"Lord forgive me. I am quite shameless" — Rare letter offers glimpse into Bram Stoker’s early thoughts on Dracula

The Bayliss Rare Books in London sold last month, for £15.000, a letter by Bram Stoker written only a few weeks after Dracula was published in 1897.

My dear Williams,

I send you Dracula & have honoured myself by writing your name in it.

How is enclosed for high? Lord forgive me. I am quite shameless.

Yours ever,

Bram Stoker