Dracula

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Dracula is Bram Stoker’s 1897 Gothic horror novel that introduced the iconic vampire Count Dracula and helped define modern vampire fiction.

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instanceOf Gothic horror novel
novel
adaptedAs comic books
films
radio dramas
stage plays
television series
video games
author Bram Stoker
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
featuresMythology Eastern European vampire folklore
firstAdaptationYear 1924 stage play adaptation
genre Gothic fiction
horror fiction
hasCharacterType vampire
hasSymbol blood
crucifix
garlic
mirror
influenced Gothic horror genre
modern vampire fiction
vampire films
literaryMovement Victorian literature
mainCharacter Abraham Van Helsing
Arthur Holmwood
Count Dracula
linked to: Dracula

John Seward
Jonathan Harker
Lucy Westenra
Mina Harker
Quincey Morris
narrativeForm epistolary novel
notableFilmAdaptation Dracula (1931 film)
Nosferatu (1922 film, unauthorized adaptation)
originalLanguage English
placeInCanon classic of Gothic literature
landmark of horror literature
publicationDate 1897
publisher Archibald Constable and Company
setInPeriod Victorian era
setting London
linked to: London, England

Transylvania
Whitby
structure collection of letters, diary entries, and documents
theme disease and contamination
fear of the foreign
modernity versus superstition
sexuality
supernatural

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Universal Pictures notableFilm Dracula (1931)
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Christopher Lee portrayed Count Dracula
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Dwight Frye notableWork Dracula (1931 film)
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Dwight Frye associatedWith Dracula franchise
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Francis Ford Coppola notableWork Bram Stoker's Dracula
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Francis Ford Coppola directed Bram Stoker's Dracula
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Dracula mainCharacter Count Dracula
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Bram Stoker notableWork Dracula
Whitby Abbey inspiredWork Dracula
Gary Oldman notableWork Bram Stoker's Dracula
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Anthony Hopkins notableWork Bram Stoker's Dracula
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Keanu Reeves notableWork Bram Stoker's Dracula
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Transylvania associatedWithWork Dracula (novel)
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Horror of Dracula basedOn Dracula
Bela Lugosi basedOn Dracula (novel by Bram Stoker)
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Renfield (Dracula, 1931 film) basedOnWork Dracula (1897 novel)
subject linked to: Renfield in Dracula (1931 film)
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Dwight Frye notableWork Dracula
subject linked to: Laura Mae Bullivant
Blade enemyOf Dracula
subject linked to: Marvel Comics character Blade
Slains Castle associatedWork Dracula
Mavis Dracula familyName Dracula
subject linked to: Mavis
Lon Chaney Jr. portrayed Dracula
Vanessa Ives enemies Dracula
Jonathan Harker appearsIn Dracula
Jonathan Harker fictionalUniverse Dracula universe
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Jonathan Harker timeOfPublicationContext Dracula (1897)
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Mina Harker appearsIn Dracula
Arthur Holmwood appearsIn Dracula
Arthur Holmwood basedOnWork Dracula (1897 novel)
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Arthur Holmwood firstAppearance Dracula (1897)
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Quincey Morris appearsIn Dracula
Quincey Morris fictionalUniverse Dracula universe
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Quincey Morris diesIn Dracula
John Seward appearsIn Dracula
John Seward fictionalUniverse Dracula universe
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John Seward firstAppearance Dracula
Dracula (1931 film) title Dracula
Dracula (1931 film) basedOn Dracula (novel)
linked to: Dracula
Bram Stoker notableWork Dracula
subject linked to: Stoker