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Why is Dracula aristocratic? Where does the word nosferatu really come from? Just what is the point of R.M. Renfield? For 120 years, Bram Stokers Dracula and its shape-shifting, bloodsucking Count have thrilled and terrified readers, abetted by stage and screen versions from Nosferatu and Bela Lugosi to the Hammer films and Gary Oldman. Here, John Sutherland, author of Is Heathcliff a Murderer? and Can Jane Eyre Be Happy?, presents a toothsome new collection of literary puzzles, scrutinising the fine and not-so-fine points of this beloved text to raise some curious questions and reach some surprising conclusions. Along the way we learn about Stokers love-rivalry with Oscar Wilde, his dreadful stage adaptation of Dracula, performed to an audience of two, a tantalising dropped prelude set in Munich, and much more. Who is Draculas father? Who, for that matter, is Quincy P. Morris? Why does the Count take such pointless risks? And why are there still so few vampires? Take a peek behind Draculas cloak and find out. The book also includes 'Dracula Digested' by John Crace, author of the Guardian's Digested Reads column Enjoy Subscribe