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'Dracula Daily' reanimates the classic vampire novel for the age of memes and snark

  • Written by Stanley Stepanic, Assistant Professor of Slavic Languages and Literatures, University of Virginia
imageAn online audience is reading the vampire novel for the first time, en masse.Diane Barros/The Boston Globe via Getty Images

If you’re an active social media user, perhaps you’ve noticed a surge in posts recently about paprika, reflective shaving glasses and castle hospitality in Transylvania. One hundred twenty-five years after its...

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