Dracula

Bram Stoker's novel Dracula was released in 1897. The plot of this epistolary novel is told through letters, journal entries, and newspaper articles. It does not have a single protagonist, although it begins with attorney Jonathan Harker taking a business trip to stay at the castle of Count Dracula, a Transylvanian nobleman. After finding that Dracula is a vampire, Harker flees the castle, and the Count relocates to England, where he plagues the coastal town of Whitby. Dracula is hunted and eventually killed by a small squad commanded by Abraham Van Helsing.

The majority of Dracula was written in the 1890s. Stoker wrote almost a hundred pages of notes for the work, relying heavily on Transylvanian tradition and history. Some academics believe that Dracula was influenced by historical people such as the Wallachian ruler Vlad the Impaler or the countess Elizabeth Báthory, but this is widely debated. Stoker's notes make no mention of either individual. While on vacation in Whitby, he came across the name Dracula in the public library and chose it because he assumed it meant "demon" in Romanian.

Detailed information:

Author: Bram Stoker
Language: English
Genre: Horror, Gothic

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