DRACULADracula is without a shadow of a doubt one of the most recognizable characters in all Gothic and horror literature. The novel was published in 1897 by lrish writer Bram Stoker (1847 1912),and although it enjoyed good reviews,it had very modest sales. His work was compared by critics Edgar ABan Poe and Mary Shelley\'s in both thernes and atmosphere,but Stoker\'s style of epistolary storytelling created a more compelling narrative. Stoker was not the