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Dracula
By Bram Stoker
Introduction
Having had some time at my disposal when in London, I had visited the British
Museum, and made search among the books and maps in the library regarding
Transylvania; it had struck me that some foreknowledge of the country could
hardly fail to have some importance in dealing with a nobleman of that country. I
find that the district he named is in the extreme east of the country, just on the
borders of three states, Transylvania, Moldavia and Bukovina, in the midst of the
Carpathian mountains; one of the wildest and least known portions of Europe. I
was not able to light on any map or work giving the exact locality of the Castle
Dracula, as there are no maps of this country as yet to compare with our own
Ordnance Survey maps; but I found that Bistritz, the post town named by Count
Dracula, is a fairly well-known place. I shall enter here some of my notes, as they
may refresh my memory when I talk over my travels with Mina.