{"product_id":"paperblanks-bram-stoker-dracula-ultra-hardback-journal-plain-144-pages-pb4397-3","title":"Paperblanks Bram Stoker, Dracula Ultra Hardback Journal – Plain, 144 Pages","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCapture your ideas, plans and memories in this Bram Stoker, Dracula ultra hardback journal from Paperblanks, with 144 plain pages of 120 gsm acid-free paper.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn honour of the great horror classic \u003cem\u003eDracula,\u003c\/em\u003e we offer a page from Bram Stoker’s original 1897 playscript he adapted from his novel. Our cover shows a piece of the Preface from the galley proof for his play. 2017 marks the 120th anniversary of the publication of \u003cem\u003eDracula\u003c\/em\u003e and would also be Stoker’s 170th birthday.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eThe Story Behind the Design\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn honour of the great horror classic \u003cem\u003eDracula,\u003c\/em\u003e we offer our Bram Stoker Embellished Manuscript. Not only is \u003cem\u003eDracula\u003c\/em\u003e one of the most famous works in any genre, it is the inspiration for countless dark descendants that have followed. Our cover features a page from the original 1897 playscript that Stoker adapted from his famed novel. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBram Stoker (1847–1912) was an Irish author who, during his lifetime, was best known for being the personal assistant to actor Henry Irving and the manager of the famed Lyceum Theatre in London. He was also a respected theatre critic and a personal friend to Oscar Wilde. Of course, today we remember him as the author of not only \u003cem\u003eDracula\u003c\/em\u003e but other horror novels like \u003cem\u003eThe Lady of the Shroud\u003c\/em\u003e (1909) and \u003cem\u003eThe Lair of the White Worm\u003c\/em\u003e (1911). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter suffering from a mysterious illness throughout his childhood, Stoker lived his adult life to the fullest – excelling in athletics, mathematics and philosophy. But it was an 1890 visit to the English town of Whitby that would prove most influential on his life’s work, as it became the original inspiration for \u003cem\u003eDracula.\u003c\/em\u003e After being enthralled by the dark stories of the Carpathian mountains that his acquaintance Ármin Vámbéry, a Hungarian writer and traveller, regaled him with, Stoker set out to research European folklore. Combining these vampire fables with his remembrance of Whitby, Stoker built the gothic world of Count Dracula.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThough most celebrated for writing his epistolary novel \u003cem\u003eDracula,\u003c\/em\u003e Stoker was a theatre fan first and foremost. He became interested in theatre while studying under his friend Dr. Maunsell, who encouraged him to write reviews for the \u003cem\u003eDublin Evening Mail.\u003c\/em\u003e The quality of his reviews attracted notice within the theatre community, leading to his friendship with Henry Irving. Soon he moved to London where he became the manager of Irving’s Lyceum Theatre, a post he held for twenty-seven years.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith his life so fully engrossed in theatre, there’s little surprise that Stoker decided to bring his work to the stage. 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