Dracula (AmazonClassics Edition) characters

Appears from the start

A young English solicitor sent to Transylvania to complete Count Dracula's purchase of an estate near London. Conscientious and observant, he records the unfamiliar country and his increasingly unsettling stay in a private journal.

First appears in chapter 2

A Transylvanian nobleman who has bought Carfax, an old English estate. He receives Jonathan alone in his remote castle and shows an intense interest in English customs, speech, and geography. His courtesy cannot disguise the restrictions he places on his guest.

First appears in chapter 5

Jonathan's fiancée, an assistant schoolmistress who practices shorthand and typing so she can help him in his profession. Practical, compassionate, and alert to the people around her, she exchanges letters with her closest friend, Lucy Westenra.

First appears in chapter 5

Mina's warm and affectionate friend, living with her widowed mother. Three men propose to her on the same day, and she accepts Arthur Holmwood while hoping to remain friends with the other two.

First appears in chapter 5

A physician who directs a private asylum adjoining the neglected Carfax estate. After Lucy refuses his marriage proposal, he turns to work and keeps a phonograph diary, paying particular attention to a patient whose compulsions he hopes to understand.

Also known as Art

First appears in chapter 5

Lucy Westenra's chosen fiancé and the son of Lord Godalming. He is a close friend of both John Seward and Quincey Morris, the two unsuccessful suitors, and is called Art by his friends.

First appears in chapter 5

An American adventurer from Texas and one of Lucy's three suitors. He accepts her refusal without resentment, offers his friendship if she ever needs help, and speaks with a direct, informal manner.

First appears in chapter 6

A patient in Seward's asylum who consumes flies and spiders in the belief that living creatures can add their lives to his own. His orderly reasoning about this practice interests Seward, who hopes the unusual case will reveal a governing obsession.

First appears in chapter 9

An elderly Dutch physician, philosopher, and scholar whom Seward calls in when Lucy's wasting illness defeats ordinary diagnosis. His speech is idiosyncratic, but his devotion to his patient is absolute and his range of knowledge extends beyond conventional medicine.

First appears in chapter 5

Lucy's widowed mother, with whom Lucy lives before her marriage. She is affectionate toward her daughter and interested in Lucy's future happiness.

Appears from the start

Jonathan's employer, an elderly Exeter solicitor who has entrusted him with the Dracula property transaction and treated him with paternal kindness.