Bram Stoker - (1847 - 1912)
(Full name Abraham Stoker) Irish novelist, short story writer, and essayist.
Stoker is best known as the author of Dracula (1897), one of the most famous horror stories of ...
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"The Censorship of Stage Plays," Nineteenth Century & After, 66 (December 1909): 974-989.Biography EssayThough he was shy and sickly as a child, Bram Stoker grew up to be a man with many talents a...
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Bram Stoker (1847-1912) is best known as the author of Dracula (1897), one of the most famous horror novels of all time.Abraham Stoker was born in Clontarf, Ireland in 1847. He was a sickly child, bed...
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Abraham Stoker--better known to the world as Bram--created a century ago one of the most enduring figures of literary history. Patching together the works of earlier writers such as Sheridan Le Fanu, ...
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Without Dracula (1897), Bram Stoker would be forgotten. As it is, he is one of the least-known authors of one of the best-known books. Dracula was his masterpiece, and a writer only needs one of those...
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Though he was shy and sickly as a child, Bram Stoker grew up to be a man with many talents and interests, and a seemingly endless supply of energy. He was simultaneously an amateur athlete, a business...
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Like a creature from his own imagination, Abraham (Bram) Stoker is frequently described by biographers as a red-haired giant, a man of prodigious strength and energy. During his lifetime Stokers name ...
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In the following excerpt, Ludlam describes the plot and circumstances surrounding the creation of several of Stoker's short stories.
In the summer of 1893 a wider public learned for the firs...
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In the following review, the anonymous critic finds The Bram Stoker Bedside Companion disappointing.
Published seventy-six years ago and continuously in print ever since, Dracula is beginning to ex...
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In the following excerpt, Farson contends that Stoker's frequent travels provided settings and inspirations for his short fiction.
With a stamina that seems colossal today, Bram Stoker manag...
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In the following excerpt, which is constructed of introductions to Stoker's stories in Midnight Tales, Haining determines the possible sources of and inspiration for the stories in the collecti...
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In the following excerpt, Senf discusses the defining characteristics of Stoker's short fiction.
Under the Sunset (1881)
Stoker's first book, The Duties of Clerks of Petty Sessions in...
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Romania's government on Thursday defended its decision to return "Dracula's Castle" to members of the former royal family, denying allegations that the decision was illegal.The castle, famous for i...
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Romania's government on Thursday defended its decision to return "Dracula's Castle" to members of the former royal family, denying allegations that the decision was illegal.The castle, famous for i...
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Lawmakers began debating Wednesday whether the Transylvanian fortress commonly known as Dracula's Castle was legally returned to an heir of Romania's royal family and whether he is allowed to sell ...
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Question 1 of 10:Which writer choked to death on the lid of his eye medication bottle, thinking it was a sleeping pill?a)
Graham
Greene
(0)b)
Tennessee
Williams
(1)c)
C.S.
Lewis
(0)d)
Ian
Fl...
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The Habsburg family said Wednesday that it wanted to sell a Transylvanian castle famous for its connections to the 15th century medieval ruler who inspired "Dracula" for 60 million euros, or $78 mi...
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The family that owns a Transylvanian castle famous for its connections to the 15th century medieval ruler who inspired "Dracula" said Wednesday it wants to sell the fortress to local authorities fo...
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The Habsburg family said Wednesday that it wanted to sell a Transylvanian castle famous for its connections to the 15th century medieval ruler who inspired "Dracula" for 60 million euros, or $78 mi...
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A Habsburg heir is hoping someone will take a bite of his offer Monday to sell "Dracula's Castle" in Transylvania.The medieval Bran Castle, perched on a cliff near Brasov in mountainous central Rom...
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An heir of Romania's former royal family put "Dracula's Castle" in Transylvania up for sale Monday, hoping to secure a buyer who will respect "the property and its history," a U.S.-based investment...
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An heir of Romania's former royal family put "Dracula's Castle" in Transylvania up for sale Monday, hoping to secure a buyer who will respect "the property and its history," a U.S.-based investment...
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Bram Stoker - (1847 - 1912)
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Critical Essay by Harry Ludlam
Controversy over Dracula's castle
