Dracula is an 1897 Gothic horror novel by Irish author Bram Stoker. It introduced Count Dracula , and established many conventions of subsequent vampire fantasy . The novel tells the story of Dracula's attempt to move from Transylvania to England so that he may find new blood and spread the undead curse , and of the battlebetween Dracula and a small group of men and a woman led by Professor Abraham Van Helsing.
Dracula has been assigned to many literary genres including vampire literature , horror fiction , the gothic novel , and invasion literature . The novel has spawned numerous theatrical, film , and television interpretations.