Where did Bram Stoker get his inspiration for Dracula?
        
        
     
    
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        Dracula was not the first vampire novel.  Earlier works included John Polidori's The Vampyre.
        
        
     
    
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        Stoker spent several years researching Eastern European folklore before beginning work on 'Dracula.'