“the most famous horror novel ever published, its title changed at the last minute”
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Bram Stoker
Abraham Stoker was an Irish writer, barrister, literary critic, and theatre manager. He was the author of the Gothic horror novel Dracula (1897) and the creator of the fictional character Count Dracula. The work and its antagonist are regarded as milestones in the fields of Gothic and vampire literature.
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culture · Irish author (1847–1912) · writer · journalist · novelist · theatre critic · screenwriter · clerk · theatre manager · also Bram Stoker, Abraham Stoker, Stoker
Born 8 November 1847 · Died 20 April 1912 · Q36184
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2026· 3 entries
“I was naturally thoughtful, and the leisure of long illness gave opportunity for many thoughts which were fruitful according to their kind in later years.”
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collider: Everyone Was Wrong About Keanu Reeves in 'Bram Stoker's Dracula'
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2025· 1 entry
The Guardian: Rare letter offers glimpse into Bram Stoker’s early thoughts on Dracula
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2024· 5 entries
The Guardian: Bram Stoker’s Dracula: Francis Ford Coppola’s very horny vampire epic
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Artnet: Amateur Sleuth Uncovers Bram Stoker’s Lost Supernatural Tale—A Precursor to ‘Dracula’?
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Yahoo: ‘Dracula’ creator Bram Stoker’s new short story was lost for 134 years
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Australian Broadcasting Corporation: Dracula author Bram Stoker's long-lost story Gibbet Hill rediscovered more than 130 years after it was written
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The Guardian: Dracula writer Bram Stoker revealed as a humble minute taker for actor charity
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2023· 1 entry
Decider: Francis Ford Coppola’s ‘Bram Stoker’s Dracula’ Is a Staggering, Horny, Delirious Achievement
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2022· 1 entry
collider: Bram Stoker's Dracula Gets 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray Release This Fall
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2018· 1 entry
The Library discovered some of the books that Stoker used for his research, complete with notes and marginalia
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2017· 1 entry
Yahoo: 'Bram Stoker's Dracula' at 25: Would Gary Oldman return as the blood-sucker? 'I never say never!'
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2008· 1 entry
Snopes rated the claim “Bram Stoker's novel 'Dracula' features a titular vampire who cannot expose himself to sunlight and is killed with a wooden stake.” False.
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1914· 1 entry
By Stoker's widow, Florence Stoker, who was also his literary executrix
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1912· 1 entry
Died 1912-04-20.
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1906· 1 entry
After Irving's death, which proved successful, and managed productions at the Prince of Wales Theatre
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1895· 1 entry
While in residence at the Kilmarnock Arms Hotel
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1890· 1 entry
And that visit was said to be part of the inspiration for Dracula, staying at a guesthouse in West Cliff at 6 Royal Crescent, doing his research at the public library at 7 Pier Road (now Quayside Fish and Chips)
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1878· 1 entry
Stoker married Florence Balcombe, daughter of Lieutenant-Colonel James Balcombe of 1 Marino Crescent
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1876· 1 entry
While a civil servant in Dublin, Stoker wrote the non-fiction book The Duties of Clerks of Petty Sessions in Ireland (published 1879), which remained a standard work
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1872· 2 entries
An extraordinary letter that some have interpreted as the expression of a deeply-suppressed homosexuality
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Followed by the novel The Primrose Path in five parts and the novella The Chain of Destiny in four parts in The Shamrock in 1875
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1870· 1 entry
Studied at Trinity College, Dublin (1864–1870).
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1847· 1 entry
Born 1847-11-08.
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