Bram Stoker's Dracula is a seminal Gothic novel that intertwines Victorian anxieties, superstitions, and the clash between modernity and ancient evil. Each passage – be it diary entry, letter, newspaper clipping, or other – is dated, and the book spans six months, from May 3 to November 7th. Between now and then, I’ll be delivering the book straight into your inbox, on the relevant dates. Like that, you’ll get to experience Dracula In Real Time.
Dr. Seward’s Diary
8 July.—There is a method in his madness, and the rudimentary idea in my mind is growing. It will be a whole idea soon, and then, oh, unconscious cerebration! you will have to give the wall to your conscious brother. I kept away from my friend for a few days, so that I might notice if there were any change. Things remain as they were except that he has parted with some of his pets and got a new one. He has managed to get a sparrow, and has already partially tamed it. His means of taming is simple, for already the spiders have diminished. Those that do remain, however, are well fed, for he still brings in the flies by tempting them with his food.