New Delhi: November 8,
2012 is the 165th birth anniversary of Bram Stoker (Abraham Stoker) and Google
has posted a doodle inspired by the Irish author's most famous work -
'Dracula'. The lettering of the word Google on the Bram Stoker books doodle is
inspired by the cover of the first edition of 'Dracula' published in 1897.
In tune with the plot of
the novel, the doodle has an eerie feel about it. A cloaked Count Draculamenacingly bares his fangs as a crescent moon appears behind the castle on the
Carpathian Mountains. One of Dracula's favoured shapeshift forms, a bat, flies
in the night sky. Other Bram Stoker characters also appear on the black and
white doodle with only the Google letters appearing in blood red.
Bram Stoker was born on
November 8, 1847 in Clontarf, Ireland. He could not stand on his feet till he
was seven but later went on the excel in the sports field. Stoker turned to
fiction much later in life, his first book published in 1879 was a legal
administration handbook.
It was in 1890 that his
first novel 'The Snake's Pass' was published and his masterpiece 'Dracula'
appeared seven years later. Stoker authored a few other novels, but he is best
remembered for 'Dracula'. He died on April 20, 1912 in London.
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