Something in the Blood: The Untold Story of Bram Stoker, the Man Who Wrote Dracula
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David J. Skal. (2016). Something in the Blood: The Untold Story of Bram Stoker, the Man Who Wrote Dracula. Unabridged HighBridge.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)David J. Skal. 2016. Something in the Blood: The Untold Story of Bram Stoker, the Man Who Wrote Dracula. HighBridge.
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MLA Citation (style guide)David J. Skal. Something in the Blood: The Untold Story of Bram Stoker, the Man Who Wrote Dracula. Unabridged HighBridge, 2016.
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Starred review from August 8, 2016
Known today almost exclusively as the author of Dracula, Bram Stoker (1847–1912) is thoroughly scrutinized in this sumptuous biography. Drawing on a wealth of research, Skal (Hollywood Gothic: The Tangled Web of Dracula from Novel to Stage to Screen) finds credible influences for Stoker’s classic novel in several key figures in his life: his strong-willed mother, who entertained her sickly young son with terrifying accounts of a cholera epidemic she lived through in the 1830s; Oscar Wilde, whose mother’s salons he frequented and whose onetime love interest, Florence Balcombe, he eventually married; and Henry Irving, the renowned actor whom he served as business manager. As depicted by Skal, Stoker was a tireless workaholic who readily absorbed creative ideas from his experiences. Skal also breaks new critical ground, noting Dracula’s similarities to Drink, a novel by Hall Caine, to whom Stoker dedicated his novel. Skal writes with intimate familiarity about his subject and his habits, and he has organized a remarkable amount of information into an engrossing narrative. There will likely be more biographies written about the author of Dracula, but they are not likely to surpass the achievement of this one. 16 pages of color and 80 black-and-white illustrations. Agent: Malaga Baldi, Baldi Agency.
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