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Bram Stoker

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Bram Stoker (Abraham Stoker), 1847-1912, English novelist, b. Ireland. He is best remembered as the author of Dracula (1897), a horror story recounting the adventures of the vampire Count Dracula. The fame of the leading character was furthered by popular stage and film adaptations of the novel. Stoker's other novels include The Jewel of Seven Stars (1904). For 27 years he was manager of the actor Sir Henry Irving 's Lyceum Theatre. Bibliography: See biography by B. Belford (1996); R. T. McNally and R. Florescu, In Search of Dracula (1972); R. Dalby, Bram Stoker: A Bibliography... Read more
Stoker, Bram

Stoker, Bram ( Abraham ) (1847–1912) Irish novelist. Stoker wrote several novels and a memoir of the actor Henry Irving (1906), but he is best-remembered for the classic, gothic horror novel Dracula (1897).

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Bram Stoker

[orig. Abraham Stoker ] (born Nov. 8, 1847, Dublin, Ire.—died April 20, 1912, London, Eng.) Irish writer. Though bedridden until he was seven years old, Stoker later became an outstanding athlete. He was in the civil service for 10 years and the manager of actor Henry Irving for 27 years, ...

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A crab supper and a pain in the neck This biography of Bram Stoker, the creator of Dracula, has more bumf than bite, says Aileen Reid
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The decent chap and his hungry vampire; Bram Stoker's businesslike mind teemed with the stuff of nightmares.
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