Vlad Dracul
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Dracula By Bram Stoker |
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 Bram Stoker (1847-1911) |
Bram
Stoker was born in Dublin (Ireland) in 1847 but he lived in
London most of his life. He
wrote several novels about horror and
supernatural themes but only one of them is remembered:
Dracula, which he published in 1897.
Before writing Dracula he spent eight years researching European folklore and stories of vampires. |
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The
story has become the basis for lots of films in the
twentieth century, the most famous are Nosferatu
(1922), Dracula (1931) and Bram Stoker’s
Dracula (1992). Dracula is not really the first vampire novel, John Polidori had already written The Vampyre in 1819, and oral legends about this topic were common even before. The character of Dracula is based partially on these earlier stories and also on a real person: Vlad II Dracul, king of Wallachia, who is said to have killed more than 100000 people. |
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The story begins with Jonathan Harker, an English lawyer who is invited to the count’s castle in Transylvania. He soon discovers he has become a prisoner in the castle and he begins to see disquieting things in Dracula’s daily life. He tries to escape but meets three female vampires, the brides of Dracula. Harker finally escapes alive.
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Afterwards, a Russian ship sinks near Whitby on the coast of England. All passengers die. A huge dog, or wolf is seen, running from the ship. Count Dracula in his animal form has arrived in England..... |
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