Chapter 2
'Welcome to my house! Enter freely and of your own free will!' - the famous invitation that hints at vampire lore requiring consent to cross thresholds.
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From Dracula by Bram Stoker
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Chapter 2
Harker's detailed physical description: aquiline face, peculiarly arched nostrils, pointed ears, sharp white teeth, hairy palms, foul breath - the canonical portrait of the literary vampire.
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'Listen to them--the children of the night. What music they make!' - perhaps the novel's most famous single line.
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