September 13, 1819

September 13, 1819, is identified in Lady Glynis Wright’s journal as the date of a night marked by torment and beginning with Prince Vlad. Its significance is primarily documentary: the heading anchors her account to a specific point in the novel’s chronology, while an earlier dated entry records Count Dracula’s plans already under way.

The Journal Date

The date appears beneath the heading for Lady Glynis Wright’s journal and the location marker “The Castle.” The entry opens with Glynis questioning whether she is doomed to fail in her resolve, then characterizes the night as torture from beginning to end. Its first named source of anguish is Prince Vlad. The passage establishes the emotional pressure surrounding the date, but does not, in the available evidence, specify the night’s full sequence of events.

Chronological Context

A journal entry dated September 4, 1819, provides an earlier marker in the same narrative chronology. Sir Stephen Sheridan writes that Count Dracula’s new plans have been set in motion and that he feels both relief and deep fear of the Count. He also records the decision made after matters were settled in Buda: the party would travel back to the castle, after which Sir Stephen would continue alone to arrange the sale of one of Dracula’s properties to finance the new undertaking. The nine-day interval places Glynis’s September 13 entry after this report, without establishing that every intervening event in the novel occurred within those nine days.

Narrative Function

The dated heading turns Glynis’s private account into a chronological record rather than an undated recollection. Its immediate emphasis is not on public events but on the felt duration of a night and the personal conflict attached to Prince Vlad. Read alongside Sir Stephen’s earlier entry, the date also sits within a period when Dracula’s plans are advancing and travel between Buda and the castle has been arranged. The evidence supports that temporal association, but does not establish that the events described in other undated passages took place on September 13.