 The book, story and character “Dracula” has both eclipsed and immortalised it's author Bram Stoker. It has become, indisputably, the world's most enduring classic eternal Gothic novel.
The Dracula story is celebrated worldwide in two ways:
1 In Scholarly Criticism
2 In popular culture
As a story Dracula is a phenomenon in the literary field and as cult it is fascinating and intriguing in the populist field.
One of the real strengths of “Dracula” is that it lends itself to many, many interpretations... and there will continue to be ongoing debate as to the genesis of the story.
Many people fail to realise that Bram Stoker was in his early thirties before he left Dublin – and so those crucial, formative years for a writer were well behind him. Having undertaken detailed research into Irish History, folklore and mythology we have concluded that Stoker's real inspiration for the great book came from his Dublin and Irish background. We say that without the influence of nineteenth century Irish History, Bram's own mother's cholera stories from her native Sligo and many other Dublin and Irish Stories, customs and occurrences, the novel could never have been written.
The novel has inspired/influenced in some way 1000 major films.
The book has never been out of print since being published in 1897.
It has been translated into every major language and many minor languages.
It's influence on the world of the arts and the performing arts is phenomenal – and ongoing.
It has inspired countless creative works.
Worldwide, new artistic shows based on "Dracula" open on a weekly basis.
A copy of the unabridged version of the novel to "Dracula" can be found on The Stoker Dracula Organisation's website by clicking on this link here. |
