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3* CultClassic: While Dracula is one of modern fiction's most well-known characters, Varney remains known to a small but dedicated fanbase (and you do have to be pretty dedicated to read 2000 pages of dense, ''dense'' Victorian prose) over a century and a half later.
4* OlderThanTheyThink: Predates ''Dracula'' by more than 50 years, and the original folklore is far older even than that. (However, several vampire traits commonly taken for granted are [[NewerThanTheyThink newer even than Bram Stoker's novel]].)
5* OnceOriginalNowOverdone: Much of the novel's innovation falls victim to this effect, such as the idea of a vampire with fangs, puncture marks on the throat, and [[AntiVillain the sympathetic vampire]], all of which have become standards in later vampire fiction.
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