Dracula

Jonathan Harker's journal records his train journey through Eastern Europe to Transylvania, the terrified peasants at the Borgo Pass, and his first night inside Dracula's castle.

Jonathan explores the castle, discovers Dracula's coffin in a vault, witnesses the Count climbing headfirst down the castle wall, and encounters the three vampire women who attempt to feed on him.

Jonathan finds boxes of Transylvanian earth being prepared for transport to England, understands Dracula's invasion plan, and escapes by climbing down the castle wall — leaving the reader to guess how.

Mina and Lucy's letters establish their contrasting characters at Whitby. The Russian ship Demeter wrecks in the harbor with its captain lashed dead to the wheel and its cargo of fifty boxes. Dracula arrives in England as a black dog.

Van Helsing arrives and immediately recognizes what is happening to Lucy. Blood transfusions fail to save her as Dracula returns each time the garlic is disturbed. Lucy dies.

Newspaper reports of children drained of blood at Hampstead Heath reveal Lucy as a vampire. Van Helsing forces the group — including Lucy's fiancé Arthur — to witness and perform her staking.

Van Helsing persuades the skeptical group — Seward, Arthur, Quincey, and the returned Jonathan — of the vampire's existence. Mina shares her typed compilation of all documents. The hunt for Dracula's boxes begins.

The hunters destroy most of the boxes and confront Dracula at Carfax. Dracula retaliates by visiting Mina and forcing her to drink his blood. Jonathan discovers them. The sacred wafer burns Mina's forehead.

Van Helsing hypnotizes Mina to exploit her link with Dracula. Tracking him by sea, the group pursues the Count overland through Europe back toward Transylvania. Mina's scar fades as they close in.

The group converges on Dracula's castle. Jonathan and Quincey reach the Count's cart at sunset. Dracula is staked and decapitated. He crumbles to dust. Quincey Morris dies of his wounds. Mina's scar vanishes.