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Description
The tale begins with Jonathan Harker, a newly qualified English solicitor, journeying by train and carriage from England to Count Dracula's crumbling, remote castle. At first enticed by Dracula's gracious manner, Harker soon discovers that he has become a prisoner in the castle. He also begins... read more
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Cast of Characters/Important People
- Count Dracula: Transylvanian nobleman.
- Van Helsing: Dutch professor.
- Jonathan Harker: Solicitor hired to assist Count Dracula in buying a home in England.
- Mina Murray: Jonathan Harker's financee.
- Lucy Westenra: Mina's best friend.
- John Seward: A doctor who runs an insane asylum.
- Arthur Holmwood: Lucy's finance.
- Quincey Morris: American friend of Arthur.
- Renfield: Fly-eating patient at the insane asylum.
- Mrs. Westenra: Lucy's mother.
Memorable Quotes
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“I don't want to talk to you: you don't count now; the Master is at hand.”
Mr. Renfield -
“The blood is the life!”
Mr. Renfield -
“My revenge has just begun! I spread it over centuries and time is on my side.”
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“We learn from failure, not from success!”
Van Helsing -
“Alone with the dead! I dare not go out, for I can hear the low howl of the wolf through the broken window”
Lucy Westenra
First Sentence
Bram Stoker's greatly underrated Dracula is not only a well-written and formally inventive sensation novel but also one of the most important expressions of the social and psychological dilemmas of the late nineteenth century.
Table of Contents
Chapter I Jonathan Harker's Journal
Chapter II Jonathan Harker's Journal
Chapter III Jonathan Harker's Journal
Chapter IV Jonathan Harker's Journal
Chapter V Letter from Miss Mina Murray to Miss Lucy Westenra
Chapter VI Mina Murray's Journal
Chapter VII Cutting from the Dailygraph, 8 August
Chapter VIII Mina Murray's Journal
Chapter IX Letter, Mina Harker to Lucy Westenra
Chapter X Letter, Dr Seward to the Hon. Arthur Holmwood
Chapter XI Lucy Westenra's Diary
Chapter XII Dr Seward's Diary
Chapter XIII Dr Seward's Diary
Chapter XIV Mina Harker's Journal
Chapter XV Dr Seward's Diary
Chapter XVI Dr Seward's Diary
Chapter XVII Dr Seward's Diary
Chapter XVIII Dr Seward's Diary
Chapter XIX Jonathan Harker's Journal
Chapter XX Jonathan Harker's Journal
Chapter XXI Dr Seward's Diary
Chapter XXII Jonathan Harker's Journal
Chapter XXIII Dr Seward's Diary
Chapter XXIV Dr Seward's Phonograph Diary, spoken by Van Helsing
Chapter XXV Dr Seward's Diary
Chapter XXVI Dr Seward's Diary
Chapter XXVII Mina Harker's Journal
Series
This is book 1 in the Dracula series.
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