Drácula, Timeline

COUNT'S CASTLE

1350

A castle with a terrifying and gloomy look. This is Bran Castle, better known to tourists as Dracula's Castle, located in Transylvania, Romania. It is one of the most famous in the world and best preserved.

Jonathan Harker

1875

I am a lawyer and I live in London. About seven years ago, some strange and terrible things happened to me.Part of my work is to find houses in England for rich people who live in foreign countries. At the beginning of 1875, I received a letter from Transylvania, a country in Eastern Europe. The letter was from a rich man called Count Dracula. He wanted to buy a house near London.

Lucy Westenra

1875

in England, a young woman who belongs to high society, admired, beautiful and much loved by three gentlemen. she is attacked by Dracula in the middle of the night near the cemetery.
Her best friend is present at the moment of the scene, Mina Murray (Jonathan Harker is the fiancé), although, she does not pay much attention to what happened she thinks is the result, of Lucy's sleepwalking.

Wilhemina “Mina” Murray

1875

is the fiancée of Jonathan Harker who works as a school teacher. Later in the novel she marries her fiancé.

Arthur Holmwood

1875

is Lucy's fiancé, heir to the title of Lord Godalming after his father's death.

John Stewart

1875

is a doctor and former student of Van Helsing who also wants Lucy.

FROM JONATHAN HARKER'S JOURNAL

1875

I left Munich at 8:35 p.m. on May 1st, arriving in Vienna early the next morning. We left in fairly good weather, and it was a closed night when we arrived in Klausenburg, where I spent the night at the Hotel Royale. As I had some free time when I was in London, I visited the British Museum and studied the library books and maps that referred to Transylvania

DRÁCULA

1875

"My dear friend, welcome to the Carpathians. I'm looking forward to it. Sleep well,
tonight. Tomorrow at three o'clock the stage will leave for Bucovina; it already has a place reserved. In the
Borgo Gorge my carriage will be waiting for you and will bring you to my house. I hope that your journey from
London has gone smoothly, and enjoy your stay in my beautiful country.

Abraham Van Helsing

1875

Along with Dr. Seward and Arthur, they were the first to know Lucy's condition. He was the one who performed the blood transfusion from Arthur to Lucy and who saved him from becoming a "non-living" as he intervened at the moment when Arthur and Lucy were going to kiss; "Don't kiss her! Not now! For her soul and for your soul!" They investigated together the case of Dracula. John's teacher, lawyer, doctor and professor of Dutch.

Prince Dracula

1897

The story of Dracula was written in 1897. The author, Bram
Stoker.