It follows the vampire count dracula from his castle in transylvania to england, where he is hunted while turning others into vampires. Detailed analysis of characters in bram stokers dracula. A great book for all generations, not too scary and not too boring. The real history that went into bram stokers dracula time. She is also lucy westenras best friend, and, like lucy, she is chosen by dracula as a. Dracula by bram stoker is a wonderful book full of exciting action, suspense and horror. She will later become mina harker and will assist in tracking down count dracula. Bram stoker has 1011 books on goodreads with 1610845 ratings. Dracula he is the vampire who has been undead for several hundred years and keeps his vitality by sucking blood from live victims. Dracula by bram stoker might not be the book you believe it. The novel tells the story of dracula s attempt to move from transylvania to england so that he may find new blood and spread the undead curse, and of the battle between dracula and a small group of people led by. The icelandic translation of dracula is actually a different book.
The sheet, labeled historiae personae, lists the narratives. Within the novel, mina holds both the role of a typical. Learn all about how the characters in dracula such as dracula and van helsing contribute to the story and how they fit into the plot. Bram stoker, the author of dracula 1897, returned to this page again and again while drafting his novel between 18901896. He can assume the form of an animal, control the weather, and he is stronger than twenty men. Dracula, novel by bram stoker, derived from vampire legends and published in 1897, that became the basis for an entire genre of literature and film. The dracula study guide contains a biography of bram stoker. Dracula is an 1897 gothic horror novel by irish author bram stoker. Count dracula, van helsing, jonathan harker, mina murray, lucy westenra, john. In the book, jonathan harker, his fiancee mina murray, her friend lucy.
The settings of the book reflect two major traditions in horror writing, those of the older pure gothic form and the newer traditions of the sensation novel. Dracula is a classic tale of gothic horror by written by the irish author bram. Abraham bram stoker 8 november 1847 20 april 1912 was an irish author, best known today for his 1897 gothic horror novel dracula. Despite the fact that he is actually seen on only a few of the approximately four hundred pages of the novel, his presence constantly pervades the entire work. Bram stokers everevolving list of characters for dracula.
Hes first called in to save another character, lucy westenra, from a. He is the transylvanian count for whom the book is named. Beneath a veneer of aristocratic charm, the count possesses a dark and evil soul. Count dracula a centuriesold vampire and transylvanian nobleman, count dracula inhabits a crumbling castle in the carpathian mountains. This book is often believed to represent part of the life of vlad tepes, also known as vlad draculea tepes the impaler, who was the prince of valahia tara romaneasca in the periods. It introduced count dracula, and established many conventions of.
Bram stoker exaggerates lucys insatiability to a point wherein she is. Count draculas physical appearance is provided by jonathan harker in the may 5th entry in his journal, which is found in chapter 2of bram stokers 1897 gothic horror novel, dracula harker, a. In this lesson, well go over the main characters in bram stokers novel, dracula, and. During his lifetime, he was better known as the personal assistant of actor sir henry irving and business manager of the lyceum theatre, which irving owned.
The icelandic translation of dracula is actually a. The dracula study guide contains a biography of bram stoker, literature essays, a complete etext, quiz questions, major themes, characters, and a full summary an. It introduced the character of count dracula and established many conventions of subsequent vampire fantasy. Upon receipt of the book, stoker didnt read it cover to cover. About dracula myth and history facts, count dracula. Description horror arrives in late nineteenth century england in the form of a vampire, an undead creature who sleeps in the earth by day and drinks the blood of humans by. Bram stoker claimed that many of the characters in his novel dracula were real people. Jonathan is the first character we meet in the novel, but hes hardly the most interesting. Explores the gothic nature and subtext of the work with a focus upon each area. And the thrill leaves you lying on the edge of the seat. A solicitor sent to do business with count dracula. While we go in knowing exactly who dracula is, the characters have to be convinced of the monster.