Welcome to Novel Context, bi-weekly podcast that unpacks influential books to understand the story the author was really telling, how the culture and politics of that time influenced it, and how that story still shapes us today. On this episode, we begin our season long exploration of Bram Stoker's 1897 novel Dracula. We'll be walking through Jonathan Harker's haunted trip to Transylvania, and then unpack the origins of Castle Dracula, The Count's the often ignored power over dreams and reality, and we'll unmask the historical figure Dracula was really based on.