Okay, the author’s jumping a bit ahead of himself on certain points, but the overall points are worth considering. Click the link to learn more, readers!
Dracula Doesn’t Suck!
By Jacob Klatte
“Dracula,” by Bram Stoker, must be the most abused book in literary history. Wikipedia summarizes the themes of Dracula in a pithy three categories: gender and sexuality, race, and disease.
I’m going to put my cards on the table up front. That’s an absurd assessment of “Dracula.” But it’s a great example of how mainstream and academic interpreters read their biases into Dracula.
In two parts, I’d like to offer my rationale for why I find many common interpretations of “Dracula” scandalous, and in so doing, I hope you’ll learn to embrace “Dracula” as a classic of Christian piety, as well as be inspired by Bram Stoker’s literary example of the importance of faith in a modern age.
Nineteenth century solicitor Jonathan Harker is sent to be a real estate agent for a noble in far Eastern Europe, a place he views as a “backwards” land of weird superstitions. The noble’s name is Dracula.
Harker ignores tons of warning signs and pleas to turn back from local peasantry because as a modern British subject, he is too sophisticated to believe such nonsense. It takes little time upon his arrival at Castle Dracula to realize he has become the prisoner of the wily Count. While Harker tries to figure out how to escape, Dracula travels to England, because -spoiler alert- he is a vampire looking for fresh hunting grounds!
A Song of Joy by Caroline Furlong 
I read both parts and found them interesting.
First, I think he was reading into the novel more than Stoker intended.
Second, even with the above, I think he’s closer to Stoker’s intent than what others “read into” Stocker’s Horror Novel.
Oh, some Catholics have commented by the misuse of the Host in Stoker’s novel.
Of course, I remember Fred Saberhagen’s Dracula commenting on the dangers of blood infusions (at the time the novel was set). 😉
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For some reason I always assumed the host was from an Anglican consecration, and thus might or might not be from valid Holy Orders. FWIW.
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