Dracula by Bram Stoker

When solicitor Jonathan Harker visits Count Dracula’s castle in Transylvania, he discovers his host is a vampire planning to travel to England. As Dracula spreads his terror in London, a group of friends led by Professor Van Helsing must stop him before more lives are lost. The story unfolds through diary entries, letters, and telegrams, building tension as the hunters track the vampire across Europe. Themes of fear, sexuality, and the unknown pervade the gothic atmosphere. Dracula remains the defining vampire novel in Western literature.