Dracula

My book for this week was “Dracula” by Bram Stoker. I bought it at a super sale at a book store, and haven’t picked it up since July. The story is much different from what I thought, so far at least. I thought the basic plot line was that Count Dracula seduced women and then sucked their blood, but the real story line is much more complicated; involving multiple cities, slaughters and groups of people. The whole novel is written through notes, letters and diary entries from the main set of people plotting to “kill” Vlad Dracula, which I surprisingly like. Most books written in this style tend to annoy me, because the plot always seems to develop gaps in the story about halfway through the book, but Stoker did a very nice job covering all the loose ends.
The whole book starts with a man who travels to Transylvania to, I believe, help Dracula invest in a business plan. The man, Jonathan Harker, once arriving with the Count, realizes it is impossible to leave the Count’s palace; seeing as vicious wolves circle the grounds during the day and at night, Dracula hunts. Harker manages to escape, with the Count’s secret of being a vampire. That is as far as I have gotten since picking it up on Monday, but it does take a long while to sort through the book, because I received the version where all the footnotes are included on the page.