What Are They Saying about Dracula?

These are some of the reviews Dracula got when it came out in 1897:

•The Daily Mail: “It is said of Mrs. Radcliffe that when writing her now almost forgotten romances she shut herself up in absolute seclusion, and fed upon raw beef, in order to give her work the desired atmosphere of gloom, tragedy and terror. If one had no assurance to the contrary one might well suppose that a similar method and regimen had been adopted by Mr. Bram Stoker while writing his new novel ‘Dracula.’ In seeking a...