Wilhelmina "Mina" Harker is a fictional character of Bram Stoker's seminal horror novel Dracula. A fictional character is any person who appears in a work of fiction. ... Abraham Bram Stoker (November 8, 1847–April 20, 1912) was an Irish writer, best remembered as the author of the influential horror novel Dracula. ... Dracula (1897) is a novel by Irish author Bram Stoker, and the name of the worlds most famous vampire character. ...

History

At the beginning of the story, she is referred to by her maiden name, Mina Murray, but later in the book she marries her fiancé Jonathan Harker, and takes on his last name. Jonathan Harker is a fictional character in the 1897 novel Dracula by Bram Stoker. ...

Mina is introduced as an "assistant schoolmistress" who describes herself as "simply overwhelmed with work" for quite a while. She was also practicing shorthand and typewriting. She corresponds with her best friend Lucy Westenra. Her first letter in the novel expresses her hope of seeing Lucy in person again. "I am longing to be with you, and by the sea, where we can talk together freely and build our castles in the air." Shorthand is an abbreviated, symbolic writing method that improves speed of writing or brevity as compared to a normal method of writing a language. ... Mechanical desktop typewriters, such as this Underwood Five, were long time standards of government agencies, newsrooms, and sales offices. ... Lucy Westenra is a fictional character in the novel Dracula (1897) by Bram Stoker. ...

She was finally able to visit Lucy in Whitby on 24 July of that year when schools would have closed for the Summer. "Lucy met me at the station, looking sweeter and lovelier than ever". July 24 is the 205th day (206th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 160 days remaining. ... For other senses of this word, see Summer (disambiguation). ...

Mina is in many way contrasted to Lucy. Lucy is a vivacious, playful, often silly, upper class girl, while Mina is resolute, reasonable, prudish and lower-middle class. Mina and Lucy symbolise Victorian era womanhood and the sensibility of the age but while Mina stays resolute, Lucy's sexual tendencies are to be her end. Lucy displays much more sexual energy than Mina does. Upper class refers to a group of people at the top of a social hierarchy. ... The middle class (or middle classes) comprises a social group once defined by exception as an intermediate social class between the nobility and the peasantry. ... Queen Victoria (shown here on the morning of her Accession to the Throne, 20 June 1837) gave her name to the historic era The Victorian era of Great Britain marked the height of the British industrial revolution and the apex of the British Empire. ...

After her fiancé Jonathan has escaped from Dracula's castle, Mina travels to Transylvania and joins him there. Mina cares for him during his recovery from his traumatizing encounter and the two return to England as a married couple. Map of Romania with Transylvania in yellow Transylvania (Romanian: or Transilvania; Hungarian: ; German: ; Serbian: or Erdelj / Ердељ) is a historical region in the center of Romania. ... Motto: (French for God and my right) Anthem: Multiple unofficial anthems Capital London Largest city London Official language(s) English Government Constitutional monarchy  - Queen Queen Elizabeth II  - Prime Minister Tony Blair MP Unification    - by Athelstan AD927  Area    - Total 130,395 km² (1st in UK)   50,346 sq mi   - Water (%) Population...

Mina and Jonathan join the coalition around Abraham Van Helsing, who now turn their attentions to dealing with Dracula himself. After Dracula learns of this plot against him, he takes revenge by visiting — and biting — Mina at least three times. Dracula also feeds Mina his blood, destining her to become a vampire at her death. The only way to forestall this is to kill Dracula first and the rest of the novel deals with the main characters trying to achieve this. Mina slowly succumbs to the blood of the vampire that flows through her veins, switching back and forth from a state of consciousness to a state of semi-trance during which she is telepathically connected with Dracula. Mina uses this connection to track Dracula's movements. Professor Abraham Van Helsing is a fictional character in the novel Dracula (1897) by Bram Stoker. ... Philip Burne-Jones, The Vampire, 1897 Vampires are mythological or folkloric creatures, typically held to be the re-animated corpses of human beings and said to subsist on human and/or animal blood (hematophagy). ...

Dracula flees back to his castle in Transylvania, followed by Van Helsing's gang, who manage to kill him just before sundown. As a result, Dracula's spell is lifted and Mina freed from the curse of the vampire.

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. Quincey Morris is a fictional character from Bram Stokers novel Dracula. ...

Media appearances

Mina (or a similar character) has appeared in most film adaptations of Stoker's novel. Helen Chandler played her in Universal Pictures' legendary 1931 film directed by Tod Browning and starring Bela Lugosi as the count. Mina was portrayed by American actress Winona Ryder in Bram Stoker's Dracula, the 1992 Francis Ford Coppola film adaptation of the book. (A minor but interesting detail is that in real life, Winona Ryder is a natural blonde and Sadie Frost is a natural brunette, and in the novel, Mina is blonde and Lucy is dark-haired -- yet in the Francis Ford Coppola movie, Mina is brunette and Lucy is a redhead. This, however, may be explained by the fact that Ryder has dyed her hair brunette ever since childhood, and Coppola did not want Frost's dark hair to compete with Ryder's.) Helen Chandler (February 1, 1906 – April 30, 1965) was an American film and theater actress. ... Universal Studios Theme Parks. ... 1931 (MCMXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link is to a full 1931 calendar). ... Charles Albert Browning, Jr. ... Bela Lugosi as Dracula United States stamp. ... Winona Ryder (born Winona Laura Horowitz on October 29, 1971 in Olmsted County, Minnesota) is an Academy Award-nominated American actress. ... Bram Stokers Dracula is a 1992 horror/romance film produced and directed by Francis Ford Coppola, based on the novel Dracula by Bram Stoker. ... Francis Ford Coppola (born April 7, 1939) is a five time Academy Award winning American film director, producer, and screenwriter. ... Sadie Frost Sadie Frost (born Sadie Liza Vaughan on June 19, 1965), is an English fashion designer and former actress. ...

The same character also appeared in Alan Moore's comic series The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen. Here, it was revealed that her husband, repulsed by the scars on her neck, divorced her. As a result, she returned to her former name, Mina Murray. She is recruited to lead the League, and forms a relationship with Allan Quatermain after she is attacked by the traitorous Invisible Man. However, following the death of Edward Hyde (Who had also expressed an interest in her) Mina left Quatermain, ending the League. Alan Moore (born November 18, 1953, in Northampton) is an English writer most famous for his work in comics, including the acclaimed graphic novels, Watchmen, V for Vendetta and From Hell. ... The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen is a comic book limited series written by Alan Moore and illustrated by Kevin ONeill, published under the Americas Best Comics imprint of DC Comics. ... Allan Quatermain is a fictional character, the protagonist of H. Rider Haggards King Solomons Mines and its various sequels and prequels. ... For the song by the rock band Queen, see The Invisible Man (song). ... Richard Mansfield was best known for his dual role depicted in this double exposure. ...

In the film adaptation of the first volume of The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, she is portrayed by actress Peta Wilson and is depicted as still being a vampire, despite not having been one in the actual graphic novel; it is also stated that Jonathan is dead, although whether her vampirism is connected to this is unknown. Mina is no longer the leader of the League, that title falling to Quatermain, and instead serves as their chemist, as well as providing her vampire powers. This version of Mina has a past relationship with Dorian Gray, a fact that the traitorous immortal uses to his advantage, and attracts the romantic interests of Henry Jekyll and Tom Sawyer (A deleted scene on the DVD showed her hinting to Sawyer that she may feel the same way about him; when he begins to apologise if his earlier intentions offended her, she tells him that she's disappointed, as she thought Americans didn't give up that easily, and then left him to reflect on what she'd said). In the final battle, Mina killed Dorian by showing him his painting and breaking the spell that made him immortal, before attending Quatermain's funeral in Africa with the rest of the League. On the british gothic metal band Cradle of Filths future album Thornography is a song named Lovesick for Mina, dedicated to this character. Peta Wilson on the DVD cover of the second season release of La Femme Nikita Peta Gia Wilson (born November 18, 1970) is an Australian actress and model. ... Dorian Gray is the main character of Oscar Wildes novel The Picture of Dorian Gray. ... Richard Mansfield was best known for his dual role depicted in this double exposure. ... Tom Sawyer is the title character of the Mark Twain novel The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. ... Besides its original meaning, of or relating to the Goths (Gothos, Getas), a Germanic tribe and thus the Gothic language and the Gothic alphabet, the word Gothic has been used to refer to distinctly different things: From a Renaissance perspective (originally Italian, gotico, with connotations of rough, barbarous), it conveyed... Cradle of Filth is a heavy metal band formed in Suffolk, England in 1991. ... Cradle of Filth will release their next studio album, Thornography, through Roadrunner Records on September 19, 2006. ...