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Vampires – fact or fiction?

Everybody has heard stories about vampires. The word vampire is of Slavic origin, as the legend originated centuries ago in south-eastern Europe, in Transylvania and Serbia.

In the Middle Ages, there were many folk legends about vampires, but places like Transylvania and Serbia seemed like the end of the world to the people of Western Europe. Since the inhabitants of Germany, France and England did not know much about these distant lands, they listened with fear and amazement to the strange tales told by merchants and travellers.

With time, literature started to play an important role in popularizing vampires. Many romantic authors in the early nineteenth century wrote novels about foggy mountains, terrifying creatures, distant castles and their mysterious inhabitants. In 1887, Bram Stoker wrote a book about Dracula, the most famous vampire of all time.

He based his story on the life of fifteenth-century Valachian ruler Vlad IV Dracula, who was known for exceptional cruelty and criminal actions. However, Dracula was not a historical novel. It was a romance, a story about an unhappy vampire who fell in love with Mina, a beautiful girl who reminded Dracula of the wife he had lost years ago.

In the twentieth century, Stoker’s book became a source for new versions on screen.

One of the most successful films about Dracula came out in 1992. This film by Francis Ford Copppola became a box office hit.

(adapted from The World of English)



Вопросы

  1. What is the origin of the word vampire?

  2. People of Germany, France, England listened with ____ the strange tales about vampires.

  3. In 1887, ____ wrote a book about Dracula.

  4. Valachian ruler Vlad IV Dracula was known for

  5. Dracula was not a historical novel, it as a ____

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