That night, the four men go to lucys grave and find it empty. Read a plot overview of the entire book or a chapter by chapter summary and analysis. You may find mismatch in some places, as my text versi. In romeo and juliet, shakespeare creates a violent world, in which two young people fall in love. Bram stoker dracula list of books beloved gullivers travels the old curiosity. In her journal, mina describes her visit with lucy in the picturesque town of whitby, on the northeast coast of england, and the ruined abbey there that is reputed to be haunted. I had visited the british museum, and made search among the books and maps in the library regarding transylvania. Read a plot overview of the entire book or a chapter by chapter summary and.
Dracula sparknotes literature guide ebook by sparknotes. Dracula is a novel by bram stoker that was first published in 1897. The chautauqua county arts council, in conjunction with the jamestown high school drama club asked me to do a 30 second advertisement for romeo and juliet auditions. Though stoker wrote dracula well after the heyday of the gothic novelthe period from approximately 1760 to 1820 the novel draws on many conventions of the genre, especially in these opening chapters. Have you ever wondered why bram stokers book dracula is considered a classic in literature. Heres where youll find analysis about the book as a whole. In bram stoker s dracula, jonathan harker is sent to transylvania, where he meets the vampire who has been undead for several hundred years and keeps his vitality by sucking blood from live victims. 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. Swales, an elderly resident who befriends the two girls and tells them stories about the town, scoffs at such legends. Cliffsnotes on stokers dracula cliffsnotes literature. I have manually synced the text with the audiobook i started this project for my personal use. Conceived primarily as bloodcurdling tales of horror, gothic novels tend to feature strong supernatural elements juxtaposed with familiar backdrops. Van helsing seals the door of the tomb with communion wafers to prevent the vampire lucy from reentering.
Jonathan harker, a young english lawyer, travels to castle dracula in the eastern european country of transylvania to conclude a real estate transaction with a nobleman named count dracula. It is the story of a vampire, count dracula s, move from his native transylvania to england in the search for victims of his undead curse, and the actions of a group of men and women led by professor abraham van helsing to combat him. Stoker visited the seaside town of whitby in england in 1890 and found inspiration for his excellent novel dracula. If you have read bram stokers classic novel dracula, you will probably recognize the writing style and tone of this short story, draculas. From dracula can be discussed endlessly as a novel of victorian. As harker wends his way through the picturesque countryside, the local peasants warn him about his destination, giving him crucifixes and other charms. Read dracula sparknotes literature guide by sparknotes available from rakuten kobo. In this video i explain the positives and negatives to the book romeo and juliet, while also giving recommendations and other books ive enjoyed reading. Bram stokers dracula is renowned for its complex themes on female. You can find an alternative cover edition for this isbn here and here. Key factsfull title draculaauthor bram stokertype of work. Stoker wrote dracula well after the heyday of the gothic novelthe. Never been kissed auntie sparknotes school celebs slideshows blogging twilight. Dracularomeo and juliet read 180 by lamberto alvarez.
While these cliffs notes excel at providing a reminder of the major plot points, they give next to no guidance as to the many contemporary discussions of dracula. Eventually, a figure appears, dressed entirely in white and carrying a child. Bram stokers gothic masterpiece, dracula, was first published. See a complete list of the characters in dracula and indepth analyses of count dracula, van helsing, mina murray, and lucy westenra. A dramatic adaption of bram stoker s dracula combines the supernatural with misadventure when attorney jonathan harker travels to transylvania to arrange the purchase of the save to list other books you might like. A dramatic adaption of bram stoker s dracula combines the supernatural with misadventure when attorney jonathan harker travels to transylvania to arrange the purchase of the this special read 180 edition presents two classics with a high interest level. It was made after these cliffs notes were compiled, so did not make the list.
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