Dracula door Bram Stoker

Title: Dracula

Author: Bram Stoker

Publisher: Longman

Year of publication: 1897

Number of pages: 62

Explanation of the title: Count Dracula is a vampire, he lives in a castle in Transylvania. And the other characters try to kill him.

What the story is about:

Jonathan Harker works for mr. Hawiks. He has to go to Transylvania to visit count Dracula. He travels by train and carriage to count Dracula’s castle. Dracula is pretty nice, but has strange habits. During Jonathan’s visit Dracula  is behaving more and more strange. He discovers that the count is a vampire and he wants to leaves as soon as possible. Eventually he manages to escape. Meanwhile the count travels to London by boat. Mina Murray, Jonathan’s fiancée,  is very worried about him. Her friend Lucy is not doing well. She is bitten by Dracula and will slowly die and change into a vampire. After Lucy’s death,  she bites many children in their throats. Van Helsing know this is the work of Lucy. He wants Lucy really dead so that her soul can go to heaven and does not wander about in Withby. By cutting open her throat and spreading  holy water around her van Helsing succeeds in killing her. Now he wants to kill Dracula for good. Along with Jack and Jonathan he searches for Dracula. For her own safety Mina visits Renfield, the crazy. Dracula also comes to Renfield and he bites Mina. Mina is aware that she will also change into a vampire and tries everything to stop this. Meanwhile Dracula went back to Transylvania.  Van Helsing, Jonathan and Mina are trying to find Dracula. They travel to Dracula’s castle in Transylvania. Finally they manage to kill Dracula. Mina does not turn into a vampire and lives happily ever after with Jonathan.

The main characters:

Count Dracula. He is a vampire who lives in a castle in Transylvania. Dracula has a very white face, red lips and sharp canines.

Jonathan Harker, a lawyer, who has to buy a house for Dracula in Londen.

The problems of the main characters:

Count Dracula: he can’t stand garlic, crosses, daylight and holy water. For these things Dracula must be careful.

Jonathan Harker: he can hardly escape from Dracula’s castle. Later he helps killing Dracula.

How I would go with the problem:

Killing Dracula was the only way to prevent Mina turning into a vampire.

Message of the writer:

This is a classic story about the struggle between good and evil.

If I would recommend this book:

I would recommend the book to people who of scary, exciting fantasy stories.