c. July 26, 1893
Mina Receives Jonathan's Letter from Castle Dracula
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Mina Receives Jonathan's Letter from Castle Dracula
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Mina receives Jonathan's brief July 26 letter from Castle Dracula while staying with Lucy at Whitby, signaling that his correspondence is no longer free.
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c. August 24, 1893
Mina Reaches Jonathan in Buda-Pesth
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c. September 17, 1893
Van Helsing Telegrams Seward to Protect Lucy
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September 20, 1893
Lucy Westenra Dies After Dracula's Assaults
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Event Context
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Back in Time
Lucy Receives Three Marriage Proposals
c. May 24, 1893
Forward in Time
Mina Reaches Jonathan in Buda-Pesth
c. August 24, 1893
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- Source Event Mina Reaches Jonathan in Buda-Pesth -29 days
- Derived Event Lucy Receives Three Marriage Proposals -63 days
- Character Count Dracula Ancient Transylvanian vampire nobleman whose move to England drives the novel's central conflict. Editorial note: inference_type=triangulated_inference; anchor_fact=the novel's final dated entry records Dracula's destruction on 6 November; supporting_cues=the novel's dated documents align to the real 1893 calendar; calculation=stored as 1893-11-06; confidence=medium; editorial_rationale=day and month are explicit in the text, while the year comes from the documented 1893 calendar alignment; source_links_or_titles=Project Gutenberg text of Dracula, Dracula by Bram Stoker chronology reference.
- Character Jonathan Harker English solicitor whose journey to Castle Dracula exposes the Count's designs on England. Editorial note: inference_type=triangulated_inference; anchor_fact=Jonathan is described as a young man and a newly qualified solicitor; supporting_cues=he is engaged to Mina and early in his legal career during the 1893 events; calculation=estimated mid-20s during the 1893 events, stored as 1868 with year precision only; confidence=low; editorial_rationale=the text clearly supports early adulthood and recent professional qualification, not a stated age; source_links_or_titles=Dracula Wikipedia, Project Gutenberg text of Dracula, Jonathan Harker Wikipedia.
- Character Lucy Westenra Mina's close friend whose decline marks Dracula's first major English victimization. Editorial note: inference_type=triangulated_inference; anchor_fact=Dr. Seward's dated entry records Lucy's death on 20 September; supporting_cues=the novel's dated documents align to the real 1893 calendar; calculation=stored as 1893-09-20; confidence=medium; editorial_rationale=day and month are explicit in the text, while the year comes from the documented 1893 calendar alignment; source_links_or_titles=Project Gutenberg text of Dracula, Dracula by Bram Stoker chronology reference. Editorial note: inference_type=triangulated_inference; anchor_fact=Lucy Westenra is described as 19 years old during the 1893 events; supporting_cues=the documented Dracula chronology aligns the novel's dated entries to 1893; calculation=1893 minus 19, stored as 1874 with year precision only; confidence=medium; editorial_rationale=the source supports her age during the story, while the exact birthday remains unknown and could shift the exact year by part of one year; source_links_or_titles=Lucy Westenra Wikipedia, Project Gutenberg text of Dracula, Dracula by Bram Stoker chronology reference.
- Character Mina Harker Jonathan Harker's fiancee and later wife, whose record-keeping and resolve unify the hunt against Dracula. Editorial note: inference_type=triangulated_inference; anchor_fact=Mina is a young schoolmistress, Lucy's close contemporary, and Jonathan's fiancee during the 1893 events; supporting_cues=she is framed as the same social generation as Lucy and Jonathan; calculation=estimated around 20 during the 1893 events, stored as 1873 with year precision only; confidence=low; editorial_rationale=the text supports a young adult contemporary of Lucy, not a stated age; source_links_or_titles=Mina Harker Wikipedia, Lucy Westenra Wikipedia, Project Gutenberg text of Dracula.
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c. July 26, 1893
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