The tale of Dracula begins through the eyes of young Jonathan Harker, a newly appointed London solicitor who is embarking on a journey from England to Transylvania to meet a client. Travelling through the Transylvanian countryside, Harker remarks on the significant disparity between modern England and the odd traditions and superstitious beliefs of the Transylvanian locals. He is very much an outsider in their midst, and the behaviour of the locals soon leads to him having perturbing premonitions. Harker is ill-equipped to deal with the primordial nature of Transylvania in comparison to progressive England; he is alarmingly like a fish out of water. Upon meeting his wealthy noble client, Count Dracula, Harker immediately senses that something is very wrong. His client is only ever awake at night, and never appears to have an appetite... (what could it mean!?). Eventually, Harker reaches the conclusion that he is trapped within Dracula’s castle, and he has been given a very short expiry date! He manages to escape, but this only the beginning of the affliction that Dracula will unleash upon England.
