Dracula Summary
Bram Stoker

Dracula by Bram Stoker Anglo-Irish author Bram Stoker (1847- 1912) was born in Dublin, Ireland, where he spent a decade as a civil servant before moving to London in 1878. The move was prompted by ... Read more

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... Read more

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... Read more

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 ... Read more

In the following review, the anonymous critic asserts that the strength of Dracula lies in Stoker's vivid imagination. Mr. Bram Stoker gives us the impression—we may be doing him an i... Read more

In the following essay, Varnado views Dracula as a dramatization of the “cosmic struggle between the opposing forces of darkness and light, of the sacred and the profane.” Bram Stoker... Read more

In the following essay, Schaffrath analyzes Stoker's use of the order-versus-chaos dichotomy in Dracula. This paper pursues two goals. The first goal is to present evidence that shows that m... Read more

In the following essay, Foster applies a psychoanalytic interpretation to Dracula. We are all familiar with that moment of dreamlike suspension in movies when the monster, the killer, or some swarm... Read more

In the following essay, Kirtley traces the origins of Dracula to Russian monastic chronicles and Slavic folklore. Bram Stoker's Dracula, that somewhat belated apparition from the sub-literar... Read more

In the following essay, Fry maintains that the latent sexuality of Dracula is an important part of the novel's popular appeal. To the general reading public, Bram Stoker's Dracula is ... Read more

In the following essay, Weissman perceives Dracula as a Victorian novel, asserting that the novel “is an extreme version of the stereotypically Victorian attitudes toward sexual roles.” ... Read more

In the following essay, Johnson explores the depiction of women in Dracula, contending that the novel “presents an incisive and sympathetic analysis of the frustration felt by women in late-nin... Read more

Paternalism is the domination of a society by a male or parental figure that leads or governs much like the way a father would direct his family.  In Victorian society, the idea of paternalism wa... Read more

With castles, hidden streets, waterways, recurring rainy weather, interesting European architecture, and mystique, London is the perfect location for Bram Stoker's Dracula. London: The capital ... Read more

Dracula With hands like a steel vise to crush whatever he fancies, Dracula is an old-fashioned nightmare. A long, white moustache, and black from head to toe adorn his mysterious and commanding body.... Read more

Bram Stoker uses the medium of journal entries and letters to represent the character of Mina to the reader. Her journal in which she expresses her innermost thoughts and feelings gives the reader a d... Read more

Overtime, vampires have been depicted through many different forms of art, and the myth of the vampire has remained very popular. The general appearance of vampires over the years has changed very li... Read more

"Dracula", written by Bram Stoker and first published in 1897, is a classic novel, although it has only come to be accepted as anything more than `just another gothic novel' for the last 3 decades. I... Read more

Dracula and Reality The Victorian-Era of knowledge in many science related fields was extremely limited. Because most research consisted of trial and error, it is understood that most of the informat... Read more

When Jonathan Harker get captured by Dracula he is afraid, but he is also determined to get free. "I can not say in this room much longer for I shall die," he said. A small crack of light appeared thr... Read more

Terror is certainly perhaps the most important aspect of any Gothic work, let alone that of the Irish fiction. However, it does appear that the more terrifying a text is, usually, the more obscure it... Read more