Dracula (Annotated): A Historical and Literary Edition

Dracula Annotated Edition

The Classic Vampire Novel, Illuminated by Notes

This Dracula annotated edition brings the history, folklore, culture, and literary world of Bram Stoker’s Gothic masterpiece into sharper focus through more than 80 original annotations.

Count Dracula’s arrival in England unleashes a struggle that carries his pursuers from Victorian London to the mountains of Transylvania. Blending Gothic horror with ancient folklore, religious belief, modern science, and new technology, Stoker created the novel that transformed the vampire into one of literature’s most enduring figures.

More than 80 original annotations by T. S. Causley illuminate Transylvania and the Carpathian frontier, Vlad III Dracula, Eastern European vampire beliefs, religion, Victorian technology, and the historical world behind the novel. Historical and literary commentary explains the real places, traditions, cultural anxieties, and period references that shaped Stoker’s vision of Dracula.

Inside This Annotated Edition

• More than 80 original annotations by T. S. Causley
• Historical and cultural context for Victorian Britain and Transylvania
• Context for Vlad III Dracula, the Carpathian frontier, and Eastern European vampire beliefs
• Exploration of folklore, religion, science, and Victorian technology
• Literary commentary on Gothic traditions, cultural anxieties, and historical influences
• Original editorial introduction
• Stoker’s complete 1897 text
• Curated further reading