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Bram Stoker
Abraham "Bram" Stoker (8 November 1847 – 20 April 1912) was an Irish novelist and short story writer, best known today for his 1897 Gothic novel Dracula. During his lifetime, he was better known as personal assistant of actor Henry Irving and business manager of the Lyceum Theatre in London, which Irving owned.
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Is Dracula a real person or was he invented by Bram Stoker?
probally invented
There were two demi-kingsr in the Balkans: Vlad Dracul (the dragon) and Vlad Dracula (Son of the Dragon). The character created by Bram Stoker had many similarities with Vlad Dracula but then a few references that would be 'deal-breakers' as far as confirming the identity of either as the other. I think Stoker created the character with the intention of confusing him with the historic ruler.
If you understand English well enough to even consider reading Dracula, you will be fine. If you can't understand the language used, you are quite possibly illiterate (or simply young and not yet educated to that level).
Were there any other books written by Bram Stoker besides Dracula?
Yes:
- The Primrose Path (1875)
- The Snake's Pass (1890)
- The Watter's Mou' (1895)
- The Shoulder of Shasta (1895)
- Dracula (1897)
- Miss Betty (1898)
- The Mystery of the Sea (1902)
- The Jewel of Seven Stars (1903)
- The Man (aka: The Gates of Life) (1905)
- Lady Athlyne (1908)
- The Lady of the Shroud (1909)
- The Lair of the White Worm (1911)
- Under the Sunset (1881), comprising eight fairy tales for children
- Snowbound: The Record of a Theatrical Touring Party(1908)
- Dracula's Guest and Other Weird Stories (1914), published posthumously by Florence Stoker
- "Bridal of Dead" (alternate ending to The Jewel of Seven Stars)
- "Buried Treasures"
- "The Chain of Destiny"
- "The Crystal Cup"
- "The Dualitists; or, The Death Doom of the Double Born"
- "Lord Castleton Explains" (chapter 10 of The Fate of Fenella)
- "The Gombeen Man" (chapter 3 of The Snake's Pass)
- "In the Valley of the Shadow"
- "The Man from Shorrox"
- "Midnight Tales"
- "The Red Stockade"
- "The Seer" (chapters 1 and 2 of The Mystery of the Sea)
- The Duties of Clerks of Petty Sessions in Ireland(1879)
- A Glimpse of America (1886)
- Personal Reminiscences of Henry Irving (1906)
- Famous Impostors (1910)
- Bram Stoker's Notes for Dracula: A Facsimile Edition(2008) Bram Stoker Annotated and Transcribed by Robert Eighteen-Bisang and Elizabeth Miller, Foreword by Michael Barsanti. Jefferson NC & London: McFarland. ISBN 978-0-7864-3410-7
What pact does Mina hold with Dracula in Dracula by Bram Stoker?
Well, originally, the book was suppose to have a romantic element, with Dracula himself, posing as a handsome young man, for Mina to fall in love with. I'm not sure why it was changed, but maybe you or someone else can find out, but then, I guess there is some romance within the story itself.
Francis Ford Coppola created the movie "Bram Stoker's Dracula" (1992). There the (very) romantic aspects of the story are added or re-added very clearly leading to the conclusion that Mina saves Dracula from hell by cutting of his head in the very presence of God. She sais to him "Our love is stronger than death" just before she swoopes Dracula's own sword against her grand lovers neck.
On this site, they claim that it was Old English slang for "beautiful" lady... http://www.calandrastudio.com/websitepages/blooferlady.html
Wikipedia concurs: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dracula
Not sure, because I can't find any official source, but that might be the meaning.
The Norton Critical Edition of Dracula states that the term "bloofer lady" is "Child talk for 'beautiful.'" If you think about it, in English dialect, no less spoken by a small child, "beautiful" could be corrupted to "bloofer."
What was Jonathan Hawker's job in Dracula by Bram Stoker?
Jonathan Hawker was a solicitor (lawyer in US) and was required in Transylvania to assist in a legal matter involving a property transaction.
What links did Bram Stoker have with Whitby?
Bram Stoker holidayed in Whitby, and it is thought that he drew his inspiration for Dracula from Whitby Abbey and the town. In the book, Dracula is shipwrecked in Whitby and comes ashore in the form of a dog.
