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Jonathan Harker is a fictional character and one of the main protagonists of Bram Stoker's 1897 Gothic horror novel Dracula.An English solicitor, his journey to Transylvania and encounter with the vampire Count Dracula and his Brides at Castle Dracula constitutes the dramatic opening scenes in the novel and most of the film adaptations.
Dracula Cover of the first edition Author Bram Stoker Language English Genre Gothic Horror Publisher Archibald Constable and Company (UK) Publication date 26 May 1897 ; 127 years ago (1897-05-26) Publication place United Kingdom Pages 418 OCLC 1447002 Text Dracula at Wikisource Dracula is a 1897 Gothic horror novel by Irish author Bram Stoker. An epistolary novel, the narrative is related ...
He summons Jonathan Harker, a newly qualified English solicitor, to provide legal support for a real estate transaction overseen by Harker's employer. Dracula at first charms Harker with his cordiality and historical knowledge, and even rescues him from the clutches of the three female vampires in the castle.
Sometime near the beginning of the novel, after Jonathan Harker arrives in Dracula's castle, Dracula warns Harker that, if he leaves his room, to never sleep in any other room in the castle, but does not tell him why, clearly aware that the sisters will kill him. [clarification needed] [2] Late one night, Jonathan explores the castle.
Unlike the book, he is a friend of 'Thomas Hutter' (the film's version of Jonathan Harker) before he meets 'Count Orlok' (a renamed Count Dracula), and he never meets the vampire face to face. In the initial 1931 Universal version of Dracula starring Béla Lugosi as the Count, Professor Van Helsing was portrayed by the actor Edward Van Sloan ...
Ask somebody to describe a vampire and the odds are good they’ll do an impression of Bela Lugosi in Dracula, an early entry in Universal’s Picture’s franchise of “Classic Monsters ...
"Dracula's Guest" is a short story by Bram Stoker, first published in the short story collection Dracula's Guest and Other Weird Stories (1914). It is believed to have been intended as the first chapter for Stoker's 1897 novel Dracula, but was deleted prior to publication as the original publishers felt it was superfluous to the story.
Jonathan Harker (Keanu Reeves), a young lawyer, travels to Count Dracula's castle on business. Dracula (Gary Oldman) discovers that Harker's fiancée Mina (Winona Ryder) looks just like his late wife.