe" # p. 44: "wondow" β "window" # p. 43: "that" β "than" # p. 58: "number One" β "number one" # p. 63: "Hopwood" β "Holmwood" # p. 82: "role of paper" β "roll of paper" # p. 98: "dreadul" β "dreadful" # p. 99: "pounts" β "pounds" # p. 112: "Holmmood" β "Holmwood" # p. 133: "pharmacopΕΕia" β "pharmacopΕia" # p. 147: "do do" β "to do" # p. 157: "confortable" β "comfortable"; "everthing" β "everything" # p. 186: "greatful" β "grateful" # p. 212: "Arther" β "Arthur" # p. 241: "next the Professor" β "next to the Professor" # p. 257: "gloated with fresh blood" β "bloated with fresh blood" # p. 286: "Rat, rats, rats!" β "Rats, rats, rats!" # p. 339: "preceeded" β "preceded" # p. 358: "the bit box" β "the big box" # p. 380: "they mean fight" β "they mean to fight" # p. 384: "respulsive" β "repulsive"
BOOKS BY THE SAME AUTHOR.
"Under the Sunset." "The Snake's Pass." "The Watter's Mou'." "The Shoulder of Shasta."
DRACULA
BRAM STOKER
Constable Β· London
First published by Archibald Constable and Company, 1897
MY DEAR FRIEND
HOMMY-BEG How these papers have been placed in sequence will be made manifest in the reading of them. All needless matters have been eliminated, so that a history almost at variance with the possibilities of later-day belief may stand forth as simple fact. There is throughout no statement of past things wherein memory may err, for all the records chosen are exactly contemporary, given from the standpoints and within the range of knowledge of those who made them.
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