He entered the trinity college dublin in 1864 and worked as a parttime free lance journalist and drama critic. It begins with jonathan harker, a young english lawyer, as he travels to. Mina harker character analysis dracula great books 2. Mina is one of the main characters in 1975 novel dracula tape by fred saberhagen, which is the retelling of bram stokers dracula. Based on bram stokers dracula, the original vampire novel, dracula, my love tells mina harkers side of this famous story. Did mina harker give birth to dracula s son at the end of bram stoker s dracula. Including the story draculas guest ebook written by bram stoker.
The 5 best movie adaptations of dracula bram stokers dracula is still the most famous of his books, and the story of the deadly vampire came to the screen with these five. Van helsing, and arthur holmwood confront count draculas gathering threat. Dracula has been attributed to many literary genres including vampire literature, horror fiction, the gothic novel and invasion literature. Harkers hands, keeping them away with her arms at full tension. Dracula is an 1897 novel by irish author bram stoker, featuring as its primary antagonist the vampire count dracula. Bram stoker s dracula is a 1992 american gothic horror film directed and produced by francis ford coppola, based on the novel dracula by bram stoker. The author s use of imagery and detail make the novel complete and help to further the reader s understanding. Oct 20, 2009 a collection of all the dresses worn by winona ryder who s brilliant performance as mina murray harker was enhanced by the amazing costume designs by japanese designer eiko ishioka. Wilhelmina mina harker nee murray is a fictional character in bram stoker s 1897 gothic horror novel dracula. Bram stokers dracula is rated r under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian. Bram stoker 18471912 dracula tells the tale of a sinister transylvanian aristocrat who seeks to retain his youth and strength by feeding off human blood.
Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read dracula. Van helsing described what steps were taken during the day to discover on what boat and whither bound count dracula made his escape. Through use of the femme fatale stoker doesnt need to bring dracula into the scene to bring the idea of dracula as evil along. In the actual original book from bram stoker, mina gave birth to the son of jonathan harker. Mina harker, the true heroine of bram stoker s dracula, is drawn into the vampire s web of evil in chapter 21 of the novel. Apr 27, 2019 dracula is the causation, but gets to carry on being mysterious even with his presence front and centre.
Van helsing and renfield, so i wont go into detail. Harker s hands, keeping them away with her arms at full tension. Acclaimed author syrie james approaches bram stokers classic dra. Oct 06, 2016 but anne rice, charlaine harris, elizabeth kostova, richard matheson, theodore sturgeon and my irish buddy bram stoker here have all created truly creepy bloodsucking creatures that have stood the test of literary time. Her white nightdress was smeared with blood, and a thin stream trickled down the man s bare breast which was shown by his tornopen dress. The count is looking for a london home and jonathan, who has the details of a large house that might suit dracula, is keen to make the counts acquaintance and visit him in his. She is bitten by dracula at least three times, but she does not become a vampire right away. How do their views of death shape the ways in which mina harker, dr. I got home at five oclock, and found that godalming and morris had not only arrived, but had already studied the transcript of the various diaries and letters which harker had not yet returned from his visit to the carriers men, of whom dr. The authors use of imagery and detail make the novel complete and help to further the readers understanding. Mina harker and the paradox of femininity in bram stokers dracula. Unlike lucy, she is not most noteworthy for her physical beauty, which spares mina her friends fate of being transformed into a voluptuous shedevil. These are pretty much the first words spoken to jonathan harker, one of the heroes of bram stokers dracula, upon his arrival at count draculas castle in transylvania, just minutes after a nightmare journey through the landscape of gothic horror. Bram stoker was born in dublin, ireland on november 8, 1847.
Bram stokers dracula is a 1992 american gothic horror film directed and produced by francis ford coppola, based on the novel dracula by bram stoker. You know the story of dracula and mina and jonathan harker and dr. She begins the story as miss mina murray, a young school mistress who is engaged to jonathan harker, and best friends with. These are pretty much the first words spoken to jonathan harker, one of the heroes of bram stoker s dracula, upon his arrival at count dracula s castle in transylvania, just minutes after a nightmare journey through the landscape of gothic horror.
The project gutenberg ebook of dracula, by bram stoker. This version of dracula is closely based on bram stokers classic novel. But not even mina harker in a draculainduced trance could have foreseen that another version of. Bram stoker s iconic novel dracula begins with a young man, jonathan harker, arriving in transylvania where he has an appointment to keep with a certain count dracula. Dracula is the causation, but gets to carry on being mysterious even with his presence front and centre. Budapesth seems a wonderful place, from the glimpse which i got of it from the train and the little i could walk through the streets. The author, bram stoker, a young victorian theater professional, was probably inspired by the strange epidemic of vampirism that occurred in remote parts of eastern europe in the 17th and 18th centuries. Bram stokers dracula and mina wood sign wall plaque handmade wood ink transfer. A solicitor sent to do business with count dracula. Central to bram stokers novel dracula is the tension between earthly life and immortality of the soul. Wilhelmina mina harker nee murray is a fictional character in bram stokers 1897 gothic horror novel dracula. Dracula makes his way to london and turns mina s friend lucy. Mina, however, keeps a more shocking and intensely romantic journal in secret shorthand, free from the prying eyes of those who might seek to discover the events. Mina harker was the wife of jonathan harker, one of the founders of department 19.
Mina is always going out of her way to help all of her friends, even if it means putting her life in danger. Dracula, my love is an account of bram stoker s dracula seen through the eyes mina harker. It follows the vampire count dracula from his castle in transylvania to england, where he is hunted while turning others into vampires. Nov 05, 2019 this version of dracula is closely based on bram stoker s classic novel. As he was speaking, he put the lamp on a bracket on the wall, and stepping out, took my luggage. Jan 01, 2009 bram stoker was born in dublin, ireland on november 8, 1847. She visits lucy in whitby on july 24 of that year, when schools would have closed for the. Dracula, novel by bram stoker, derived from vampire legends and published in 1897, that became the basis for an entire genre of literature and film.
Bram stoker was born on november 8, 1847 in dublin, ireland. He worked as a civil servant and a journalist before becoming the personal secretary of the famous actor henry irving. Did mina harker give birth to draculas son at the end of. See more ideas about bram stokers dracula, bram stoker and dracula. Dracula is the ultimate horror story, producing one of literatures most lasting villains. In chapter 21 of bram stokers dracula, minas friend john seward, a psychiatrist. Did mina harker give birth to draculas son at the end of bram stokers dracula. Dracula is an epistolary gothic horror novel written in 1897 by bram stoker, an irish author who became famous after writing about the vampire named count dracula, who later on had many interpretations theater, movie and television. She visits lucy in whitby on july 24 of that year when schools would have closed for the summer. Mina was a young school mistress teaching etiquette and decorum who was engaged to jonathan harker, and friends with lucy westenra. Dracula makes his way to london and turns minas friend lucy. A collection of all the dresses worn by winona ryder whos brilliant performance as mina murray harker was enhanced by the amazing costume designs by.
How does count draculas aggression jeopardize his victims hopes for eternal rest. Count dracula and mina murray harker from bram stokers dracula instant download pdf art printable illustrations. Bram stokers most famous work, dracula tells the story of jonathan harker and his beloved mina as jonathan goes to finalize a land deal with the brooding count dracula. Mina helps van helsing collect the various diary and journal entries that harker, seward, and the others have written, attempting to piece together a narrative that will lead them to the count.
In the beginning of the novel, she is a schoolteacher who is engaged to jonathan harker and is best friends with lucy westerna, who is dracula s first victim in england. A harrowing, memorable, and enduring story about the worlds most famous vampire. He wrote 15 works of fiction including dracula, the lady of the shroud, and the lair of the white worm, which was made into film. Mina is a kind, innocent, selfless, and loving female role model in this novel. She has more roles in the second half of the book when dracula wants to bite her. By becoming involved with dracula, jonathan harker learns of the true horror of the counts power, but little does he know just how far the monsters power will reach. Mina harker screams, gathering her bloodied nightgown around her. She visits lucy in whitby on july 24 of that year, when schools would have closed for the summer. Bram stoker s most famous work, dracula tells the story of jonathan harker and his beloved mina as jonathan goes to finalize a land deal with the brooding count dracula. As in the original novel, the narrative is given from the journals of. It is a quintessential tale of suspense and horror. Chapter i jonathan harkers journal kept in shorthand. In dracula, mina harker is a character who manages to record in her.
Her bravery and intelligence shine through until the destruction of. Stoker visited the seaside town of whitby in england in 1890 and found inspiration for his excellent novel dracula. While growing up, his mother told him a lot of horror stories. Harker gave us a cup of tea, and i can honestly say that, for the first. Learning all they can of draculas affairs, van helsing and his band track down the boxes of earth that the count uses as a sanctuary during the night. Mina was portrayed by american actress winona ryder in bram stokers dracula, the 1992 francis ford coppola film adaptation of the book, in which she is. The centuries old vampire count dracula comes to england to seduce his barrister jonathan harkers fiancee mina murray and inflict havoc in the foreign land. As in the original novel, the narrative is given from the journals of mina and jonathan. Taylor marshall put the book on his list of his favorite catholic novels other than. Mina harker wilhelmina murray is one of the few female main characters in the novel dracula by bram stoker.
Syrie james approaches bram stokers classic dracula with a breathtaking new. Wilhelmina mina harker nee murray is a fictional character and main female character in bram stokers 1897 gothic horror novel dracula. Based on bram stokers dracula, the original vampire novel, dracula, my love tells mina harker s side of this famous story. She begins the story as miss mina murray, a young school mistress who is engaged to jonathan harker, and best friends with lucy westenra. A true masterwork of storytelling, dracula has transcended generation, language, and culture to become one of the most popular novels ever written. Bram stokers fictional account of count dracula is based on vampire mythology and is constructed of many voices and impressions. Bram stokers iconic novel dracula begins with a young man, jonathan harker, arriving in transylvania where he has an appointment to keep with a certain count dracula. Matthew beresford, in his recent book from demons to dracula. It was first published as a hardcover in 1897 by archibald constable and co. But while stokers tale presents dracula as someone to be feared and loathed, dracula, my love presents a more humanized count dracula, one with a conscience and deep feelings of sadness, remorse, and love. Dracula by bram stoker book club discussion questions. In dracula the undead, 2009 cowritten by dacre stoker, a greatnephew of the original author, minas son, quincey, is claimed to be a product of rape and draculas biologically human son, conceived at some point when dracula was attacking mina.
The count is looking for a london home and jonathan, who has the details of a large house that might suit dracula, is keen to make the count s acquaintance and visit him in his. It has lots of blood, violence, female nudity and sexual situations. With gary oldman, winona ryder, anthony hopkins, keanu reeves. It stars gary oldman as count dracula, winona ryder as mina harker, anthony hopkins as professor abraham van helsing, and keanu reeves as jonathan harker. See more ideas about mina harker, bram stokers dracula and winona forever. In dracula the undead, 2009 cowritten by dacre stoker, a greatnephew of the original author, mina s son, quincey, is claimed to be a product of rape and dracula s biologically human son, conceived at some point when dracula was attacking mina. Young barrister jonathan harker is assigned to a gloomy village in the mists of eastern europe.
I am so glad that he has plenty of work to do, for that keeps his mind off the terrible things, and oh, i am rejoiced that he is not now weighed down with the responsibility of his new. Dracula is an 1897 gothic horror novel by irish author bram stoker. May 21, 2015 so i did a lot of reading during my fourday vacation in florida. After mina harker awakens from count draculas vampiric embrace, she asks the. But anne rice, charlaine harris, elizabeth kostova, richard matheson, theodore sturgeon and my irish buddy bram stoker here have all created truly creepy bloodsucking creatures that have stood the test of literary time. Wilhelmina mina harker nee murray is a fictional character from bram stokers 1897 horror novel dracula. See more ideas about bram stoker, dracula and bram stokers dracula. Similarly, her fiance jonathan harker, the vampiric counts solicitor. Dracula, novel by bram stoker, derived from vampire legends and. After all i do believe the book itself, which is mainly comprised. Dracula, my love is an account of bram stokers dracula seen through the eyes mina harker.