Dracula was written by Bram Stoker and published in 1897. Dracula was Stoker's fifth novel and his most famous, Dracula has become known as a standard for defining vampirism, despite not being the first vampire novel

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Amazon describes the book as being "famous for introducing the character of the vampire Count Dracula, the novel tells the story of Dracula's attempt to move from Transylvania to England so he may find new blood and spread the undead curse, and the battle between Dracula and a small group of men and women led by Professor Abraham Van Helsing. Dracula has been assigned to many literary genres including vampire literature, horror fiction, the gothic novel and invasion literature. Although Stoker did not invent the vampire, he defined its modern form, and the novel has spawned numerous theatrical, film and television interpretations."