Bram Stoker
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Abraham (Bram) Stoker was born November 8, 1847 at 15 The Crescent,
Clontarf, North of Dublin, the third of seven children. For the first 7
years of his life Stoker was bedridden with a myriad of childhood diseases
which afforded him much time to reading. By the time he went to college,
Stoker had ....
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.... writing short stories. His first literary "success" came a year later
when, in 1872, The London Society published his short story "The Crystal
Cup." As early as 1875 Stoker's unique brand of fiction had come to the
forefront. In a four part serial called the "Chain of Destiny," were themes
that would become Stoker's trademark: horror mixed with romance, nightmares
and curses. Stoker encountered Henry Irving again, this time in the role of
Hamlet, 10 years after Stoker's Trinity days. Stoker ....
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