Dracula – Chapter 1: Jonathan Harker’s Journal: A Chapter-by-Chapter Reading of Bram Stoker’s Classic

Jonathan Harker, a young English solicitor, journeys to the remote mountains of Transylvania to assist a mysterious nobleman named Count Dracula. At first, the Count is courteous and charming — but as the days pass, Harker begins to realize that he is not a guest, but a prisoner in a castle filled with shadows, secrets, and unspeakable horrors.

This is Chapter 1 of Bram Stoker’s Dracula — narrated by Amazon bestselling horror author Jonathan Dunne — part of a complete, chapter-by-chapter audiobook series that brings the classic Gothic nightmare to life in chilling detail.

Whether you’re revisiting Stoker’s masterpiece or discovering it for the first time, this immersive narration captures the dread, mystery, and slow-building terror that shaped the vampire legend for more than a century.

📖 Public domain text. Original publication: 1897.

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Release date

Audiobook: November 13, 2025