McGarry, Marion
Article History
Accepted: 29 September 2022
First Online: 17 November 2022
Declarations
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: Not applicable
: <sup>1</sup> In <i>Experiences</i> (C. Stoker 1873), she refers to “our long street” and that Dr. Little was their near neighbor, which matches with Old Market Street.<sup>2</sup> The cabins would have had a pile of waste located outside that contained the domestic rubbish from the home.<sup>3</sup> This is quite similar to how Dracula’s countenance is described in the novel. For example, in Chapter XXI of <i>Dracula</i>, Renfield described how “his white face looked out of the mist with his red eyes gleaming” (B. Stoker 1897a). Throughout the novel, the Count is frequently described as having red eyes.<sup>4</sup> Stoker admitted that Van Helsing was founded on a real character (B. Stoker 1897b), and it has been speculated that this is older brother Thornley, largely due to the intimation that Van Helsing’s wife is not mentally well in the novel. Thornley, too, had a wife who suffered severe mental health issues.