Ebook: The Dracula secrets : Jack the Ripper and the darkest sources of Bram Stoker
Author: Dracula, Storey Neil, the Ripper. Jack, the Ripper. Jack
- Tags: Stoker Bram -- 1847-1912. -- Dracula -- Sources., Jack -- the Ripper., Dracula -- Count (Fictitious character), Serial murders -- England -- London -- History -- 19th century., Jack -- the Ripper., Stoker Bram -- 1847-1912 -- Criticism and interpretation., Stoker Bram -- 1847-1912. -- Dracula -- Sources., BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Literary., SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Criminology., LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- English Irish Scottish Welsh., Dracula (Stoker Bram), Serial murders., England -- London.
- Year: 2012
- Publisher: The History Press
- City: Stroud, England--London
- Language: English
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Since its publication in 1897, there have been suggestions that the fictional exploits of Dracula were more closely associated with Jack the Ripper than a Transylvanian Count. Historian Neil Storey provides the first British-based investigation of the sources used by Stoker and paints an evocative portrait of Stoker, his influences, friends and the London he knew in the late 19th century. Among Stoker's group of Read more...
Abstract: Since its publication in 1897, there have been suggestions that the fictional exploits of Dracula were more closely associated with Jack the Ripper than a Transylvanian Count. Historian Neil Storey provides the first British-based investigation of the sources used by Stoker and paints an evocative portrait of Stoker, his influences, friends and the London he knew in the late 19th century. Among Stoker's group of friends, however, were dark shadows. Storey explores how Stoker created Dracula out of the climate of fear that surrounded the Jack the Ripper murders in 1888. Add to this potent