Today is World Dracula Day
Bram Stoker's Gothic horror novel "Dracula" was first published on today's date in 1897, by Archibald Constable and Company in Britain. It sold for six shillings and came bound in yellow cloth with red lettering. It was first printed in the United States two years later, by Doubleday & McClure of New York City. Although not the first novel about vampires, it became a model for the genre, and laid the foundation for future vampire stories, with its introduction of the character Count Dracula.
The novel was successful at its time, garnering positive reviews, but it has become even more significant with modern readers. At the time, it didn't even make Bram Stoker rich. Today it has reached legendary status and has inspired many adaptations.
Source: Checkiday.com
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