Dracula+(The+Book)+-+Mats+BG

**THE BOOK** 

**SUMMARY** The story starts with solicitor //Jonathan Harker// from England which is heading towards Transylvania to help an old man with legal issues because of the purchase of a house in England. //Jonathan Harker// is greeted by an old man whom name is //Count Dracula// when he arrives at the Count’s old castle. After a few days, //Jonathan// is becoming very curious, especially after he tried to shave himself with the use of a small mirror, but is frightened when the Count is suddenly standing behind with no reflection in the mirror. //Jonathan Harker// starts to investigate as the Count leaves him alone in his castle, and finds an old and dark secret. At the same time, back in England, //Miss Mina Murray// is planning to marry //Jonathan Harker// when he returns from Transylvania, and at almost the same time, her beloved friend //Lucy Westenra// is offered three marriages at the same day. One of them is the owner of an insane asylum called //Dr. Seward//, the other being //Quincey Morris// from Texas, and the last one being a rich gentleman called //Arthur Holmwood//. //Lucy// chooses //Arthur//, but few days after the wedding, //Lucy// starts sleepwalking. One night, when //Mina Murray// is following Lucy in her sleepwalking, she notices that there are two small marks on //Lucy’s// neck. //Dr. Seward// takes a look at her, and is worried about her health. He then calls for help from his good friend //Professor Abraham Van Helsing// from Holland.

 **AUTHOR** In 1897, literature would forever be changed, when Irish author Bram Stoker wrote his gothic masterpiece “Dracula”. Bram Stoker was born in 1847, and died in 1912. Between these years, he wrote 12 novels and 3 short stories collections. Both his parents (Abraham Stoker and feminist Charlotte Mathilda Blake Thornley) would play important roles in his books, most notably Dracula. But before Bram Stoker started writing, he was an acting-manager and a business-manager of Lyceum Theatre in London. But after a few years, Stoker started to write novels, the first one was “The Snake’s Pass” and the second was “Dracula”. In 1878, Bram Stoker married Florence Balcombe, which would later, after Bram Stokers death, fight against misuse of the novel Dracula.

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