A few weeks ago, while I was wandering through the shelves of my personal bookstore, I found Dracula's book, in its original language, bought years ago and never read, so I realized that I did not know the story of Stoker's Dracula but only some commonplaces about vampires, their hatred of garlic, the lack of image reflected in the mirror, the mental powers that vampires exert on their victims and little else.
The story takes place between Transylvania and London and sees a group of men engaged in the fight against the evil represented by Dracula, an undead Count, who after centuries of retired life in distant Transylvania has decided to move to London.
Stoker tells the fight against this monster through the diaries of the protagonists of the novel through newspaper articles through which it is possible to reconstruct the development of the actions.
Sometimes these journals overlap, intertwine, even seem to move away from the main thread of the story and then invariably return.
Jonathan Harker, a London lawyer, is sent by his company to Count Dracula to help him prepare for his new life in London.
The journey of approach to the castle is told with skill by Stoker that highlights the feelings of the surrounding population towards the Count, feared by everyone.
Jonathan completes his work, realizing too late to be a prisoner in the castle ...
Will he escape?
Will he be able to return to London from his beloved Mina?
Who is the Count Dracula really?
The book will tell us everything in great detail ... so, good reading to all!
Alessandro Rugolo
