Sunday, June 17, 2012

Bram Stoker's Dracula Book

It is only fitting that one of the best known "people" from Transylvania is not a real person, and the person who wrote the novel never went to Transylvania to see the famous Bran Castle.  Even more than 100 years since the novel was published, it is still one of the "best" ways people find out about Transylvania.


The fictional character of Dracula was based on a person, however loosely, but Bram Stoker's Dracula book makes the land come alive, and he must have seen photos of the area.  He wrote of several cities, and this is possibly one of the main reasons people want to see Transylvania. (I am referring mostly to the North American audience.)


 Above is the first edition book for Dracula, and it is very plain and simple, but still after 100 years, its once a time style of writing makes people want to read and to see more of Transylvania.

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