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Dracula: The Gothic Chronicle
Dracula: The Gothic Chronicle

Chapter I · Chapter I: Jonathan Harker's Journal in Transylvania

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3 May.
Bistritz.—Left Munich at 8:35 P.M., on 1st May, arriving at Vienna early next morning; should have arrived at 6:46, but train was an hour late.
Buda-Pesth seems a wonderful place, from the glimpse which I got of it from the train and the little I could see of its streets.
We left in good time, and came after nightfall to Klausenburgh, where I rested for the night at the Hotel Royale.
The impression I had was that we were leaving the West and entering the East; the most western of splendid bridges over the Danube, which is here of noble width and depth, took us among the traditions of Turkish rule.
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Dracula: The Gothic Chronicle

Chapter I · Chapter I: Jonathan Harker's Journal in Transylvania

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Reading 1/3 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

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3 May.
Line 2
Bistritz.—Left Munich at 8:35 P.M., on 1st May, arriving at Vienna early next morning; should have arrived at 6:46, but train was an hour late.
Line 3
Buda-Pesth seems a wonderful place, from the glimpse which I got of it from the train and the little I could see of its streets.
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We left in good time, and came after nightfall to Klausenburgh, where I rested for the night at the Hotel Royale.
Line 5
The impression I had was that we were leaving the West and entering the East; the most western of splendid bridges over the Danube, which is here of noble width and depth, took us among the traditions of Turkish rule.
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1st

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From this reading Bistritz.—Left Munich at 8:35 P.M., on 1st May, arriving at Vienna early next morning; should have arrived at 6:46, but train was an hour late.

3

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From this reading 3 May.

35

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From this reading Bistritz.—Left Munich at 8:35 P.M., on 1st May, arriving at Vienna early next morning; should have arrived at 6:46, but train was an hour late.

46

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From this reading Bistritz.—Left Munich at 8:35 P.M., on 1st May, arriving at Vienna early next morning; should have arrived at 6:46, but train was an hour late.

6

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From this reading Bistritz.—Left Munich at 8:35 P.M., on 1st May, arriving at Vienna early next morning; should have arrived at 6:46, but train was an hour late.

8

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From this reading Bistritz.—Left Munich at 8:35 P.M., on 1st May, arriving at Vienna early next morning; should have arrived at 6:46, but train was an hour late.

a

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From this reading Buda-Pesth seems a wonderful place, from the glimpse which I got of it from the train and the little I could see of its streets.

after

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From this reading We left in good time, and came after nightfall to Klausenburgh, where I rested for the night at the Hotel Royale.

among

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From this reading The impression I had was that we were leaving the West and entering the East; the most western of splendid bridges over the Danube, which is here of noble width and depth, took us among the traditions of Turkish rule.

an

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From this reading Bistritz.—Left Munich at 8:35 P.M., on 1st May, arriving at Vienna early next morning; should have arrived at 6:46, but train was an hour late.

and

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From this reading Buda-Pesth seems a wonderful place, from the glimpse which I got of it from the train and the little I could see of its streets.

arrived

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From this reading Bistritz.—Left Munich at 8:35 P.M., on 1st May, arriving at Vienna early next morning; should have arrived at 6:46, but train was an hour late.

arriving

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From this reading Bistritz.—Left Munich at 8:35 P.M., on 1st May, arriving at Vienna early next morning; should have arrived at 6:46, but train was an hour late.

at

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From this reading Bistritz.—Left Munich at 8:35 P.M., on 1st May, arriving at Vienna early next morning; should have arrived at 6:46, but train was an hour late.

Bistritz

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From this reading Bistritz.—Left Munich at 8:35 P.M., on 1st May, arriving at Vienna early next morning; should have arrived at 6:46, but train was an hour late.

bridges

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From this reading The impression I had was that we were leaving the West and entering the East; the most western of splendid bridges over the Danube, which is here of noble width and depth, took us among the traditions of Turkish rule.

Buda-Pesth

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From this reading Buda-Pesth seems a wonderful place, from the glimpse which I got of it from the train and the little I could see of its streets.

but

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From this reading Bistritz.—Left Munich at 8:35 P.M., on 1st May, arriving at Vienna early next morning; should have arrived at 6:46, but train was an hour late.

came

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From this reading We left in good time, and came after nightfall to Klausenburgh, where I rested for the night at the Hotel Royale.

could

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From this reading Buda-Pesth seems a wonderful place, from the glimpse which I got of it from the train and the little I could see of its streets.

Danube

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From this reading The impression I had was that we were leaving the West and entering the East; the most western of splendid bridges over the Danube, which is here of noble width and depth, took us among the traditions of Turkish rule.

depth

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From this reading The impression I had was that we were leaving the West and entering the East; the most western of splendid bridges over the Danube, which is here of noble width and depth, took us among the traditions of Turkish rule.

early

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From this reading Bistritz.—Left Munich at 8:35 P.M., on 1st May, arriving at Vienna early next morning; should have arrived at 6:46, but train was an hour late.

East

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From this reading The impression I had was that we were leaving the West and entering the East; the most western of splendid bridges over the Danube, which is here of noble width and depth, took us among the traditions of Turkish rule.

entering

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From this reading The impression I had was that we were leaving the West and entering the East; the most western of splendid bridges over the Danube, which is here of noble width and depth, took us among the traditions of Turkish rule.

for

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From this reading We left in good time, and came after nightfall to Klausenburgh, where I rested for the night at the Hotel Royale.

from

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From this reading Buda-Pesth seems a wonderful place, from the glimpse which I got of it from the train and the little I could see of its streets.

glimpse

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From this reading Buda-Pesth seems a wonderful place, from the glimpse which I got of it from the train and the little I could see of its streets.

good

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From this reading We left in good time, and came after nightfall to Klausenburgh, where I rested for the night at the Hotel Royale.

got

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From this reading Buda-Pesth seems a wonderful place, from the glimpse which I got of it from the train and the little I could see of its streets.

had

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From this reading The impression I had was that we were leaving the West and entering the East; the most western of splendid bridges over the Danube, which is here of noble width and depth, took us among the traditions of Turkish rule.

have

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From this reading Bistritz.—Left Munich at 8:35 P.M., on 1st May, arriving at Vienna early next morning; should have arrived at 6:46, but train was an hour late.

here

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From this reading The impression I had was that we were leaving the West and entering the East; the most western of splendid bridges over the Danube, which is here of noble width and depth, took us among the traditions of Turkish rule.

Hotel

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From this reading We left in good time, and came after nightfall to Klausenburgh, where I rested for the night at the Hotel Royale.

hour

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From this reading Bistritz.—Left Munich at 8:35 P.M., on 1st May, arriving at Vienna early next morning; should have arrived at 6:46, but train was an hour late.

I

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From this reading Buda-Pesth seems a wonderful place, from the glimpse which I got of it from the train and the little I could see of its streets.

impression

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From this reading The impression I had was that we were leaving the West and entering the East; the most western of splendid bridges over the Danube, which is here of noble width and depth, took us among the traditions of Turkish rule.

in

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From this reading We left in good time, and came after nightfall to Klausenburgh, where I rested for the night at the Hotel Royale.

is

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From this reading The impression I had was that we were leaving the West and entering the East; the most western of splendid bridges over the Danube, which is here of noble width and depth, took us among the traditions of Turkish rule.

it

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From this reading Buda-Pesth seems a wonderful place, from the glimpse which I got of it from the train and the little I could see of its streets.

its

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From this reading Buda-Pesth seems a wonderful place, from the glimpse which I got of it from the train and the little I could see of its streets.

Klausenburgh

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From this reading We left in good time, and came after nightfall to Klausenburgh, where I rested for the night at the Hotel Royale.

late

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From this reading Bistritz.—Left Munich at 8:35 P.M., on 1st May, arriving at Vienna early next morning; should have arrived at 6:46, but train was an hour late.

leaving

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From this reading The impression I had was that we were leaving the West and entering the East; the most western of splendid bridges over the Danube, which is here of noble width and depth, took us among the traditions of Turkish rule.

Left

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From this reading Bistritz.—Left Munich at 8:35 P.M., on 1st May, arriving at Vienna early next morning; should have arrived at 6:46, but train was an hour late.

little

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From this reading Buda-Pesth seems a wonderful place, from the glimpse which I got of it from the train and the little I could see of its streets.

M

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From this reading Bistritz.—Left Munich at 8:35 P.M., on 1st May, arriving at Vienna early next morning; should have arrived at 6:46, but train was an hour late.

May

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From this reading 3 May.

morning

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From this reading Bistritz.—Left Munich at 8:35 P.M., on 1st May, arriving at Vienna early next morning; should have arrived at 6:46, but train was an hour late.

most

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From this reading The impression I had was that we were leaving the West and entering the East; the most western of splendid bridges over the Danube, which is here of noble width and depth, took us among the traditions of Turkish rule.

Munich

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From this reading Bistritz.—Left Munich at 8:35 P.M., on 1st May, arriving at Vienna early next morning; should have arrived at 6:46, but train was an hour late.

next

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From this reading Bistritz.—Left Munich at 8:35 P.M., on 1st May, arriving at Vienna early next morning; should have arrived at 6:46, but train was an hour late.

night

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From this reading We left in good time, and came after nightfall to Klausenburgh, where I rested for the night at the Hotel Royale.

nightfall

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From this reading We left in good time, and came after nightfall to Klausenburgh, where I rested for the night at the Hotel Royale.

noble

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From this reading The impression I had was that we were leaving the West and entering the East; the most western of splendid bridges over the Danube, which is here of noble width and depth, took us among the traditions of Turkish rule.

of

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From this reading Buda-Pesth seems a wonderful place, from the glimpse which I got of it from the train and the little I could see of its streets.

on

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From this reading Bistritz.—Left Munich at 8:35 P.M., on 1st May, arriving at Vienna early next morning; should have arrived at 6:46, but train was an hour late.

over

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From this reading The impression I had was that we were leaving the West and entering the East; the most western of splendid bridges over the Danube, which is here of noble width and depth, took us among the traditions of Turkish rule.

P

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From this reading Bistritz.—Left Munich at 8:35 P.M., on 1st May, arriving at Vienna early next morning; should have arrived at 6:46, but train was an hour late.

place

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From this reading Buda-Pesth seems a wonderful place, from the glimpse which I got of it from the train and the little I could see of its streets.

rested

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From this reading We left in good time, and came after nightfall to Klausenburgh, where I rested for the night at the Hotel Royale.

Royale

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From this reading We left in good time, and came after nightfall to Klausenburgh, where I rested for the night at the Hotel Royale.

rule

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From this reading The impression I had was that we were leaving the West and entering the East; the most western of splendid bridges over the Danube, which is here of noble width and depth, took us among the traditions of Turkish rule.

see

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From this reading Buda-Pesth seems a wonderful place, from the glimpse which I got of it from the train and the little I could see of its streets.

seems

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From this reading Buda-Pesth seems a wonderful place, from the glimpse which I got of it from the train and the little I could see of its streets.

should

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From this reading Bistritz.—Left Munich at 8:35 P.M., on 1st May, arriving at Vienna early next morning; should have arrived at 6:46, but train was an hour late.

splendid

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From this reading The impression I had was that we were leaving the West and entering the East; the most western of splendid bridges over the Danube, which is here of noble width and depth, took us among the traditions of Turkish rule.

streets

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From this reading Buda-Pesth seems a wonderful place, from the glimpse which I got of it from the train and the little I could see of its streets.

that

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From this reading The impression I had was that we were leaving the West and entering the East; the most western of splendid bridges over the Danube, which is here of noble width and depth, took us among the traditions of Turkish rule.

the

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From this reading Buda-Pesth seems a wonderful place, from the glimpse which I got of it from the train and the little I could see of its streets.

time

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From this reading We left in good time, and came after nightfall to Klausenburgh, where I rested for the night at the Hotel Royale.

to

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From this reading We left in good time, and came after nightfall to Klausenburgh, where I rested for the night at the Hotel Royale.

took

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From this reading The impression I had was that we were leaving the West and entering the East; the most western of splendid bridges over the Danube, which is here of noble width and depth, took us among the traditions of Turkish rule.

traditions

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From this reading The impression I had was that we were leaving the West and entering the East; the most western of splendid bridges over the Danube, which is here of noble width and depth, took us among the traditions of Turkish rule.

train

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From this reading Bistritz.—Left Munich at 8:35 P.M., on 1st May, arriving at Vienna early next morning; should have arrived at 6:46, but train was an hour late.

Turkish

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From this reading The impression I had was that we were leaving the West and entering the East; the most western of splendid bridges over the Danube, which is here of noble width and depth, took us among the traditions of Turkish rule.

us

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From this reading The impression I had was that we were leaving the West and entering the East; the most western of splendid bridges over the Danube, which is here of noble width and depth, took us among the traditions of Turkish rule.

Vienna

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From this reading Bistritz.—Left Munich at 8:35 P.M., on 1st May, arriving at Vienna early next morning; should have arrived at 6:46, but train was an hour late.

was

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From this reading Bistritz.—Left Munich at 8:35 P.M., on 1st May, arriving at Vienna early next morning; should have arrived at 6:46, but train was an hour late.

We

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From this reading We left in good time, and came after nightfall to Klausenburgh, where I rested for the night at the Hotel Royale.

were

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From this reading The impression I had was that we were leaving the West and entering the East; the most western of splendid bridges over the Danube, which is here of noble width and depth, took us among the traditions of Turkish rule.

West

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From this reading The impression I had was that we were leaving the West and entering the East; the most western of splendid bridges over the Danube, which is here of noble width and depth, took us among the traditions of Turkish rule.

western

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From this reading The impression I had was that we were leaving the West and entering the East; the most western of splendid bridges over the Danube, which is here of noble width and depth, took us among the traditions of Turkish rule.

where

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From this reading We left in good time, and came after nightfall to Klausenburgh, where I rested for the night at the Hotel Royale.

which

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From this reading Buda-Pesth seems a wonderful place, from the glimpse which I got of it from the train and the little I could see of its streets.

width

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From this reading The impression I had was that we were leaving the West and entering the East; the most western of splendid bridges over the Danube, which is here of noble width and depth, took us among the traditions of Turkish rule.

wonderful

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From this reading Buda-Pesth seems a wonderful place, from the glimpse which I got of it from the train and the little I could see of its streets.

Chapter Quiz

Use these questions to verify literal comprehension before continuing to the next chapter.

What is the central narrative or theme conveyed in this section of Chapter I: Jonathan Harker's Journal in Transylvania?

Which core linguistic virtue or character attribute is emphasized in this passage?

According to the text: "3 May....", what tone does the author establish?

Shadowing Practice

Repeat the selected source lines aloud to practice rhythm, stress, and clear US English pronunciation.

Narrator: 3 May.
Narrator: The country was full of beauty of every kind; there were deep gorges, frowning precipices, and great rushing streams that tumbled over jagged rocks.