"Dracula" by Bram Stoker is a Gothic horror novel published in 1897. Told through letters, diary entries, and newspaper articles, the story follows solicitor Jonathan Harker's terrifying encounter with Count Dracula in Transylvania. When the vampire Count flees to England and begins stalking victims in Whitby, a small group led by Professor Abraham Van Helsing must hunt him down. Drawing from folklore and history, Stoker created what became the seminal work of vampire fiction and the most portrayed literary character in history. (This is an automatically generated summary.)