FP Series #175 - Bram Stoker Mystery Cache
FP Series #175 - Bram Stoker
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One Hundred SeventyFifth in the Famous People (FP) Series - Bram Stoker
Abraham "Bram" Stoker (8 November 1847 – 20 April 1912) was an Irish writer of novels and short stories, who is best known today for his 1897 horror novel Dracula.
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Before writing Dracula, Stoker spent seven years researching European folklore and stories of vampires, being most influenced by Emily Gerard's 1885 essay "Transylvania Superstitions", and an evening spent talking about Balkan superstitions with Arminius Vambery. Though the most famous vampire novel ever, Dracula was not the first. It was preceded and partly inspired by Sheridan Le Fanu's 1871 "Carmilla".
The image of a vampire portrayed as an aristocratic man, like the character of Dracula, was created by John Polidori in "The Vampyre" (1819), during the summer spent with Frankenstein creator Mary Shelley and other friends in 1816. The Lyceum Theatre, where Stoker worked between 1878 and 1898, was headed by the tyrannical actor-manager Henry Irving, who was Stoker's real-life inspiration for Dracula's mannerisms and who Stoker hoped would play Dracula in a stage version.
The name of Stoker's count was originally going to be Count Vampyre, but while doing research, Stoker became intrigued by the word dracul. Dracula is derived from the word draco in the Megleno-Romanian language, meaning devil (originally dragon). There was also a historic figure known as Vlad III Dracula, but whether Stoker based his character on him remains debated and is now considered unlikely.
Just a few minutes of research into the novel Dracula, will easily reveal the puzzle solution. But be advised, Dracula works right next door.
I know that for a fact because I go in and see her once every quarter.
Chapter 1
Q1. According to Jonathan Harker, what time did the train arrive at the Vienna station on May 2nd?
- 8:35 P.M. (N32 50.257)
- 6:46 A.M. (N32 49.451)
- 6:46 P.M. (N32 50.464)
- 7:46 A.M. (N32 49.884)
Chapter 2
Q2. On May 5, when Harker arrived at the Transylvania house, he was greeted at the door by Count Dracula himself. What did the Count hold in his hand when he answered the door?
- A lamp (W096 42.388)
- A book (W096 42.469)
- A candlestick (W096 42.965)
- drives' lipid panel results (W096 43.000)
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(Decrypt)
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