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October 6, 1897

Mina requests to accompany the men on their journey to Transylvania, arguing she is safer with them and her hypnotic trances will provide clues; the…

October 5, 1897

The group holds a meeting; Van Helsing and Seward notice Mina is physically changing (sharper teeth, harder eyes); to protect the group’s plans from Dracula…

October 4, 1897

At dawn, Van Helsing hypnotizes Mina, who reports hearing “lapping water” and “rushing water,” revealing Dracula is on a ship; Van Helsing identifies the ship…

October 3, 1897

Early in the morning, Renfield is found with a fractured skull and broken back; before dying, he confesses that Dracula visited him and that he…

October 2, 1897

Jonathan identifies the Piccadilly house as belonging to a “Count de Ville;” Mina, feeling weak and spiritless, asks Dr. Seward for an opiate to sleep;…

October 1, 1897

Jonathan Harker and the group search the Carfax estate, finding only 29 of the 50 boxes of earth; they are attacked by thousands of rats,…

September 30, 1897

Jonathan joins the group in London; they combine their diaries to piece together Dracula’s movements, and Jonathan traces the earth-boxes to a house in Piccadilly;…

September 29, 1897

Van Helsing, Seward, Arthur, and Quincey meet at the tomb at night; Arthur drives a stake through Lucy’s heart, finally giving her soul peace; Mina…

September 28, 1897

Having found Lucy’s coffin empty, Van Helsing places a communion wafer in the door of the tomb, so that vampire Lucy cannot get in.

September 28, 1897

Lucy calls to Arthur and he almost goes to her, but Van Helsing stops him and holds up a crucifix, causing Lucy to recoil; Val…