Bram Stoker - Dracula Book Club

[bleodswean]

 
Book discussion here. Starting with Jonathan Harker's Journal 

The Source Material, eh? 

The Project Gutenberg eBook of Dracula, by Bram Stoker.

Comments

[erimia]

Yes, the adaptations are quite infamous for flattening Jonathan, and frankly also everyone else. Characterization is one of Stoker's strongest points, and it baffles me that me that directors spend more effort on trying to follow the meandering and undewhelming plot of the book while not paying much attention to the characters.

Jonathan's time in the castle is, like everything, is usually very rushed in the movies. It's easily the best part of the book for me, though I wish it did more with developing Dracula's character and exploring his castle, which Stoker appears to be ultimately disinterested in doing.

[bleodswean]

"and frankly everyone else" - this, unfortunately, so very hard. I just finished Lucy's section and wow, what a terrible disservice to that character in film adaptation! She's silly but has so much more depth than we've seen. Not a character I've ever considered before I read the novel, but I'm seeing all kinds of fanfic now.

I'm really really really enjoying the book. I will be posting more soon.

Happy to have an educated voice join us!