Dracula ( İngilizce Roman)

404 sayfa. 13.5x19.5 cm
Abraham ´Bram´ Stoker was bom 8 November 1847 in Dublin, Ireland to a civil servant father and charity worker and writer mother. He was a sickly child and spent lots of time in bed being told horror stories by his mother.
He entered Trinity College Dublin in 1864 and while he studied he also worked as a civil servant, turning his hand to journalism and drama criticism on a part-time basis.
A fan of the romantic movement in literature, Stoker corresponded with Walt Whitman and was a friend of Oscar Wilde. A dull life in civil service provided the inspiration necessary to produce such master works as the classic horror tale ´Dracula´ (1897) and numerous collections of horror short stories.In 1876 he met the famous actor Henry Irving and they soon became friends. Shortly after that Stoker met and fell in love with actress Florence Balcombe. Against his family´s wishes, in 1878, Stoker moved to London and took a position as actor-manager with Henry Irving´s Lyceum Theatre. On 4 December

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