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Dracula (other)
''Dracula'' is an 1897 novel by Bram Stoker. Dracula may also refer to: *Count Dracula, the title character in the novel *Vlad the Impaler (1431–1476), or Vlad Dracula, ruler of Wallachia Arts and entertainment Film and television Film * ''Dracula'' (Universal film series) ** ''Dracula'' (1931 English-language film) ** ''Dracula'' (1931 Spanish-language film) * ''Dracula'' (Hammer film series) ** ''Dracula'' (1958 film), starring Christopher Lee ** '' Dracula: Prince of Darkness'' a 1966 film, starring Christopher Lee * ''Count Dracula'' (1970 film), starring Christopher Lee * ''Bram Stoker's Dracula'' (1974 film), a TV adaptation * ''Count Dracula'' (1977 film), a BBC TV production * ''Dracula'' (1979 film), starring Frank Langella * ''Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992 film)'', starring Gary Oldman * '' Dracula: Dead and Loving It'', 1995 * ''Dracula 2000'', 2000 * '' Dark Prince: The True Story of Dracula'', or ''Dracula: The Dark Prince'', 2000 * '' Dracula: Pages from a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dracula
''Dracula'' is a novel by Bram Stoker, published in 1897. As an epistolary novel, the narrative is related through letters, diary entries, and newspaper articles. It has no single protagonist, but opens with solicitor Jonathan Harker taking a business trip to stay at the castle of a Transylvanian nobleman, Count Dracula. Harker escapes the castle after discovering that Dracula is a vampire, and the Count moves to England and plagues the seaside town of Whitby. A small group, led by Abraham Van Helsing, hunt Dracula and, in the end, kill him. ''Dracula'' was mostly written in the 1890s. Stoker produced over a hundred pages of notes for the novel, drawing extensively from Transylvanian folklore and history. Some scholars have suggested that the character of Dracula was inspired by historical figures like the Wallachian prince Vlad the Impaler or the countess Elizabeth Báthory, but there is widespread disagreement. Stoker's notes mention neither figure. He found the n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
