Everyone knows Bram Stoker. He wrote Dracula, of course. It was that book, or rather the movies about that book, that have shaped and molded our concept of vampires. Dracula is indeed one of the most influential books ever written. It has never been out of print since it was first published in 1897. There are hundreds of editions. It has spawned numerous movies, plays, and adaptations.
There is even Dracul, the Musical based on the novel, and now there is a book, Dracul, by Nancy Kilpatrick based, on the musical which is based on the novel. You can learn more about the musical, listen to some of the songs, and buy the book and the music CD at http://www.dracul.com/index.html
Who was Bram Stoker?
He was born November 8, 1847 in Clontarf, Ireland, near Dublin. Yes, I thought he was British, but he is an Irish writer and the Irish are justifiably proud. Both Clontarf and Dublin have pages devoted to Stoker.
http://www.clontarf-online.com/bram_stok... http://www.visit.ie/dublin/dublin_stoker...
After he graduated from college, he worked as a civil servant at Dublin Castle and moonlighted as a free lance journalist, drama critic and editor of the "Evening Mail". It was in his job as drama critic that he first met the famous actor Sir Henry Irving, who was performing Hamlet. In 1878, Bram married the actress, Florence Balcombe, and moved to London to become secretary and stage manager for Irving. His friendship for Irving became the major factor in his life and he worked for Irving until the actor's death in 1905.
In 1878, Stoker published his first book, The Duties of Clerks of Petty Sessions in Ireland. He followed that in 1882 with a collection of short stories, Under the Sunset. His first novel was The Snake Pass in 1891. Best known for Dracula, Stoker wrote eighteen books and many short stories. His last novel, The Lair of the White Worm, was published in 1911 the year before he died.
The most extensive collection of Bram Stoker's novels and short stories is available online at Bram Stoker http://www.geocities.com/psmcalduff/inde...
For more information about Bram Stoker and Count Dracula check out Dracula's Homepage http://www.ucs.mun.ca/~emiller/. Elizabeth Miller is a scholar and an expert on Dracula and the President of the Canadian Chapter of Transylvanian Society of Dracula. She has written four books on the subject. In her latest, Dracula, Sense and Nonsense, she exposes over seventy popular misconceptions, distortions and downright errors that have plagued books, articles and documentaries about Bram Stoker and his famous novel for the past thirty years.
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