Dracula, by Bram Stoker

Stoker, Bram. Dracula, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1998.

The Famous tale of the vampire from Transylvania was written in 1897 by Irish author Bram Stoker. This novel has been allotted the privelidge of introducing vampire literature to 19th Century Europe and has been designated as representing three distinct genres and literary forms with those being: gothic novel, horror fiction and invasion literature interestingly. Most vampire literature has its roots in Dracula and there have been many film adaptations of this work also.

In this tale, a young Englishmen and solicitor, Jonothan Harker is sent to Transylvania to aid Count Dracula in a real-estate transaction but is kept more or less a prisoner of Dracula's castle, and falls vistim to the three brides of Dracula: vampires. Nevertheless, Dracula resues the young solicitor because he intends to extract all information he can of England, its society and people. Desiring to invade, Dracula stows away to England to begin his devlish plot, but unbeknown to him, Harker escapes and employs the aid of Van Helsing who is well aware of the art od fighting vampires. There is only one catch: Dracula is obsessed with Harker's wife and thus the grounds are set for the ultimate battle between good and evil. 

Dracula adaptations and further reading:

www.ovguide.com/movies_tv/bram_stoker_s_dracula.htm

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