ILondon, idolobha elineLabhulali yalo eligqugquzela ukwakhiwa kweDracula.
La Umtapo wolwazi waseLondon uveze kuleli sonto ukutholwa okuthakazelisayo mayelana nokuthi kucwaningwe futhi kwabhalwa kanjani Dracula. Izincwadi ezingama-26 zisize uBram Stoker ukudala iDracula omunye wabalingiswa abadume kakhulu emibhalweni.
UPhilip ushesha, UMqondisi Wezokuthuthukiswa Komtapo Wezincwadi waseLondon, waqala uphenyo lwakho ngokuqoqwa kwe- Amanothi we-Stoker kwatholakala ngo-1913. Amakhulu okubhekiswa kulayini ngamunye nemishwana evela ezincwadini uStoker athathwa njengofanelekile ekwenzeni uDracula aphile afakiwe kumanothi asohlwini.
Umtapo wezincwadi unamakhophi okuqala alezi zincwadi ezingama-25, lapho Amamaki atholakele ahambelana nezethenjwa ezisencwadini yokubhalela kaStoker.
Ngamazwi kaSppeding uqobo,
'UBram Stoker wayeyilungu leLabhulali yaseLondon, kodwa kuze kube manje asikaze siboniswe ukuthi ulisebenzise kanjani noma kanjani iqoqo lethu. Ukutholwa kwanamuhla kusivumela ukuthi sikuqinisekise, ngokungangabazeki, ukuthi izincwadi eziningi ezisemashalofini ethu zingamakhophi afanayo ayewasebenzisa ukusiza ukubhala nokucwaninga ngobuciko bakhe obukhulu ».
Amamaki atholakalayo aqukethe iziphambano, ukudwebela, amakhasi agobiwe, kanye nemiyalo yokukopisha izigaba zonke.
Izincwadi ezimakwe kakhulu i-El incwadi ye-werewolves nguSabine Baring-Gould kanye ne- Umqedazwe wePseudodoxic nguThomas Browne.
I-Whitby Abbey yayingenye yezilungiselelo ezagqugquzela uBram Stoker ukuthi adale iDracula.
UStoker wayengumlingani weLondon Library iminyaka eyisikhombisa, okuhambisana nesikhathi abesebenza ngaso kuDracula, kusuka 1890 a 1897, unyaka eyakhishwa ngawo Dracula.
USolwazi Nick Groom wase-University of Exeter uzwakalise ukuvumelana kwakhe nomdlandla ngokutholwa kukaSpedding:
“Lokhu kutholakala okuthokozisayo. Ngizihlolile izincwadi nezichasiselo zazo noPhilip Spedding ngazifanisa namanothi kaBram Stoker. Angingabazi ukuthi uBram Stoker usebenzise lawa makhophi Dracula, incwadi emthathe iminyaka eyisikhombisa ukuyibhala. Bakhombisa ukuthi iLondon Library kwakuyi-crucible yenye yamanoveli anethonya elikhulu emlandweni wezwe.
UPhilip Marshall, UMqondisi weLondon Library, ukhuthaza ababhali ukuthi basebenzise umtapo wolwazi ukwenza umsebenzi wokubhala imisebenzi yabo:
"Siyethemba ukuthi abaningi abafuna ukubhala ababhali bazolandela isibonelo sikaBram Stoker futhi basebenzise iLabhulali yaseLondon ukuthola ugqozi nokwesekwa ukuzakhela imisebenzi yabo yobuciko."