The Annotated Dracula

CHAPTERS

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  1. IJonathan Harker’s JournalJonathan Harker travels east to Transylvania, where villagers press crucifixes on him and whisper warnings.
  2. IIJonathan Harker’s JournalHarker arrives at Castle Dracula and meets his courtly, unsettling host. The Count has no reflection.
  3. IIIJonathan Harker’s JournalHarker realises he is a prisoner and is nearly seduced by three vampire women.
  4. IVJonathan Harker’s JournalHarker finds the Count asleep in an earth-box and resolves to escape down the castle wall.
  5. VLetters—Lucy and MinaMina and Lucy trade letters. Lucy receives three marriage proposals in one day.
  6. VIMina Murray’s JournalIn Whitby, Mina hears the old sailor Mr. Swales's tales, and Seward studies his patient Renfield.
  7. VIICutting from “The Dailygraph,” 8 AugustA storm drives the derelict Demeter aground. A great dog leaps ashore.
  8. VIIIMina Murray’s JournalLucy sleepwalks to the churchyard, and Mina finds two tiny wounds on her throat.
  9. IXMina Murray’s JournalMina marries Jonathan in Budapest while Lucy weakens and Van Helsing is called in.
  10. XMina Murray’s JournalVan Helsing performs the first transfusions and fills Lucy's room with garlic.
  11. XILucy Westenra’s DiaryA wolf escapes the zoo, a window shatters, and Mrs. Westenra dies of fright.
  12. XIIDr. Seward’s DiaryDespite more transfusions, Lucy dies. Something in her has changed.
  13. XIIIDr. Seward’s DiaryLucy is buried at Hampstead, and newspapers report a 'Bloofer Lady' preying on children.
  14. XIVMina Harker’s JournalMina reads Jonathan's journal, and Van Helsing begins to believe.
  15. XVDr. Seward’s DiaryVan Helsing takes Seward to Lucy's empty tomb.
  16. XVIDr. Seward’s DiaryArthur drives the stake through the Un-Dead Lucy.
  17. XVIIDr. Seward’s DiaryThe band of hunters forms, and Mina transcribes everything.
  18. XVIIIDr. Seward’s DiaryVan Helsing explains the vampire's powers and limits, and Renfield pleads to be released.
  19. XIXJonathan Harker’s JournalThe hunters search Carfax and find the boxes of earth. Mina grows pale.
  20. XXJonathan Harker’s JournalJonathan tracks the Count's boxes across London.
  21. XXIDr. Seward’s DiaryRenfield is mortally wounded, and the Count forces Mina to drink his blood.
  22. XXIIJonathan Harker’s JournalThe sacred wafer scars Mina's forehead. The hunters sterilise the lairs.
  23. XXIIIDr. Seward’s DiaryThe hunters confront the Count in Piccadilly. He flees, mocking them.
  24. XXIVDr. Seward’s Phonograph Diary, spoken by Van HelsingVan Helsing records that the Count has fled to sea, bound for home.
  25. XXVDr. Seward’s DiaryThrough hypnosis, Mina tracks the Count's ship, and the hunters race east.
  26. XXVIDr. Seward’s DiaryThe hunters split up across Transylvania in pursuit of the Count's box.
  27. XXVIIMina Harker’s JournalAt sunset on the snows below the castle, the hunt reaches its end.