Dracula (Magill’s Guide to Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature)
At a glance:
- Author: Bram Stoker
- First Published: 1897
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Fantasy—cautionary
- Time of Work: The end of the nineteenth century
- Setting: Transylvania and England
- Genres: Long fiction, Fantasy, Gothic fiction, Horror literature, Vampire fiction
- Subjects: Voyages, Folkloric or magical people, Prisoners, Love or romance, Supernatural, Escapes, Nineteenth century, Europe or Europeans, England or English people, Lawyers, Legends, Eastern Europe or eastern Europeans, Wolves, Nobility, Bats, Demoniac possession, Vampires
- Locales: Purfleet, England, Transylvania, Romania, Whitby, England
The Plot
Jonathan Harker, an English solicitor, visits Count Dracula in Transylvania. He finds death’s aura and aroma surrounding Dracula. Harker is attacked by three female vampires, who are warded off by Dracula. Harker is his; they are given a baby to feed on. When Harker demands to be released, Dracula obliges, but a pack of wolves surrounds the castle entrance. The next day, Harker awakes, weak and sick, with a wound on his throat. Dracula leaves Harker at the castle as a prisoner.
In England, Harker’s fiancée, Mina Murray, visits her friend, Lucy Westenra, a...
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