He is given a crucifix by a local woman, and from politeness Harker accepts though he does not believe the superstition. That night, the count's carriage awaits him at the Borgo Pass. The coachman is strong and seems peculiar. When they are surrounded by wolves the coachman sends them away by a simple gesture. At Castle Dracula, Jonathan is greeted by Dracula, a pale old man with a grey moustache, a high-bridged nose with fibrant red lips and dressed all in black greets him politely.
Dracula does not dine and the next few days is nowhere to be seen during the day. Harker notices his host has hair growing on his palms and sharp protruding canine-teeth. Dracula and Harker spend long nights talking only for the count to vanish at dawn.
In the following days, Harker begins to feel uneasy. One evening, when Harker shaves he is startled by Dracula, whose likeness is not reflected in the mirror. From shock, Harker cuts his neck and Dracula reacts strangely to the blood. Follow IJ. Latest in Literature Metaphysics.
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Van Helsing from Amsterdam, our courageous heros have to drive a stake through her heart, and have to cut her head! It's the unique possible way to free her and to give her the eternal peace, and to save the bitten children. Short time later, Renfield dies in a fight against the count, and Mina Harker is bitten by the same one. Our heros have just one chance to save Mina's life: They have to search and destroy all the coffins filled with Dracula's native earth.
So, the count has no chance to run away. They find only 49 coffins out of 50, and they realize pretty quickli, that the count is on his way home to his castle. Now, a wild hunting through Europe begins. During the count travels over the sea, our heros take the train from London to Galatz.
But the count is too sly, and achieves the Sereth river. But with the help of Mina's lethargy they always know, where the count is. In the last second, they can kill the count, right in front of is castle, just before sunset.
Quincey Morris, a gallant gentleman, risks and looses his life in the fight against the gypsies. But Mina is being saved! The sun was almost down on the mountain tops, and the shadows of the whole group fell upon the snow. I saw the Count lying within the box upon the earth, some of which the rude falling from the cart had scattered over him. He was deathly pale, just like a waxen image, and the red eyes glared with the horrible vindictive look which I knew so well.
But, on the instant, came the sweep and flash of Jonathan's great knife. I shrieked as I saw it shear through the throat. Whilst at the same moment Mr. Morris's bowie knife plunged into the heart. It was like a miracle, but before our very eyes, and almost in the drawing of a breath, the whole body crumbled into dust and passed from our sight.
I shall be glad as long as I live that even in that moment of final dissolution, there was in the face a look of peace, such as I never could have imagined might have rested there. The Castle of Dracula now stood out against the red sky, and every stone of its broken battlements was articulated against the light of the setting sun. One interesting thing about Dracula is the very modern style - even by standards years later.
There is no central narrator - instead the viewpoint shifts between several characters. This book is comprised entirely using the journals and correspondence of the various people in the story. The thing I liked most about this book is the way it is written.
It is written in the form of letters, diary entries, notes and newspaper articles - this is from the characters' viewpoint. This book is very good because it goes into detail and gives descriptions of people and places. My favourite character is Dr.
Van Helsing I liked this character because he knows a lot about vampires.
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