Dracula | Style
Gothic Novel
Dracula is a Gothic novel, which is also sometimes known as a Gothic romance. Many scholars consider Horace Walpole's novel The Castle of Otranto (1764) to be the first Gothic novel. Like Dracula, Walpole's novel was wildly popular. Gothic novels generally focus on mystery and horror, and they usually have some supernatural elements. InDracula, the supernatural elements are many, starting with the use of a vampire as the title character. In addition, the specific attributes...
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