Book Report DRACULA BRAM STOKER Dracula / famous story / written end / 18th century / based on true story of very bad man / lived in Rumania in 14th century / he was Rumanian king / named: ‘Vlad The Impaler’ / killed around 40,000 people / stabbed them with stakes BRAM STOKER

Setting Castle Dracula, Transylvania Whity, England Lucy’s house, Hampstead, London Hampstead Churchyard Story set / Transylvania / Rumania / Whitby / Lucy on holiday near sea / north England/ Lucy’s house / Hampstead / London / Hampstead Churchyard / Lucy / vampire / drinks children’s blood / sleeps in coffin [taboot] there

Characters Mr. Jonathon Harker Lucy Mina Arthur Holmwood Dr. Van Helsing Count Dracula Jonathon Harker / Lucy’s husband / Mina / Lucy’s friend / Arthur Holmwood / Mina’s husband / Dr. Van Helsing / expert on vampires & vampire hunter / Dracula / 1,000 year old vampire / chief of the Eastern European vampires

Problem / Conflict Dracula wants to make many people vampires in London. Dr. Van Helsing wants to stop him. Dracula / boat / brings 50 vampires in coffins / takes them to house / Jonathon Harker helped Dracula buy house / Dracula wants his vampires to drink blood from many people / more and more vampires in London / Dr. Van Helsing knows how to stop Dracula / wants to kill all the vampires and Dracula

Main Events Jonathon Harker visits Count Dracula in Transylvania Dracula wants to kill Jonathon Jonathon escapes from Castle Dracula Dracula goes to England, bites Lucy & sucks her blood Arthur Holmwood ‘kills’ Lucy, now a vampire Jonathon Harker visits Dracula in his castle to help him buy a house in London / Dracula wants to kill him / Jonathon escapes / meets Dr. Van Helsing / both try to save Lucy / every night Lucy sleep-walks / Dracula bites her / she becomes a vampire / Arthur Holmwood and Dr. Van Helsing / put a stake through Lucy’s heart / kill Lucy in her coffin / in Hampstead Churchyard

More Main Events Dracula brings vampires to London Dracula bites Mina Dracula returns to Transylvania by ship Dracula bites Mina / she starts to become a vampire / when Mina gets better when Van Helsing kills Dracula later in Transylvania

Conclusion All the vampires, except Dracula & his sisters are killed by Van Helsing & Harker in London Dracula & Dracula’s sisters killed by Dr. Van Helsing & Jonathon Harker Dr. Van Helsing / Jonathon Harker & Arthur Holmwood kill all the vampires in London one by one / Dracula escapes by boat back to Transylvania Dr. Van Helsing and Jonathon Harker meet some local people / road outside Dracula’s castle. These people are bringing Dracula / his three sisters / coffins by horse and cart to Dracula’s castle. The doctor and Harker are attacked by these people / the doctor and Jonathon Harker kill the people / kill Dracula’s sisters in their coffins / kill Dracula

My opinion I liked this story; it was very exciting and I like stories about ghosts and vampires.