Dracula is an 1897 Gothic horror novel written by Bram Stoker from Ireland. The story tells about a vampire, trying to move from Transylvania to England and of the battles between a group of volunteers led by Professor Abraham Van Helsing with Dracula. During a business visit to Count Dracula's castle in Transylvania, Jonathan Harker finds himself at the center of a series of horrifying incidents. Although at the beginning of his stay he is impressed by the kindness of Dracula, soon he discovers its strange properties and realizes that it was trapped in his castle. His nightmare experience there is just the start of a macabre chain of events. A young English solicitor is attacked by three phantom women and learns that after Dracula leaves for England, he will be destined for them as a victim. But it isn't everything... Harker is a witness of the Count's transformation from human to bat form and discovers puncture wounds on his own neck that seem to have been made by teeth. Jonathan decides to escape the mysterious castle and finds himself in a race against time to free his wife Mina and other souls who are in thrall to the Dracula. The book includes short story about Vlad the Impaler, who was liable for slaying tens of thousands of people and impaling innocent people.