In this matter dates are everything, and I think that if we get all our material ready, and have every item put in chronological order, we shall have done much.
—Mina Harker summarizing “Dracula Daily” in a single sentence
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mastodon.social/@boredzoDr. Van Helsing, -09-11:
Come with me, friend John, and you shall help me deck the room with my garlic… [to Lucy] Take care you do not disturb it; and even if the room feel close, do not to-night open the window or the door.
Mrs. Westenra, -09-13:
There were a lot of those horrible, strong-smelling flowers about everywhere… so I took them all away and opened a bit of the window to let in a little fresh air.
So is The Thing eating these men whole or is he draining them dry and then chucking them overboard like emptied tins?
The original “Dracula” by Bram Stoker was an epistolary novel: it consists of journal entries (the majority of the work), fictional newspaper articles, and other writings, each dated to a particular date from May 3 to November 6. (There are some large gaps where nothing of note is recorded, and also some days in which entire weeks happen.)
Dracula Daily is an email newsletter that publishes the entire novel (since it's now in the public domain) as one email per day, each email containing that day's entries. (If there's no entry on a day, then there's no email that day, either.) So some aspects are told in chronological order that weren't originally (in particular, the ship's log from the Demeter is only revealed after the ship arrives in port in the novel, whereas Dracula Daily subscribers follow events on the ship as they happen), and the story is told in more of a slow drip-feed over the months rather than being something you binge all at once.
(Though, of course, if you want to read the original novel, nobody will stop you.)
If you want to get the daily emails, you can subscribe to Dracula Daily on Substack.
Or, a fun way to read it is to buy the book, which collects all of the entries in chronological order (including the resequencing of the Demeter log entries) and includes selections of quips, commentary, and fan-art that Tumblr users posted on the #Dracula Daily tag in the newsletter's first year.
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