Is Bram Stoker's Dracula An Epistolary?

A diary, Notebook, or audio recording, these are all forms of recording the past. The book Dracula which is about the undead counts attempt to create a race of vampires in England is an Epistolary. An epistolary is a way of writing where the narrative is given in the form of Newspaper clippings, letters, telegrams, journal entries, and other forms recorded information. Dracula is an epistolary with multiple charter points of view and wich let the reader learn more than the separate characters. Dracula is written as an epistolary but is also written with characters similar to people who lived at the same time as bram stoker or how being completely dependent on technology can lead to problems. This is why Dracula is written in a way to warn against forgetting history and letting it repeat. Dracula is written as an epistolary which is the first way Bram Stoker tries to warn about forgetting the past. Every time the point of view changes in Dracula there is a little notation saying who is writing and what they are writing in. One example of this is in the first chapter “Jonathan Harker’s Diary” These are ways to record information for longer than most people will remember. Bram stoker shows that if these were lost the story would be lost.

Actually, although letters like these compose some of the plot, particularly the exchanges between Mina Murray and Lucy Westenra, the book also relies on journal entries and news articles to tell the tale. In fact, the book begins with an entry in Jonathan Harker's journal. Dracula, which bounces around from character to character, readers receive several first-person accounts. This disjointed approach helps to disorient the reader, who must try to figure out what is going on based on several separate accounts.”