Outline of the Novel
- Part I (Chapters I - VII ): Jonathan Harker's Trip to Transylvania (this section ends with Dracula's voyage to Whitby and the shipwreck there)
- Part II (Chapters VIII - XVI ): Dracula's Seduction of Lucy; Revenge
- Part III (Chapters XVII - XXVII): Dracula's Attempted Seduction of Mina; His Defeat
Characters
- Mina Murray, schoolmistress (she has "a man's brain and a woman's heart")
- Jonathan Harker, solicitor's assistant, Mina's fiance/husband
- Mina's wealthy friend, Lucy Westenra
- Lucy's three suitors:
- The Hon. Arthur Holmwood, Lord Godalming, her fiance
- Dr. John Seward, director of the lunatic asylum
- Quincey P. Morris (a.k.a. "Tex"), a wealthy American and "man of action"
- Dr. Abraham Van Helsing, "M.D., D.Ph., D. Lit., etc." of Amsterdam, expert in obscure diseases, and Dr. Seward's former professor
- Renfield, bug-eater, Dracula's advance man, the "zoophagous patient" of Dr. Seward
- Count Dracula
Key Characteristics of the Novel
- Deals with Dualities: rural/urban, dark/light, good/bad, religion/science, past/present
- Complex Narrative
- Journals
- Letters
- Newspaper Articles
- "Gramophone Recordings"
- Professional Memoranda
- The climax (death-struggle with Dracula) is observed through field-glasses by Mina and Dr. Van Helsing
- Suspense, immediacy
- Strong visual images
- Eroticism
- Dracula's Brides' Seduction of Jonathan
- The Seduction of Lucy
- The Seduction of Mina
Critical Reception
- Critical Evaluation: Mixed
- Popular Evaluation: A big hit: never out of print, often translated, produced in many media.