The creator who started the vampire trendBram Stoker was the author of the famous novel Dracula (1897). He was born on November 8, 1847 in Dublin, Ireland. His full name was Abraham, but he was called Bram for short. Unlike families today, he grew up living with seven siblings. When he was young, he was a weakened child bedridden for his first 8 years. His father, Abraham Stoker (1799-1876), was a civil servant – someone who works for the government – and his mother was Charlotte Mathilda Blake Thornley (1818-1901). He married actress Florence Baleombe (1858-1937) in 1878. Stoker and Florence had a son named Irving Noel Thornley Stoker (1879-1961). (Merriman, 1)Although Stoker was a sallow child, he eventually recovered and was able to attend Trinity College to study a variety of subjects. He studied mathematics, participated in sports and was given a place on the school board as president of the Philosophical Society. He graduated with honors in 1870. (Merriman, 1) Due to his father's occupation, Bram Stoker himself became a civil servant while reviewing dramatic theater. Stoker left his post as a public official to pursue a career as a writer thanks to his meeting with Sir Henry Irving (1838-1905), actor of William Shakespeare's works and director of the Lyceum Theater in London. Sir Henry Irving, one of Stoker's trusted friends, offered him the job of becoming co-manager of the Lyceum Theater in London, where he continued to delve into the world of writing. (Weinfeld, 365) From there on he wrote many books, one of which created the masterpiece Dracula (1897). The first copy of Dracula Stoker's Dracula (1897) was published in 1887, starting the vampire trend. It has undergone numerous... half of the paper... continues to live on to this day. He based Count Dracula on two historical figures: Vlad Tepes and Elisabeth Bathory. Using primarily these two characters, Stoker created a book on which he would be the founder of vampire books. Without the existence of Bram Stoker, vampires might not have been as popular as they are today. For example, in today's world, vampire books such as Twilight, Vampire Diaries, and Vampire Academy have become famous worldwide thanks to vampirism. The films were even based on Dracula (1897), equally close to the original, using special effects on how to kill a vampire. Without the publication of Dracula (1897), there would have been no dark, bloody, or evil stories to spark progress using a new essence of writing. With Stoker's great mind and skill in creating Dracula (1897), he changed the thinking of many writers around the world.
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