In the former list the characters were only identified by their occupation. Interesting to know is that Stoker’s Notes include three casts of characters. On Bram Stoker naming his Count Dracula character The common belief is that Bram Stoker took only two years to write his 418 pages, and approximately 161 000 words.
How the literary character of Count Dracula took shapeīram Stoker’s earliest dated Notes for his novel Dracula were written as far back as 8 March 1890 ( Dracula was originally published on ). I hope it will be an enlightening and fun read for you. So here we go, looking at Bram Stoker’s notes and at how he portrayed his literary character Count Dracula and comparing them to what historical documents and sources tell us about Vlad the Impaler the man, aka Vlad Dracula, Vlad III, Voivode of Wallachia. If my scientific background taught me anything, is to research and draw my own conclusions.
Like many of you, I know that the opinions are divided between scholars and fans who believe that Stoker used Vlad the Impaler as his inspiration for Dracula, and those who do not.
I was reading through the notes Bram Stoker made prior to writing his gothic Dracula novel – the originals should be in Rosenbach Museum & Library of Philadelphia. A reader’s literary comparison between Bram Stoker’s Gothic character Dracula and Wallachian Voivode Vlad the Impaler, aka Vlad Dracula.
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