Dracula In Real Time

Jonathan Harker’s Journal

Bram Stoker's Dracula is a seminal Gothic novel that intertwines Victorian anxieties, superstitions, and the clash between modernity and ancient evil. Each passage – be it diary entry, letter, newspaper clipping, or other – is dated, and the book spans six months, from May 3 to November 7th. Between now and then, I’ll be delivering the book straight into your inbox, on the relevant dates. Like that, you’ll get to experience Dracula In Real Time.

Jonathan Harker’s Journal 

31 May.—This morning when I woke I thought I would provide myself with some paper and envelopes from my bag and keep them in my pocket, so that I might write in case I should get an opportunity, but again a surprise, again a shock!

Every scrap of paper was gone, and with it all my notes, my memoranda, relating to railways and travel, my letter of credit, in fact all that might be useful to me were I once outside the castle. I sat and pondered awhile, and then some thought occurred to me, and I made search of my portmanteau and in the wardrobe where I had placed my clothes.

The suit in which I had travelled was gone, and also my overcoat and rug; I could find no trace of them anywhere. This looked like some new scheme of villainy....