Dracula : notes and outline, [ca. 1890-ca. 1896].

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Dracula : notes and outline, [ca. 1890-ca. 1896].

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Manuscript and typescript notes, photographs, and a newspaper clipping, comprising both background research and an outline for the book. The first section consists of 49 leaves of manuscript: a list of characters, notes on vampires, outlines for the whole book and for most chapters (all 7 chapters for each of books 1-3 and ch. 26-27), chronologies, and miscellaneous notes on characters and events. The second section consists of 30 manuscript leaves tipped onto 10 sheets, 2 photographs, and a clipping: reading notes on vampires and werewolves; and shipwrecks, weather, geography, and language in the area of Whitby, North Yorkshire, where part of the story takes place. The last section consists of 37 leaves of typescript notes with manuscript corrections, being reading notes on various works about the history and geography of the Carpathians, dream theory, and tombstones at Whitby.

ca. 119 l. in case ; 29 cm.

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