Dracula

Dracula is Bram Stoker's masterpiece of Gothic horror—the novel that created the modern vampire and defined an entire genre.

Jonathan Harker, a young English solicitor, travels to Transylvania to assist Count Dracula with a real estate transaction in London. From the moment he arrives at the crumbling castle, he senses something terribly wrong. The Count speaks of ancient battles, sleeps in a coffin, and never appears in daylight. Jonathan soon realizes he is not a guest but a prisoner—and the Count is far more than human.

Back in England, Jonathan's fiancée Mina and her friend Lucy Westenra begin suffering from a strange, wasting illness. As Lucy grows weaker, Dr. Van Helsing—a Dutch professor with knowledge of obscure folklore—recognizes the mark on her throat: a vampire has bitten her. The band of heroes must hunt Dracula back to his homeland, racing against time to destroy the creature before he creates an army of the undead.

Told through letters, diary entries, and newspaper clippings, Dracula is an epistolary novel that unfolds with chilling realism. First published in 1897, the novel has never been out of print. Its Count Dracula has become the archetype of the vampire in Western culture—elegant, aristocratic, and utterly terrifying.

This audiobook is based on the 1897 public domain text. Produced and narrated by Doushu, with AI assistance.

© 2026 HongMei Zhou (Audiobook): 9780466199975

Release date

Audiobook: April 29, 2026