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| Plot Summary of The Journal of Professor Abraham Van Helsing |
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Forge, April 2004, 19.95, 208 pp.
ISBN 07653101112
After his grandmother died, Allen C. Kupfur sorted out her things and found the journal of Professor Abraham Van Helsing, his grandfather's friend. His grandfather disappeared under mysterious circumstances. He verified some of the facts that Van Helsing wrote about and wrote that vampires exist and are a plague that must be eradicated. Allen is sorry he published the book because he is either ridiculed or sought after for advice on the nature of the vampire. All he wants is for the living and the undead to leave him alone.
After attending a lecture given at the university by Dr. Boreseu, Van Helsing is the only attendee who doesn't make fun of his belief in vampires. The two men become friends and Dr. Boreseu invites him to his native Hungary. When he arrives at the Doctor's house, he finds living proof that vampires do exist. Upon returning home his wife Rita is attacked by the vampire and dies where upon Van Helsing make it his life's work to eradicate that plague that preys upon mankind.
Written in the form of a journal, reader see how Van Helsing becomes driven, obsessed and afraid but he doesn't let his feelings get in the way of what he regards as his mission in life. Allen C. Kupfer has written a mesmerizing horror novel that takes the reader from Amsterdam to Hungary and finally to Persia. Fans of vampire novels will want to read this fascinating novel starring the most famous vampire hunter of all.
Harriet Klausner
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Harriet Klausner, Resident Scholar
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Composition of Book
Descript. of chases or violence - 20%
planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 40%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 30%
Descript. of society, phenomena (tech), places - 10%
Tone of book
- suspenseful (sophisticated fear)
FANTASY or SCIENCE FICTION?
- fantasy story on current Earth
Is this an adult or child's book?
- Adult or Young Adult Book
Horror story?
Yes
Horror plotlets
- vampires taking a quick bite
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- teacher
Age:
- 40's-50's
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Main Adversary
Identity:
- magical being
Age:
- long-lived adults
Profession/status:
- Prince/Nobleman/King
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- a moderate amount
How sensitive is this character?
- mean, arrogant
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Setting
Earth setting:
- 19th century
Takes place on Earth?
Yes
Style
Person?
- mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death?
- generic/vague references to death/punishment
How much dialogue?
- significantly more descript than dialog
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