This symbolism, particularly when coupled with Stoker's use of realism not only acts as a thought-provoking device, but endows his story with a depth rarely found in gothic novels. ... Stoker's choice of the epistolary form, a literary genre diminishing towards the end of the nineteenth century, also conveys his aim to establish a sense of realism in his story. ...

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