dracula was published in may of 1897
in the 1930s when universal studios purchased the rights to make a film version it was discovered that stoker had not fully complied with us copyright law placing the novel into the public domain
 relating this to dracula he highlights that the count can disgorge blood from his breasts in addition to his teeth that he is attracted to both jonathan harker and mina murray appears both racially western and eastern and how he is an aristocrat able to mingle with homeless vagrants