Title character of Bram Stoker's 1897 gothic horror novel Dracula
For other uses, see Dracula (disambiguation).
Fictional character
Count Dracula
Dracula character
Bela Lugosi as Count Dracula in the 1931 film Dracula
First appearance
Dracula (1897)
Created by
Bram Stoker
Based on
Vlad III Dracula
Portrayed by
See below
In-universe information
Aliases
Vlad the Impaler
Dracula
Count De Ville[1]
Mr. De Ville[2]
Nickname
Evil eye[3]
Ördög
Pokol
Stregoika
Vrolok
Vlkoslag[4]
D.[5]
Nosferatu
Drac
Species
Vampire (also has been classified as an undead human, a dhampir, and a werewolf[6][7])
Gender
Male
Title
Transylvanian noble[8]
Voivode[9]
Solomonari[10]
King Vampire[11]
Spouse
Possibly Brides of Dracula (unclear)
Count Dracula (/ˈdrækjʊlə,-jə-/) is the title character of Bram Stoker's 1897 gothic horror novel Dracula. He is considered the prototypical and archetypal vampire in subsequent works of fiction. Aspects of the character are believed by some to have been inspired by the 15th-century Wallachian prince Vlad the Impaler, who was also known as Vlad Dracula, and by Sir Henry Irving, an actor for whom Stoker was a personal assistant.[12]
One of Dracula's most iconic powers is his ability to turn others into vampires by biting them and infecting them with the vampiric disease. Other characteristics have been added or altered in subsequent popular fictional works, including films, cartoons and breakfast cereals.
^Stoker, Bram. "Chapter 20, Jonathan Harker's Journal, Letter, Mitchell, Sons & Candy to Lord Godalming, 1 October". Dracula(PDF). p. 391. The purchaser is a foreign nobleman, Count de Ville
^Stoker, Bram. "Chapter 6: Jonathan Harker's Journal". Dracula(PDF). p. 500. He had received a letter from Mr. de Ville of London
^Stoker, Bram. Dracula(PDF). pp. 10, 14, 499, 517.
^Stoker, Bram. "Chapter 2, Jonathan Harker's Journal". Dracula(PDF). p. 9. 'Ordog'—Satan, 'Pokol'—hell, 'stregoica'—witch, 'vrolok' and 'vlkoslak'—both mean the same thing, one being Slovak and the other Servian for something that is either werewolf or vampire.
^Stoker, Bram. "Chapter 23: Dr Seward's Diary". Dracula(PDF). p. 436. Look out for D. He has just now, 12:45, come from Carfax hurriedly and hastened towards the South.
^Stoker, Bram. Dracula(PDF). pp. 9, 42.
^Stoker, Bram. Dracula's Guest(PDF). p. 11. 'A wolf—and yet not a wolf!' another put in shudderingly. 'No use trying for him without the sacred bullet.'
^Stoker, Bram. "Chapter 2: Jonathan Harker's Journal". Dracula(PDF). p. 35. We Transylvanian nobles love not to think that our bones may lie amongst the common dead.
^Stoker, Bram. Dracula(PDF). pp. 43, 344.
^Stoker, Bram. "Chapter 18, Dr. Seward's Diary". Dracula(PDF). p. 344.
^Stoker, Bram. "Chapter 27: Dr. Van Helsing's Memorandum, 5 November". Dracula(PDF). p. 531. DRACULA This then was the Undead home of the King Vampire, to whom so many more were due.
^Warren, Louis S. (2002). "Buffalo Bill Meets Dracula: William F. Cody, Bram Stoker, and the Frontiers of Racial Decay". The American Historical Review. 107 (4). Washington DC: American Historical Association: 1124–57. doi:10.1086/ahr/107.4.1124. ISSN 0002-8762 – via Oxford Journals Online.
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