Name: Dracula
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Author: Stoker, Bram
ISBN: 9781499156607

Type

Physical Book

Author

Bram Stoker

Publisher

Createspace

Language

English

Pages

394

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

21.6 x 14.0 x 2.2 cm

Weight

0.50 kg.

ISBN13

9781499156607

Synopsis "Dracula"

When Bram Stoker's Dracula was published in 1897 it was not the first vampire novel, and did not achieve its status as an icon of the genre until much later, when the first of many film adaptations was created. Though the book was praised by reviewers and contemporary writers, Stoker died in relative poverty. It is therefore perhaps surprising that Dracula has grown to such enduring prominence, never dying, constantly revivified, frequently reappearing in current media, from the stage to computer games, and haunting our imaginations like no other character of horror.

Bram Stoker

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Abraham "Bram" Stoker (Clontarf; November 8, 1847-London; April 20, 1912) was an Irish novelist and writer, known for his novel Dracula

His early horror stories, such as "The Crystal Cup" (1872), were published by the London Society, and The Chain of Destiny in the Shamrock magazine. In 1876, while working as a civil servant, he wrote a textbook named The Duties of Clerks of Petty Sessions in Ireland (1879), this book was used as a reference for a long time

Being a theater critic for the Dublin Evening Mail, co-owned by the famous Gothic novelist Sheridan Le Fanu, one of the most important of his time for stories like Carmilla, about a vampire, greatly influenced Stoker when writing Dracula. Stoker's critique of the play was high praise for the performance in Hamlet by actor Henry Irving, who hired him to be his personal secretary and manager of the Lyceum Theatre in London

While working for Irving, he was a literary critic for the Daily Telegraph and wrote several novels like The Snake's Pass (1890) and Dracula (1897) and, after Irving's death in 1905, The Lady of the Shroud (1909) and The Lair of the White Worm (1911)

His wife was the administrator of his literary estate, and she made known works such as what would be the introduction to Dracula, the short story Dracula's Guest

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