Bram Stoker’s Notes for Dracula
A Facsimile Edition
Bram
Stoker
Annotated and Transcribed by Robert Eighteen-Bisang and Elizabeth Miller
Foreword by Michael Barsanti ISBN
978-0-7864-3410-7
124 photo facsimiles, annotations, 16 photos, appendices, notes, bibliography, indexes
342pp.
library binding
(7 x 10)
2008
Available for immediate shipment
Description
Bram Stoker’s initial notes and outlines for his landmark horror novel Dracula were auctioned at Sotheby’s in London in 1913 and eventually made their way to the Rosenbach Museum and Library in Philadelphia, where they are housed today. Until now, few of the 124 pages have been transcribed or analyzed.
This comprehensive work reproduces the handwritten notes both in facsimile and in annotated transcription. It also includes Stoker’s typewritten research notes and thoroughly analyzes all of the materials, which range from Stoker’s thoughts on the novel’s characters and settings to a nine-page calendar of events that includes most of the now-familiar story. The coauthors draw on their extensive knowledge of Dracula and vampires to guide readers through the construction of the novel, and the changes that were made to its structure, plot, setting and characters. Nine appendices provide insight into Stoker’s personal life, his other works and his early literary influences.
About the Author
The late Bram Stoker was an Irish writer of novels and short stories and the business manager of the Lyceum Theatre in London. Robert Eighteen-Bisang, who is best-known as the owner of the world’s largest private collection of vampire books, is an authority on Dracula and vampire literature. A member of the Horror Writers Association, he lives in Vancouver, British Columbia. Elizabeth Miller is a retired English professor. She lectures regularly at universities throughout North America and Europe. She lives in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
 Award Winner
Winner, 2008 Lord Ruthven Award in Nonfiction-- Lord Ruthven Society. Best Book of the Year--Famous Monsters of Filmland
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