Stoker, Bram (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.
See biography by B. Belford (1996); R. T. McNally and R. Florescu, In Search of Dracula (1972); R. Dalby, Bram Stoker: A Bibliography of First Editions (1983).
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