Dracula

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Gothic horror novel novel

Dracula is Bram Stoker’s 1897 Gothic horror novel that introduced the iconic vampire Count Dracula and helped define modern vampire fiction.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Gothic horror novel ⓘ novel ⓘ
adaptedAs	comic books ⓘ films ⓘ radio dramas ⓘ stage plays ⓘ television series ⓘ video games ⓘ
author	Bram Stoker ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United Kingdom ⓘ
featuresMythology	Eastern European vampire folklore ⓘ
firstAdaptationYear	1924 stage play adaptation ⓘ
genre	Gothic fiction ⓘ horror fiction ⓘ
hasCharacterType	vampire ⓘ
hasSymbol	blood ⓘ crucifix ⓘ garlic ⓘ mirror ⓘ
influenced	Gothic horror genre ⓘ modern vampire fiction ⓘ vampire films ⓘ
literaryMovement	Victorian literature ⓘ
mainCharacter	Abraham Van Helsing ⓘ Arthur Holmwood ⓘ Dracula self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Count Dracula John Seward ⓘ Jonathan Harker ⓘ Lucy Westenra ⓘ Mina Harker ⓘ Quincey Morris ⓘ
narrativeForm	epistolary novel ⓘ
notableFilmAdaptation	Dracula (1931 film) ⓘ The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari ⓘ surface form: Nosferatu (1922 film, unauthorized adaptation)
originalLanguage	English ⓘ
placeInCanon	classic of Gothic literature ⓘ landmark of horror literature ⓘ
publicationDate	1897 ⓘ
publisher	Archibald Constable & Co. ⓘ surface form: Archibald Constable and Company
setInPeriod	Victorian era ⓘ
setting	London, England ⓘ surface form: London Transylvania ⓘ Whitby ⓘ
structure	collection of letters, diary entries, and documents ⓘ
theme	disease and contamination ⓘ fear of the foreign ⓘ modernity versus superstition ⓘ sexuality ⓘ supernatural ⓘ

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Dwight Frye → associatedWith → Dracula ⓘ

this entity surface form: Dracula franchise

Transylvania → associatedWithWork → Dracula ⓘ

this entity surface form: Dracula (novel)

Francis Ford Coppola → directed → Dracula ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bram Stoker's Dracula

Penny Dreadful → featuresCharacter → Dracula ⓘ

Whitby Abbey → inspiredWork → Dracula ⓘ

Dracula → mainCharacter → Dracula self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Count Dracula

Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation → mainCharacter → Dracula ⓘ

Bram Stoker Award → namedAfterNotableWork → Dracula ⓘ

Universal Classic Monsters → notableCharacter → Dracula ⓘ

Universal Pictures → notableFilm → Dracula ⓘ

this entity surface form: Dracula (1931)

Anthony Hopkins → notableWork → Dracula ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bram Stoker's Dracula

Bram Stoker → notableWork → Dracula ⓘ

Dwight Frye → notableWork → Dracula ⓘ

this entity surface form: Dracula (1931 film)

Francis Ford Coppola → notableWork → Dracula ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bram Stoker's Dracula

Gary Oldman → notableWork → Dracula ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bram Stoker's Dracula

Gothic literature → notableWork → Dracula ⓘ

Keanu Reeves → notableWork → Dracula ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bram Stoker's Dracula

Christopher Lee → portrayed → Dracula ⓘ

this entity surface form: Count Dracula