The book was to be Little Women. The author was 35, had been to the wars (the American Civil War), and had already published two volumes of tales based on her experiences in military hospitals, a novel, and two little books of fairy tales...
In the mountains of Transylvania there stands a castle. It is the home of Count Dracula - a dark, lonely place, and at night the wolves howl around the walls. In the year 1875 Jonathan Harker comes...