Dracula by Bram Stoker
Dracula , by Bram Stoker, is one of the defining novels of its genre. First published in 1897, Dracula employs the medium of letters exchanged between primary characters and their journals as the medium of story-telling, popularly known as epistolary. Frankenstein , published by Mary Shelley 69 years before the first publication of Dracula , is also written using the same enthralling format. Needless to say, this form of story-telling allows the readers to peek into the inner thoughts of primary characters through their private journals, and follow the rest of the events through the medium of letters exchanged between them, rendering the story much more credible.
The chilling story opens on a cold dark night. Jonathan Harker, a young man employed with a law firm, travels by night to visit a client, Count Dracula, who lives on an isolated hill in Transylvania in Eastern Europe. At first, disarmed by the Count’s hospitality and grace, Jonathan finds the castle and its surroundi