How do you like your stake?

25 July 2004 · The Guardian

Ian Thomson

Bram Stoker Estate account

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Ian Thomson welcomes Paul Murray’s biography of Bram Stoker, discussing its readable account of his Victorian world and the sources behind Dracula. The review connects the novel’s unsettling sexuality and modern technology with the theatrical and cultural life of its author.

Observer review carried by The Guardian, 25 July 2004. Relevant review text and byline/date inspected. Literary interpretation is attributed to the reviewer.

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Cover of Paul Murray’s From the Shadow of Dracula, 2004. — Paul Murray, From the Shadow of Dracula (Jonathan Cape, 2004).Jonathan Cape book cover, reproduced by The Observer / The Guardian.