On May 18, 1897, "Dracula" by Irish author Bram Stoker was published by Archibald Constable and Company in London. From the introduction to the article:
"Bram Stoker's Dracula is a classic vampire tale. First published in 1897, the novel was influenced by a history of vampire myths and stories, but Stoker shaped all those fragmented tales to create a literary legend (that was just the start of what we know and understand about vampires in current literature). Even though stories like Polidori's "The Vampire" and Le Fanu's Carmilla already existed at the time when Dracula was first published, Stoker's novel—and his literary imagination—helped to spawn a new dimension in horror literature. Here are a few quotes from Bram Stoker's Dracula."