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Jonathan Harker is a fictional character in the 1897 novel Dracula by Bram Stoker. Bela Lugosi as Dracula; U.S. postage stamp first issued in 1997 as part of a series celebrating Famous Movie Monsters Dracula (1897) is a novel by Irish author Bram Stoker, and the namesake of the worlds most famous vampire character. ... Abraham Bram Stoker (November 8, 1847–April 20, 1912) was an Irish writer, best remembered as the author of the influential horror novel Dracula. ...


In the 1992 film, Dracula, he was portrayed by Keanu Reeves. Keanu Reeves Keanu Charles Reeves (born on September 2, 1964 in Beirut, Lebanon) is a multiracial Hollywood film actor, best known for his roles as Ted in Bill and Teds Excellent Adventure, and as Neo in The Matrix and its sequels. ...

Harker is a realtor that travels to Transylvania in order to sell a property to a mysterious count that lives in a castle in the Carpathian Mountains. Soon after his arrival he is made a prisoner but later manages to escape. He is Mina Murray's fiancée. For other uses, see Transylvania (disambiguation). ... Satellite image of the Carpathians The Carpathian Mountains are the eastern wing of the great Central Mountain System of Europe, curving 1500 km (~900 miles) along the borders of Austria, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland, Ukraine, Romania, Serbia and northern Hungary. ... This page is a candidate for speedy deletion. ...


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Mina Harker - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (818 words)
Wilhelmina "Mina" Harker is a fictional character of Bram Stoker's seminal horror novel Dracula.
At the beginning of the story, she is referred to by her maiden name, Mina Murray, but later in the book she marries her fiancee Jonathan Harker, and takes on his last name.
The book closes with a note about Mina's and Jonathan's married life and the birth of their first-born son, whom they name Quincey in remembrance of their American friend Quincey Morris, who was killed by Dracula during the final confrontation.
Dracula - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (6135 words)
The story begins with Jonathan Harker, a newly-qualified English solicitor, being invited to the Count's crumbling, remote castle (situated in the Carpathian Mountains, on the border of Transylvania and Moldavia), to provide legal support for a real estate transaction on behalf of Harker's employer in London.
Throughout, there are various references to changing gender roles; Mina Harker is a thoroughly modern woman, as she uses (then) modern technologies such as the typewriter, but she still embodies a traditional gender role as an assistant school mistress.
Mina Harker is a member of the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, a pastiche comic book, and film featuring numerous Victorian characters.(Her portrayal in the film of the same name is markedly different from the character in the comic.
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