Uma uvuka uzizwa sengathi umusha. Awukaze ucabange ukuthi umbhede wekhulu le-XNUMX ungakhululeka kangako. Uvuka uvule iwindi. Iphunga eliqabulayo lamahlathi aseTransylvanian ligcwalisa amaphaphu akho njengoba uskena ngaphandle. Isimo sendawo sinjengoba nje uBram Stoker ekuchazile: ngaphansi kwewindi ukwehla okuvundlile kwamamitha ayinkulungwane, kungeza udonga lwenqaba nomsele; uzungeze ulwandle oluhlaza olungenamkhawulo oludabula umoya; lapha nalaphaya umsindo wemifudlana egeleza phakathi kwehlathi.
Uvala iwindi, uthathe inqwaba yokhiye, ugijime ungene ekhishini, ulalele ukunanela kwezinyathelo zakho emaphaseji. Ucishe walahleka, kodwa ekugcineni ufika kulelo gumbi elikhulu, ngokwalo likhulu kane kunephansi lakho langaphambilini. Ubheka ikhabethe lapho ushiye khona igilosa, bese ukhipha iphakethe lamakhukhi kanye nesitini sejusi. Ufisa ukuthi ngabe uqashe umuntu ozokwenza lokho kudla, kodwa ngalokho okhokhele inqaba, konga kangcono.
Uma uqeda ukudla kwasekuseni, upakisha ubhaka wakho bese ushiya ikhishi lilungele ngokujabula ukuhlola ikhaya lakho elisha. Uya egumbini ngemuva kwegumbi: yize inqaba inkulu, ufuna ukubona yonke into. Usuku lonke, isikhathi sizodlula njengephupho. Uma sekuyisikhathi sokudla, yima bese upheka isemishi khona lapho, uhleli ebhentshini eliqinile laseWallachian lokhuni. Bese uqhubeka nokuhamba, ukuvula nokuvala iminyango; bebuka imidwebo emidala emise okwezidalwa ezihlekisayo futhi ibukwa yibo. Ukubuka kwakhe kucishe kube ukulutha ingqondo kuwe, futhi ngaphambi kokuba wazi, sekuvele kumnyama. Ngemuva kwalokho ukhumbula ngokumamatheka isixwayiso se-earl kuJonathan Harker:
“Ngaphandle kwesizathu ubelala kunoma iyiphi enye ingxenye yenqaba. Mdala futhi unezinkumbulo eziningi, futhi kunamaphupho amaningi amabi kulabo abangalali ngokuhlakanipha. Ngiyakuxwayisa! Uma kwenzeka ukulala kukuhlula manje noma kwesinye isikhathi, noma sekuzokwehlula, shesha ubuyele egumbini lakho noma kulawa magumbi, ngoba lapho-ke ungaphumula ngokuphepha. "
Ucabanga ukuthi: "Yini isihogo!"; bese unquma ukulala kancane lapho, ophikweni oluseningizimu, ukuze ubone ukuthi kwenzekani.
Ngokusho kukaForbesUkuze le fantasy igcwaliseke, uzodinga amaRandi ayizigidi eziyi-140. Umagazini waseMelika ubheka i-Bran Castle njengendawo yesibili ebiza kakhulu emhlabeni, ikakhulu ngenxa yezinzuzo zezomnotho ezingatholwa ngokuxhashazwa kwayo. Lokho kungukuthi, ngenxa yesiko eliyithatha njengenqaba ye Dracula, futhi, ekugcineni, ngenxa yenoveli ka- Bram Stoker. Imiphumela yesibambiso yokufuna ukwazi yomsebenzi wokubhala.
Masikhumbule futhi ukuthi isiko elibheka isigodlo sikaBran Castle Dracula asinaso isisekelo somlando, njengoba iwebhusayithi yomnyuziyamu wayo ingathanda ukusikhumbuza futhi Lesi sihloko ishicilelwe ezinsukwini ezintathu ezedlule ku- I-Toronto Star. Le nqaba ayizange ikhuthaze uBram Stoker, owayengekho eRomania futhi mhlawumbe wayengazi ukuthi ikhona, futhi noVlad Tepes wangempela, oyisikhulu sezwe esinamandla, akazange ahlale kuyo, ngaphandle kokuchitha izinsuku ezimbili emigodini yayo ejele.
Kodwa-ke, uma uyibona ezithombeni, kulula ukucabanga ukuthi kungaba yikhaya le-vampire nokuthi, ngandlela thile engaqondakali, uBram Stoker wayithola kahle. Mhlawumbe besicabanga ukuthi izindonga zaso zimnyama, kepha lezo zingqimba ezibomvu zegazi ziyazenzela. Singazicabanga izindima zenoveli ezenzeka esigodlweni ngaphandle komzamo omkhulu obekwe ku-Bran.
Dracula Kungumsebenzi wobuciko wobungcweti osesimweni somusa. Ethintwa ngomnyuziyamu othile omnyama, uBram Stoker wabhala inoveli enamandla amakhulu kangangoba siyibona icishe ibe ngeyangempela. Kangangokuthi lapho sivula ikhasi lokugcina, sithola umuzwa wokuthi kwenye indawo eTransylvania kufanele kube khona indawo ebonakalayo ehambelana naleyo ndaba esisanda kuyifunda.
Izazi zisichazela ukuthi isigodlo sikaDracula asikaze sibe khona ngale kwamakhasi enoveli. Ngemuva kwalokho simamatheka ngokuzitika kwethu sicabanga ngenkohliso yokufuna indlu ye-vampire yephepha emhlabeni wangempela, kepha ekujuleni kwenhliziyo asikwazi ukuzamazamisa umqondo wokuthi, phela, mhlawumbe uBram Stoker wayazi okuthile izazi zakhe ezingazi.