While I'm here,

The other not-usually-my-cup-of-tea-but-reasons book I'm currently reading is Dracula [1].

I happened to notice that a significant part of the journey of Harker to Dracula's castle is in a carriage called a calèche.

I just wondered if that was directly or indirectly connected with Caleuche's name on TML as it's not a word I was familiar with until this.

Idle curiousity.

[1] My Czech friend has got a hold of 2 or 3 simplified English 'mirror' texts (English on the left, Czech on the right) for me to practice my (limited) Czech on. I've waded through Tom Sawyer, Jane Eyre, King Arthur and am now on Dracula. They take a while, as I usually just read one page a night before bed. But reading the latter I realized I wasn't at all familiar with the original and so I've been reading a 'proper' (non-simplified) copy of Stoker as well. (Desperate attempt to help keep a local bookshop open although it's also free on Kindle.)

Horror isn't my usual fare, but I've been surprised at just how good _Dracula_ is. I can see why it's become a classic (doh!) and it's fun seeing where all the vaguely familiar tropes come from originally.