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Count Dracula is the title character of Bram Stoker's 1897 horror novel Dracula. He was a very strong influence on vampires in later works of fiction.

Aspects of the character are believed by some to have been inspired by the 15th-century Wallachian prince Vlad the Impaler, who was also known as Vlad Dracula, and by Sir Henry Irving, an actor for whom Stoker was a personal assistant.

One of Dracula's most famous powers is that he can turn others into vampires by biting them.

Meeting Jonathan Harker

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At the beginning of the book, Dracula tricks a lawyer named Jonathan Harker into coming to Transylvania and signing things saying he can own land in London.

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When Harker cuts himself shaving, Dracula tries to drink his blood but runs away when he sees Harker has a cross. Dracula locks Harker in his castle, kidnaps a child and feeds it to three women and feeds the child’s mother to wolves when she comes back for her child.

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