Worried of the impact of presenting such a story as true, his editor, Otto Kyllman, of Archibald Constable & Company, returned the manuscript with a single word of his own: No. Seward are my friends and have been so for many years, and I have never doubted that they were telling the truth…īram Stoker did not intend for Dracula to serve as fiction, but as a warning of a very real evil, a childhood nightmare all too real. Both Jonathan Harker and his wife (who is a woman of character) and Dr. He went on to claim that many of the characters in his novel were real people: All the people who have willingly - or unwillingly - played a part in this remarkable story are known generally and well respected. And I am further convinced that they must always remain to some extent incomprehensible. When Bram Stoker wrote his iconic novel, the original preface, which was published in Makt Myrkanna, the Icelandic version of the story, included this passage: I am quite convinced that there is no doubt whatever that the events here described really took place, however unbelievable and incomprehensible they might appear at first sight. If you don't get the confirmation within 10 minutes, please check your spam folder. Click the link to confirm your subscription and begin receiving our newsletters.
And there was a “real life.” Bram had found a blurry place between fact and fiction and that surely put a smile on the Irishman’s face.įor your security, we've sent a confirmation email to the address you entered. There’s the graveyard, the Abbey, the dog, and of course, the ship - but it was called The Demeter, right? Not Dmitri… In the book, yes, but in real life it was Dmitri. On another page of his notes, the name Count Wampyr had recently been crossed out, replaced with Count Dracula and to Bram, it all made sense now.įor fans of the novel Dracula, the information above takes on a familiar note. The final piece of a decades-old puzzle, a story, slowly taking shape. Wallachians were accustomed to give it as a surname to any person who rendered himself conspicuous either by courage, cruel actions, or cunning.įour months earlier, at a dinner at the Beefsteak Club of the Lyceum Theater in London, Bram Stoker’s friend Arminius Vambery told him of the book, told him what to look for. Dracula in Wallachian language means DEVIL.
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