In Stoker’s Dracula novel, did Mina have a strong enough reaction after learning that her friend Lucy has died?

Lucy died?

Victorian British were very stoic.

I thought Mina died, then Lucy hooked up with Drac. Do I have that wrong?

@Kardamom Mina and Lucy exchanged many letters of close personal nature before the disturbing incidents took place which affected both of them ending up with Lucy dying, killed by the blood-sucking lecher…in secret before they all figured it out.

They were so close that there had to be something in the book showing Mina shocked or distraught upon finding out Lucy had died but I haven’t heard it in that audio book and not sure if I just missed it. Anyway I ordered a book ( two actually since I collect ) and will find out soon enough.

One movie or maybe it was a play I was in , got it all backward about which one died and became a Vampire and later the other hooked with Drac,

So, I do get confuesd.

Yeah, I watched the late 70s movie version with Frank Langella. I have not read the book. I probably should. In the movie version I watched, Mina died. I wonder why they would change it up like that?

Yes there really isn’t a film yet that was most faithful to the book. I also have no idea why they switch the characters around. I do understand they had to limit the length of the film to fit the limitations of screening time for that particular time period in that movie industry.

I’m still waiting for a definitive version on film or TV. Imo the book is a truly great read if you’re into that sort of gothic horror thing @Kardamom

@mazingerz88 I will definitely put that book on my list. I should have read it a long time ago, and now I’m intrigued. I’ve always enjoyed the Dracula movies.

@Kardamom If I’m not mistaken several writers like Stephen King benefited by paying tribute to Stoker’s narrative approach in this novel.

He was clueless on how successful and effective his “formula” of building suspense and raising tension would inspire future writers and entertain the global masses decades upon decades after he was gone.

Only in the past several years that I understood the connection between King’s Stand By Me, Salem’s Lot, It, that other movie of his, Dreamcatcher(?) and in
one of his recent books lately about an evil entity which can copy other people….and Stoker’s Dracula. All these films carry a similar theme….strangers and/or friends bonding together to fight against a common enemy, a great evil that can only be defeated by a strong alliance of good people. How many times have I seen that?

The few vampire novels I read written before Dracula never had the same interesting and engaging quality as the Dracula characters’ possessed. Individually and as character ensemble. As ensemble they shine the brightest and the excitement they generate is awesome.

I always tell my friends Dracula was the very first “Mission Impossible” story ever told. Just read how Stoker meticulously set it all up, beginning with seemingly benign daily goings-on in the lives of normal people living normal lives…interwoven with one of the main characters’ equally seemingly benign business trip abroad.

He wove all these anecdotal fragments masterfully. Until eventually the bright kaleidoscope of colors turned dark and more dreadful
with each turn.

It’s a successful formula that bears repeating. Just love it.