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Jonathan HarkerJonathan Harker travels to Count Dracula’s castle on business despite warnings from local people.First seen in chapter 1
Count DraculaCount Dracula arranges Jonathan Harker’s onward journey to his castle by letter.First seen in chapter 1
Three womenThree women approach Jonathan in forbidden castle rooms before the Count interrupts their attack.First seen in chapter 3
MinaMina is the person Jonathan tries to reach through a secret appeal.First seen in chapter 4
Lucy WestenraLucy Westenra receives three marriage proposals and accepts Arthur Holmwood.First seen in chapter 5
Dr. SewardDr. Seward is Lucy’s rejected suitor, who turns to studying Renfield.First seen in chapter 5
Arthur HolmwoodArthur Holmwood is the man Lucy loves and agrees to marry.First seen in chapter 5
Quincey P. MorrisQuincey P. Morris offers Lucy friendship after she refuses his marriage proposal.First seen in chapter 5
RenfieldRenfield is the subject Seward studies after Lucy rejects his proposal.First seen in chapter 5
Mr. SwalesMr. Swales talks with Mina in Whitby, dismissing local legends and questioning grave inscriptions.First seen in chapter 6
Mrs. WestenraMrs. Westenra reveals that she has a fatal heart condition.First seen in chapter 8
Van HelsingVan Helsing is consulted by Seward about Lucy’s troubling weakness.First seen in chapter 9

Chapter 1
Jonathan travels toward Dracula’s castle despite local warnings and arrives after a frightening carriage journey.
Chapter 2
Jonathan notices Dracula has no reflection and discovers that he is a prisoner in the locked castle.
Chapter 3
Jonathan sees Dracula crawl down the castle wall and encounters three women whose attack the Count interrupts.
Chapter 4
Jonathan finds Dracula lying in earth and resolves to risk climbing farther down the castle wall.
Chapter 5
Lucy accepts Arthur Holmwood’s proposal while refusing Seward and Quincey Morris.
Chapter 7
The Demeter reaches Whitby during a storm with its captain dead at the wheel.
Chapter 8
Mina finds Lucy sleepwalking beneath a dark figure and later receives news of Jonathan’s illness.
Chapter 9
Mina marries Jonathan and seals his notebook, while Seward consults Van Helsing about Lucy.
Chapter 10
Arthur and Seward give Lucy blood, and Van Helsing places garlic around her room and throat.
Chapter 11
A wolf breaks Lucy’s window, her mother dies, and Lucy writes an account while fearing death.
Chapter 12
Despite another transfusion and a constant watch, Lucy dies after alarming changes in her appearance and behavior.
Chapter 14
Van Helsing confirms Jonathan’s account and tells Seward that Lucy causes the children’s throat wounds.
Chapter 16
Arthur sees Lucy carrying a child, accepts that she is Un-Dead, and drives a stake through her heart.
Chapter 17
Mina types Seward’s recordings and arranges the collected accounts with Jonathan into shared evidence.
Chapter 18
Van Helsing explains Dracula’s powers and weaknesses, while Seward refuses Renfield’s urgent request for release.
Chapter 19
The men search Carfax and discover twenty-one missing earth chests, while Mina grows weak.
Chapter 21
Renfield warns that Mina is in danger, and the men find Dracula forcing her to drink his blood.
Chapter 22
A Sacred Wafer burns Mina’s forehead, and the companions make Dracula’s earth-boxes unusable while searching for a missing box.
Chapter 23
Dracula escapes an ambush, but Mina’s hypnotic account leads Van Helsing to conclude that he leaves by sea.
Chapter 24
The group traces Dracula’s box aboard a ship bound for Varna and prepares to intercept him.
Chapter 25
The group waits at Varna until news of the ship’s arrival at Galatz redirects the pursuit.
Chapter 26
Mina identifies a likely river route toward Dracula’s castle, and the hunters divide into three parties.
Chapter 27
Van Helsing destroys the three women; Jonathan and Morris destroy Dracula, Mina’s scar disappears, and the wounded Morris dies.
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