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Bram Stoker's Dracula

Bridget Kendall and guests explore the origins of Bram Stoker鈥檚 Dracula which has cast a long shadow over modern popular culture since it was first published 120 years ago.

Few novels have had such a huge impact on modern popular culture as Bram Stoker鈥檚 Dracula. The story and its terrifying main character have fascinated readers, critics, writers and film-makers ever since it was first published in 1897.

Across the world there are fan clubs devoted to the fictional Romanian aristocrat who brings terror to Victorian England. Bridget Kendall is joined by Dracula expert Dacre Stoker, gothic studies specialist Dr Sorcha N铆 Fhlainn and Dr Sam George from the University of Hertfordshire in the UK.

Photo: Actor Christopher Lee portraying Count Dracula. (Keystone/ Getty Images)

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Tue 19 Sep 2017 23:06GMT

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