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Bloodless portrait of Dracula’s creator

20 June 1996 · Deseret News

John Beifuss, Scripps Howard News Service

Bram Stoker Estate account

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John Beifuss reviews Barbara Belford’s biography through the contrast between Bram Stoker’s celebrated friends and his elusive private personality. He considers how a life spent supporting Irving complicates the biographer’s attempt to recover the creator of Dracula.

Deseret News, 20 June 1996. Relevant syndicated review text and byline inspected; automated “article audio” controls are not evidence that the recording was heard.

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Portrait of Bram Stoker.
Related portrait of Bram Stoker.Painting by Aidin Hickey.