More than a hundred years have passed since the first publication of the novel 'Vampires' by the enigmatic Baron Olshevri (B. Olshevri), and we can now confidently assert that this pseudonym belonged to Ekaterina Nikolaevna Khomza (1861–1916). For her—the wife of a hereditary honorary citizen and tea merchant, who suffered from a serious illness—literary pursuits became a saving expression of her will to live, a kind of meditation, a way to entertain herself and her loved ones. The pages of B. Olshevri's most famous fantasy opus tell the story of how the dark legends surrounding Dracula's ancient castle become reality when the overseas millionaire Harry Cardy, who inherits it, settles in and begins to live a luxurious social life. With the help of his adventurous friends, will he be able to overcome the awakened evil? For this publication, the text of the first edition of the novel has been cleared of typographical, semantic and spelling errors by literary scholar D. R. Kobozev with the intention of presenting this literary monument to readers for the first time in the form as its author intended.