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227. Draculae part 1: Enter the Castle

The Allusionist by Helen Zaltzman

May 11, 202600:22:33Arts

A literary mystery came to me via a meme: “Someone translated Dracula into Icelandic, and it took over 100 years for anyone to point out he just made a fanfic rewrite of what he wanted the story to be.” In this first ins...

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227. Draculae part 1: Enter the Castle is an episode from The Allusionist by Helen Zaltzman. A literary mystery came to me via a meme: “Someone translated Dracula into Icelandic, and it took over 100 years for anyone to point out he just ma...

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