Dracula at 125: what can a vampire tell us about Victorian Britain?
History Extra podcast05/30/22 • 35 min
Marking the 125th anniversary of the publication of Dracula, Roger Luckhurst tells Ellie Cawthorne why Bram Stoker’s vampire thriller has had such an enduring appeal. They discuss how the book exposed the anxieties of the late Victorian age, how contemporary readers reacted, and some of the most intriguing adaptations.
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05/30/22 • 35 min
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