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Allusionist 227. Draculae part 1: Enter the Castle

May 11, 2026 #19th century, #20th century, #Allusionist, #books, #england, #History, #horror, #iceland, #literature, #london, #newspaper, #podcast, #project gutenberg, #sweden, #translation, #vampires, #wikipedia

In this first instalment of a short series about three versions of Dracula, we familiarise ourselves with the plots of Dracula published by Bram Stoker in 1897; the Icelandic version Makt Myrkranna by newspaper editor Valdimar Ásmundsson, serialised in his newspaper Fyallkonan in 1900-1901; and the Swedish version Mörkrets makter by an author known only as A—e, and serialised in a couple of Swedish newspapers 1899-1900. {listen}