‘Dracula’ by Bram Stoker shaped modern vampire fiction.
✓ TRUE FACT
Dracula (published 1897) helped standardize vampire tropes—aristocratic undead, blood drinking, and the battle between rational modernity and ancient superstition. Many later vampire stories borrow directly from Stoker’s imagery and structure.
🤯 "‘Dracula’ shaped modern vampire fiction — the granddaddy of every brooding immortal since — the granddaddy of every brooding immortal since."