Week #31 – Dracula by Bram Stoker

Welcome to 2023!  On Mondays this year, let’s discuss and have fun with books. No I’m not writing book reviews. But this website is for writers, and writers like books right? So let’s have FUN with books!

Week #31 – Dracula by Bram Stoker, 1897

Dracula is an epistolary novel, told through letters, diary entries, and newspaper articles. Solicitor Jonathan Harker takes a business trip and stays at the castle of a Transylvanian nobleman, Count Dracula, who is a vampire.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dracula

Count Dracula is believed to be based on Romanian governor Vlad the Impaler.

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Vlad-the-Impaler

The book has been adapted into several movies. The most famous is from 1931 and stars Bela Lugosi

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0021814/

I’ve seen Hotel Transylvania which is a really cute take on Dracula

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0021814/

The Twilight Saga is a modern vampire novel/movie

https://stepheniemeyer.com/the-twilight-saga/

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1099212/

What’s the difference between vampire and Dracula?

https://www.differencebetween.com/difference-between-vampire-and-dracula/

Transylvania is a real place in modern Romania

 

and you can visit Dracula’s castle!

https://www.lonelyplanet.com/articles/ten-things-you-need-to-know-before-visiting-transylvania

https://thirdeyetraveller.com/visit-draculas-castle-romania-bran-castle/

Have you read the book or seen any of the movies? Tell us in the comments!