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About the Author

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Bram (Abraham) Stoker was born November 8, 1847, in Dublin, Ireland. At Trinity College, Dublin, he excelled as an athlete, having overcome a childhood illness […]

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Overview

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Dracula has appealed to readers for almost a century, at least in part because it deals with one of the great human conflicts: the struggle […]

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Setting

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Stoker uses a circular structure for his novel, incorporating two settings. Transylvania is the setting for the beginning and end of the novel, and, since […]

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Themes and Characters

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Stoker explores the conflict of good and evil throughout the novel and does not allow good to triumph until the last few pages. In the […]

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Literary Qualities

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Paradoxically, Dracula has been judged both a failure and a masterpiece. To most modern readers the novel seems uneven, containing passages filled with suspense and […]

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Social Sensitivity

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While Dracula’s subject matter is disturbing, young readers today are unlikely to find the novel extremely frightening and may miss its sexual elements altogether. Depictions […]

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Topics for Discussion

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1. Like most horror stories, Dracula is about the struggle between good and evil. What are some of the symbols of good and evil in […]

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Ideas for Reports and Papers

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1. Compare Dracula with its film adaptation or with later vampire literature. How are these later works influenced by the novel? 2. Compare Dracula with […]

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Adaptations

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Numerous films of Dracula have appeared, most of which make little attempt to follow the plot of the novel. The first film version was the […]