Dracula

Bram Stoker (1847-1912), Irish theatre critic and author wrote the Gothic horror novel Dracula (1897);"it is the eve of St. George's Day. Do you not know that tonight, when the clock strikes midnight, ali the evil things in the world will have fiili swayrWritten in epistolary fashion, Stoker introduces us to the young solicitor Jonathan Harker as he travels to Transylvania to assist Count Dracula in a real estate transaction. While the fırst chapter starts offpleasantly enough, Harker soon begins to note odd happenings and details of the people and events he experiences while travelling deeper and deeper into the Car-pathians. Gloomy castles standing high in the mountains, odd fıgures half-obscured by the dark, eerie landscapes with flashing lights, and howling wolves trail Harker as he journeys ... unaware of the mystery and horrors he and his love Mina Murray are soon to become entangled with. Only with the help of such noted characters as Professor Van Helsing, John Seward, Arthur Holmwood, and Quincey Morris does good prevail över evil.Dracula is often referred to as the definitive vampire novel, but it is possible that Stoker was influenced byjoseph Sheridan LeFanu's (1814-1873) Gothic vampire novella Carmilla (1872). While Stoker wrote numerous novels and short stories, he is chiefly remembered today as the author of this best-selling novel. it has been translated to dozens of languages, inspired numerous other author's works, been adapted to the stage and film including the fırst version, Nosferatu (1922), starring Max Schreck. Dracula is stili widely read and remains in print today.