DRACULA A Mystery Story Author:Bram Stoker Dracula is an 1897 epistolary novel by Irish author Bram Stoker, featuring as its primary antagonist the vampire Count Dracula. It was first published as a hardcover in 1897 by Archibald Constable and Co. Dracula has been assigned to many literary genres including vampire literature, horror fiction, the gothic novel and invasion literature. Stru... more »cturally it is an epistolary novel, that is, told as a series of letters, diary entries, ships' logs, etc.« less