Bram Stoker

Bram Stoker (1847–1912) was an Irish novelist and theatre manager, best known for writing the Gothic horror novel Dracula. He also managed actor Henry Irving and the Lyceum Theatre in London.

Henry Irving: Henry Irving was an English stage actor and theatre manager, renowned for his Shakespearean roles and long leadership of the Lyceum Theatre. Stoker managed the Lyceum for Irving for nearly three decades, a defining professional partnership.
Dublin: Dublin is the capital of Ireland and a historic center of Irish political and cultural life. Stoker was born and educated in Dublin before building his career in London.
Gothic fiction: Gothic fiction is a literary mode built around fear, transgression, dark settings, and the return of the past. Stoker’s novels adapt Gothic conventions to Victorian anxieties and modern settings.
Dracula: Dracula is Bram Stoker’s 1897 Gothic horror novel about a Transylvanian vampire and the people who oppose him. This novel is Stoker’s best-known work and the source of his enduring literary reputation.
Count Dracula: Count Dracula is the Transylvanian vampire and central antagonist of Bram Stoker’s novel Dracula. Stoker’s characterization became a template for the modern vampire in popular fiction.
Florence Balcombe: Florence Balcombe was an Irishwoman who married Bram Stoker and later managed his literary estate. Her marriage to Stoker and stewardship of his work shaped the novel’s early publication history.
Trinity College Dublin: Trinity College Dublin is Ireland’s oldest university, founded in 1592. Stoker studied mathematics there and later joined its Philosophical Society.
Vampire literature: Vampire literature is fiction centered on vampires, their victims, and the social meanings of blood-drinking. Stoker’s place in the tradition is defined above all by his influential vampire novel.
The Jewel of Seven Stars: The Jewel of Seven Stars is Bram Stoker’s 1903 supernatural novel about an ancient Egyptian queen and a modern resurrection attempt. It shows Stoker revisiting supernatural horror through archaeology and Egyptian revivalism.
Dracula's Guest: “Dracula’s Guest” is a short story published after Stoker’s death and presented as an episode cut from Dracula. Its publication illustrates how Stoker’s papers and estate extended the life of his fiction.

Linked from 9 pages