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Stoker's first biographer, Harry Ludlam, wrote in 1962 that writing commenced on Dracula around 1895 or 1896. [38] Following the rediscovery of Stoker's notes in 1972 by Raymond T. McNally and Radu Florescu, [ 39 ] the two dated the writing of Dracula to between 1895 and 1897. [ 40 ]
Abraham "Bram" Stoker (8 November 1847 – 20 April 1912) was an Irish author who is best known for writing the 1897 Gothic horror novel Dracula.During his lifetime, he was better known as the personal assistant of actor Sir Henry Irving and business manager of the West End's Lyceum Theatre, which Irving owned.
Produced and distributed by Universal Pictures, Dracula is the first sound film adaptation of the Stoker novel. [4] Several actors were considered to portray the title character, but Lugosi, who had previously played the role on Broadway , eventually got the part.
The comic novel Dracula's Diary by Michael Geare and Michael Corby (ISBN 978-0825301438) completely re-tells the Stoker novel, with the young Count Dracula (who has been learning to act like a true British gentleman) becoming a secret agent for Her Majesty's government and Van Helsing an enemy agent for a foreign power who is continually ...
This "Dracula" is its own creature – a curious and occasionally menacing vision of the original story. Don't be afraid to laugh, either. Review: 'Dracula' grows a broody set of teeth at the ...
The Legend of Dracula. Famous Legends. Gareth Stevens Publishing. ISBN 9781482427349. Dawidziak, Mark (2008). The Bedside, Bathtub & Armchair Companion to Dracula. Bedside, Bathtub & Armchair Companions. University of Michigan, Bloomsbury Academic. ISBN 9780826417947. Otfinoski, Steven (2005). Bram Stoker: The Man Who Wrote Dracula. Great Life ...
This indeed encourages the reader to identify the Count with the Voivode Dracula first mentioned by him in Chapter 3, the one betrayed by his brother: Vlad III Dracula, betrayed by his brother Radu the Handsome, who had chosen the side of the Turks. But as noted by the Dutch author Hans Corneel de Roos, in Chapter 25, Van Helsing and Mina drop ...
Jimmy Kimmel has savaged Donald Trump’s relationship with billionaire Elon Musk, saying it’s “like letting Dracula drive the blood mobile” and warning the incoming First Lady Melania Trump ...