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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.
Dracula is a gothic horror novel by Bram Stoker, published on 26 May 1897. An epistolary novel, the narrative is related through letters, diary entries, and newspaper articles. It has no single protagonist and opens with solicitor Jonathan Harker taking a business trip to stay at the castle of a Transylvanian nobleman, Count Dracula.
Jul 19, 2024 · Bram Stoker (born November 8, 1847, Clontarf, County Dublin, Ireland—died April 20, 1912, London, England) was an Irish writer best known as the author of the Gothic horror tale Dracula (1897). Due to illness, Stoker could not stand or walk until he was seven years old.
Apr 2, 2014 · Irish writer Bram Stoker is best known for authoring the classic 19th-century horror novel 'Dracula.'
Mar 31, 2020 · Bram Stoker (November 8, 1847 – April 20, 1912) was an Irish writer. Notable for his gothic horror and suspenseful stories, Stoker found little commercial success as a writer during his lifetime. It was only after the proliferation of Dracula films that he became well known and regarded.
An accomplished athlete, journalist, author, biographer, theatre critic and theatre manager, Stoker is best known for his Gothic masterpiece Dracula (1897). Like his immortal creation Count Dracula, Stoker's life is shrouded in mystery, from his rumored participation in occult circles, to his purported death from syphilis.
Jul 19, 2024 · Dracula is a novel by Bram Stoker published in 1897. Derived from vampire legends, it became the basis for an entire genre of literature and film. It follows the vampire Count Dracula from his castle in Transylvania to England, where he is hunted while turning others into vampires.
Apr 20, 2024 · Irish author Bram Stoker, who was born on November 8, 1847, goes down in history as the man who created one of the most famous evil villains our imaginations have ever known: Dracula.
May 17, 2018 · Bram Stoker (1847-1912) is best known as the author of Dracula (1897), one of the most famous horror novels of all time. Abraham Stoker was born in Clontarf, Ireland in 1847. He was a sickly child, bedridden for much of his boyhood.
Jan 12, 2022 · Bram Stoker, a Literary Life. Basingstoke, UK: Palgrave, 2007. DOI: 10.1057/9780230626416. Hopkins’s overview places Dracula at the center, but analyzes connections in all the novels through various biographically important themes such as Stoker’s work for the theater and life in London.
