Bram Stoker Writes About Vampires

By: Gen Wright

Abraham Stoker (his friends usually called him Bram), was an Irish writer and novelist. He was born on November 8, 1847. He passed away on April 20, 1912. Stoker came from a large Protestant family. Bram was one of seven children.

Stoker was born with health problems. Bram was confined to his bed, because of unknown causes, until he reached the age of seven. At that time he made an absolute recovery. Bram grew up healthy and he was an athlete at Trinity College in Dublin. Bram graduated with honors in 1870 and Bram obtained a diploma in mathematics.

In addition to his mathematical studies, he enjoyed fiction. Bram's early years of sickness resulted in numerous hours of fantasizing and thinking. As a young adult Bram was interested in the theater. After marrying Florence Balcombe, Stoker and his new wife relocated to London. Bram then became the acting and business manager of the Lyceum Theater.

Florence and Bram had only a single child, Noel Thornley Stoker. Bram worked at the Lyceum Theater for over 27 years. Bram's salary wasn't enough to support him and his family. As a result, he started writing to supplement his salary. Bram spent quite a few years researching vampire folklore throughout Europe. Bram was fascinated with tales of vampires. Bram visited gothic sites such as Slains Castle in Aberdeenshire and the crypts of St. Michan's Church in Dublin. These in addition to other travels only further incited Bram's curiosity with the morbid.

Bram went on to pen several gothic, horror, and fantasy books including The Jewel of Seven Stars (1903), The Lady of the Shroud (1909), and The Lair of the White Worm (1911). However, none would obtain the popularity of his 1897 novelstory, Dracula. But Bram committed a very large error after releasing Dracula. Bram failed to follow copyright procedure and as a result, Dracula was put into the public domain in the United States from its original publication.

Dracula was for the most part unacknowledged in it's own time. The tale would not see success for a few decades. In 1922 F.W. Murnau filmed an adaptation (unauthorized) of Dracula titled Nosferatu. After the release of the film, the popularity of Bram's story Dracula increased by a large degree. Bram's widow tried to have the movie barred, but since Dracula was in the public domain challenges to the film failed.

Bram passed away on April 20, 1912 at St. George's Square. Historians believe that the cause of Stoker's passing away was a result of tertiary syphilis. Bram had a number of strokes before dying. Bram was cremated and his ashes placed in an urn that is now on display at Golders Green Crematorium. Visitors who wish to visit the urn are escorted to the chamber the urn is housed in, due to fears of vandalism.

Two years after Bram's death, in 1914, his widow published the short story Dracula's Guest. Historians think that this book was the original first chapter of Stoker's Dracula.

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Gen Wright is a contributor to the online community Vampire Rave, a social network with a vampire theme. He also contributes to the Dark Network, a network of paranormal, supernatural, and darker websites.

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