Dracula (Annotated)
- ISBN-10
- 1650834861
- ISBN-13
- 9781650834863
- Pages
- 388
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2019-12-25
- Author
- Bram Stoker
Description
Differentiated book- It has a historical context with research of the timeThe narrative is set in two different locations, between England and Transylvania in 1890. The story begins when Jonathan Harker, who is a young lawyer, must move to the home of Count Dracula in Transylvania for the benefit of his boss to provide legal support concerning A real estate negotiation. Harker begins to be influenced by Dracula and is attacked by vampire sirens which causes him to barely leave the castle alive.Dracula is now heading to London carrying 50 coffins full of Transylvanian land he needs to stay alive and regain his strength. Along the way, he kills all the crew of the ship that takes him except the captain until he reaches his destination.Once in London he becomes obsessed with Lucy who has three suitors. Dracula chases her incessantly visiting her every night. Lucy begins to walk asleep and become demacrated and look sick. Van Helsing concludes that what happens to Lucy is Dracula's responsibility and has the clear idea that this is a vampire who is drinking the girl's blood. He does everything he can to keep her alive, including prescribing blood transfusions and using crucifixes and garlic necklaces to try to keep the Count away.One day Lucy and her mother are attacked by a strange wolf and both die. Van Helsing tries to prevent Lucy from becoming a vampire by placing a crucifix in her mouth but a Dracula's servant steals it. Once this happens you start to see at night a woman who terrorizes children and Van Helsing knows that it is Lucy being controlled by Dracula. For this reason, the three suitors locate her and stick a stake in her heart and make sure that she does not rise again from the dead.Count Dracula fixes his attention on Mina when he discovers that men have destroyed most of his coffins with land which kept him safe and secure in London. He gives Mina his blood that makes her, although not quite, a vampire. The men manage to discover that Mina can tell them where the Count is hiding and by using them to track him to Transylvania.Once there the men manage to attack Count Dracula and with that, they manage to kill him once and for all. Mina recovers and marries her fiance.
