Bram Stoker

Dracula: Bram Stoker's Dracula

Publisher Marketing: Good against Evil. There is no more classical horror story then Dracula. A story that takes place among the Carpathian Mountains in Transylvania, is extremely satisfying although some say it's chilling effect "leaves us with a sensation of emptiness." Bram Stoker's Character of Dracula is based on a real life Hungarian prince Vladimir Dracule, also known as "Vladimir the Impaler" (in the book Dracula), mainly because he was known for impaling his enemies among other terrible acts. There are legends of Vladimir (Dracula) inviting all the sick and homeless, and elderly, to a feast in his castle. Seemingly good intentions turned deadly when Vlad locked them in and burned down the hall to solve the problems of hunger and disease. Dracula by Bram Stoker is written as a series of diary entries, and the entries were compiled after the events had transgressed in order to figure out what had happened. Therein lies one of the great charms of Dracula, the cobbled together stories at times incomplete truly adds to the mystery of Bram Stoker's Dracula. Dracula is truly a Classic. Adults love the book just as do High school readers who have it on their summer reading lists. With all the buzz about vampires, find out how it all started with this Masterpiece. "Bram Stoker's Dracula" Review Citations: School Library Journal 11/01/2009 pg. 138 (EAN 9781602706767, Library Binding) Audio File 03/01/2010 pg. 56 (EAN 9781400109654, Compact Disc) School Library Journal 01/01/2008 pg. 151 (EAN 9780764160547, Hardcover) Voice of Youth Advocates 02/01/2008 pg. 559 (EAN 9780764160547, Hardcover) Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2008 pg. 66 (EAN 9780764160547, Hardcover) School Library Journal 01/01/2008 pg. 151 (EAN 9780764137785, Paperback) Wilson Fiction Catalog 01/01/2006 pg. 895 (EAN 9780141439846, Paperback) Wilson Fiction Catalog 01/01/2010 pg. 888 (EAN 9780141439846, Paperback) Wilson Senior High Core Col 01/01/2011 pg. 1066 (EAN 9780141439846, Paperback) Kliatt 07/01/2003 pg. 58 (EAN 9780754008910, Analog Audio Cassette) Choice 10/01/2002 pg. 282 (EAN 9780312237103, Hardcover) Time 05/05/2008 pg. 50 (EAN 9780140367171, Paperback) New Yorker (The) 03/16/2009 pg. 101 (EAN 9780140367171, Paperback) Entertainment Weekly 04/03/2009 pg. 28 (EAN 9780140367171, Paperback) School Library Journal 09/01/1997 pg. 217 (EAN 9780789414892, Hardcover) Library Journal 09/15/1997 pg. 108 (EAN 9780789414892, Hardcover) Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/1997 pg. 302 (EAN 9780789414892, Hardcover) ALA Recmd for Reluctant YA's 01/01/1998 pg. 1226 (EAN 9780789414892, Hardcover) School Library Journal 01/22/1998 (EAN 9781889974040, Analog Audio Cassette) Beyond the Cover Author Interv 10/01/2000 pg. 21 (EAN 9780688139216, Hardcover) School Library Journal 06/01/1999 (EAN 9781569945124, Analog Audio Cassette) Booklist 06/01/1993 pg. 1878 (EAN 9780553471083, Analog Audio Cassette) Christianity Today 02/01/2010 pg. 37 (EAN 9780394848280, Paperback) Entertainment Weekly 07/05/2013 pg. 100 (EAN 9780394848280, Paperback) Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2011 pg. 80 (EAN 9781402773242, Hardcover) Library Journal 01/01/1998 pg. 150 (EAN 9781551111360, Paperback) Contributor Bio:  Stoker, Bram Abraham (Bram) Stoker was an Irish writer, best known for his Gothic classic Dracula, which continues to influence horror writers and fans more than 100 years after it was first published. Educated at Trinity College, Dublin, in science, mathematics, oratory, history, and composition, Stoker' s writing was greatly influenced by his father' s interest in theatre and his mother' s gruesome stories about her childhood during the cholera epidemic in 1832. Although a published author of the novels Dracula, The Lady of the Shroud, and The Lair of the White Worm, and his work as part of the literary staff of The London Daily Telegraph, Stoker made his living as the personal assistant of actor Henry Irving and the business manager of the Lyceum Theatre in London. Stoker died in 1912, leaving behind one of the most memorable horror characters ever created.