Dracula by Bram Stoker (Book Analysis)

This practical and insightful reading guide offers a complete summary and analysis of Dracula by Bram Stoker. It provides a thorough exploration of the novel’s plot, characters and main themes, including myths, science and superstition. The clear and concise style makes for easy understanding, providing the perfect opportunity to improve your literary knowledge in no time.

This clear and detailed 27-page reading guide is structured as follows:

• Biography of Bram Stoker
• Presentation of Dracula 
• Summary of Dracula 
• Character study
  • Count Dracula
  • Professor Abraham Van Helsing
  • The Harker couple: Jonathan and Mina
  • Dracula’s fiancées: the vampire trio and Lucy
  • Lucy’s suitors: Dr Seward, Lord Godalming and Quincey Morris
  • The mental asylum patient: Renfield
• Analysis of Dracula 
  • The vampire myth
  • Science and superstitions
  • Eros and Thanatos: eroticism, death and psychoanalysis in Dracula
  • Writings and writing style

About Dracula 

Dracula was first published in 1897. It tells the story of Jonathan Harker, a clerk who goes to visit Romania in order to finalize the sale of a property close to London. The interested buyer is Count Dracula, a mysterious man who the locals treat with fear and superstition. According to the French writer Malraux, Dracula is one of the few “myths created in modern times”.

Dracula was described by Oscar Wilde as “the best novel of the century”. However, it is interesting that the novel has become so well-known, since it originally did not enjoy the same popularity as other books of the same time. Dracula is also unique due to the fact that it is one of the first novels which was entirely typed.

About Bram Stoker

Bram Stoker was an Irish writer who was born on 8 November 1847. During his lifetime, he was known as the personal assistant of Henry Irving, but today he is best known as the author of Dracula. He passed away in 1912 after suffering several strokes.