#OTD in 1897. First publication of Bram Stoker’s Dracula. Let's celebrate #DraculaDay!

The novel was mostly written in the 1890s, and Stoker produced over a hundred pages of notes, drawing extensively from folklore and history. He probably found the name "Dracula" in Whitby's public library while on holiday, selecting it because he thought it meant 'devil' in Romanian.

Dracula at PG:
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37 Vintage Library Ads That Perfectly Capture The Joys Of Reading

As public libraries began popping up across America in the early 1900s, these posters encouraged people to take advantage of their resources.

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#books #literature #libraries

There are too many awful things happening at the hands of the Trump administration to keep up. The next reading list series will focus on Iranian people and culture, but today's list of #fiction #books is a continuation of the series on #ICE and #undocumented immigration.

#iran #immigration #literature #reading #writing

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