Many of Dracula’s characteristics actually echo Wilde as described to the trials, and Dracula’s lifestyle resembles an exaggerated version of precautions to hide homosexuality.Stoker wrote Dracula as a direct reaction to the Wilde trials.
I’ll just casually drop this here–it’s a long (and good) read, but essentially, the author argues that: Fun fact for you all: bram stoker started writing dracula just weeks after oscar wilde’s conviction…….we really are in it nowĭracula! And Oscar Wilde! YES! *drops papers everywhere*
