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  1. Florence Balcombe (17 July 1858 – 25 May 1937) was the wife and literary executor of Bram Stoker. She is remembered for her legal dispute with the makers of Nosferatu, an unauthorized film based on her husband's novel Dracula .

  2. Apr 17, 2022 · Florence Ann Lemon Balcombe was born in Falmouth, Cornwall on 17 July 1858, while her father, Lieutenant-Colonel James Balcombe, was stationed in Bombay. Given his involvement in the Crimean campaign, it is thought she was named for Florence Nightingale.

  3. Florence Stoker was the wife of Bram Stoker, the author of Dracula, and a literary executor of his works. She was a beautiful and sociable woman who had a long-distance romance with Oscar Wilde and a turbulent marriage with Bram, who was often away from home for his theatre career.

  4. Mar 3, 2022 · Florence Balcombe Stoker was the widow of Bram Stoker, the author of Dracula, and a prominent figure in London society. She also led a crusade to destroy the German film Nosferatu, which was based on her husband's novel, and changed the way vampires were portrayed in fiction.

  5. Feb 18, 2016 · Florence Balcombe was one of the women who captivated Oscar Wilde in his youth. Learn about their two-year romance, his other loves and the women who shaped his life and work.

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  7. Aug 29, 2021 · Florence Balcombe at seventeen, courted by Oscar Wilde and Bram Stoker. Florence Anne Lemon Balcombe was one of five daughters born to Lt. Col. James and Phillipa Balcombe in 1858 in...

  8. Nov 30, 2014 · Florence Balcombe was the daughter of a poor Irish Protestant, Oscar Wilde's first love, and Bram Stoker's wife. She had a platonic marriage, a short acting career, and a lifelong obsession with Wilde.

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