Dracula was originally written in 1897. The novel got very famous for the character of Count Dracula who was a vampire. Ghost stories were very popular at the time it was written. The story is about a vampire trying to make his way to move out of Transylvania all the way to England to find new blood. Dracula had a curse which was biting humans to get blood and then they would turn into vampires also. At the time the novel was a little shocking as it had sexual conventions and talk of immigration. The Victorian age were disgusted and very against immigration, it was very unheard of. The vampire was not invented by the author 'Bram Stoker' but from the book he made vampires very well known after this. It has 'themes' of women in Victorian culture. Victorians had a fascination of death and would make masks of loved ones who had passed away as part of an on going memory. The fascination of a 'vampire' was very unheard of but intriguing.
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