An excellent review. Dracula is also unconventional, in that he has the capacity to learn about England, its lawyers and business practices. Then he wants to leave Transylvania and come to London. So he is a highly adaptable creature.
I love your point about Jonathan and Mina's marriage. It's pretty rare to have a story with a married couple who go off and do things together instead of the story focusing on how their marriage is on the rocks. And it works really well, so I don't get the reluctance to have more happily married couples be the main characters of a story.
Unconventional indeed! When I first read it, I was struck by how different it was. No one even told me what an epistolary novel was, and in school, it was handled as a completely unremarkable story much like any other. I really didn't understand why it was treated that way.
An excellent review. Dracula is also unconventional, in that he has the capacity to learn about England, its lawyers and business practices. Then he wants to leave Transylvania and come to London. So he is a highly adaptable creature.
Thank you!
Very true. Dracula has an intelligent long-term plan that accounts for his weaknesses, and he almost successfully carries out.
I love your point about Jonathan and Mina's marriage. It's pretty rare to have a story with a married couple who go off and do things together instead of the story focusing on how their marriage is on the rocks. And it works really well, so I don't get the reluctance to have more happily married couples be the main characters of a story.
Exactly! It enhances the story so much.
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Unconventional indeed! When I first read it, I was struck by how different it was. No one even told me what an epistolary novel was, and in school, it was handled as a completely unremarkable story much like any other. I really didn't understand why it was treated that way.