Dracula: The Man Behind the Cape

4 May 2012 · The Guardian

Christopher Frayling

Bram Stoker Estate account

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Christopher Frayling considers how Dracula has overshadowed its creator. He revisits Bram Stoker’s public life with Irving, the limited personal evidence and the novel’s transformation through cinema, questioning whether biography can fully recover the man behind it.

The Guardian, 4 May 2012. Relevant biographical essay inspected. Its interpretation of the gap between public career and private man remains Frayling’s critical argument.

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