In Bram Stoker's novel, what was the relationship between Mina and Dracula?

I believe that Mina was very much in a physical sense a reincarnation of Dracula’s Wife llona, so in other words it was love at first sight for him all over again, and it was his pursuit to call her his own forever.

@Araphel Thanks. But was this in Bram Stoker’s book-?

On hearing of the death of her friend Lucy, at the hands of Dracula, Mina & her husband Jonathan join forces with Van Helsing, bent on revenge & his ultimate demise.
Dracula senses this plot & bites Mina, forcing her to drink his blood guarantees she’ll become a vampire & be under his spell forever, a telepathic, all consuming curse.
This is essentially their “relationship” only broken when Van Helsing’s gang finally track down & kill the cunt…I mean Count.

There’s always “something else” in Dracula. There’s more subtext than text in that novel.

@Mazingerz, I have not read the book, this is what I’ve gathered from the film, but I couldn’t help but to acknowledge your question.

He crossed oceans of time to find her.

Sexy as fuck.

@ SecondHandStoke, I couldn’t have said it better.

Thanks for all your great answers jellies-! : )

@dappled_leaves Guess I have to read the book again to get my personal feel on the subtexts. Wish Stoker left notes on his personal insights on his characters.

@mazingerz88 True, but then every retelling of the vampire story is someone else’s insights on his characters, so there’s that. That and a ton of literary criticism.

And I’ll leave another plug here, for Stephen King’s Danse Macabre, which is his nonfiction book about horror writing and film. It’s great. And long overdue for a revised edition. I wish he would do that.

@dappled_leaves That King book is in my to buy list, thanks. And just to make sure, do you happen to personally know of any excellent blog dissecting Stoker’s novel-?

@mazingerz88 Good question, but I don’t. And let me know how you like the book! I’m sure it’s showing its age, but there’s just so much great information in it.

@dappled_leaves Just remembered something about King. I always enjoy watching his videos in Youtube. From appearances as college graduation speaker to interviews to book launchings.

“There is much to be learned from beasts,”