I find that the district he named is in the extreme east of the country, just on the borders of three states, Transylvania, Moldavia, and Bukovina,5 in the midst of the Carpathian mountains; one of the wildest and least known portions of Europe.
Sets up expectations for the reader. Stoker emphasizes the "foreigness" of the setting, so far removed from regular English life", to indicate that basically anything is possible once you cross into the Carpathians.
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