irony, and whose ridiculeseemed to bite; buoyant with the joy of life; self-conscious; anoffensive egoist envy in his love-making; of supreme andunsurpassable insolence, veiled and shrouded in his fine quality ofmanner.He returned to Trinity after his absence and graduated in 1871 with a degreein science, he then stayed on to earn his masters degree in pure mathematics. Aftergraduation he assumed a position as the unpaid drama critic for the EveningMail, he also wrote short stories on the side. A year later, in 1872, The LondonSociety published his short story The Crystal Cup, and in 1875 his four part serialThe Chain of Destiny this was Brams first horror story. At about this same time hequit his job at the Evening Mail to take a job as drama critic at the Dublin Mail.Three years later he became editor of The Halfpenny Press, but quit after fourmonths.In 1876 Henry Irving returned to Dublin, Stoker went to see Irving in theplay Hamlet. Stoker praised the actor in his newspaper column when he wrote; Inhis fits of passion there is a realism that no one but a genius can ever effect.Irving read this the next morning and asked the manager of the theater to introducehim to Bram, they met that night for dinner at the Shelbourne Hotel. Stoker sawIrving in Hamlet two more time hoping to find some flaw in the performance.Stoker and Irving met often and soon discovered they had much in common andbecame quick friends. On December 11th, 1876 Irving was awarded two honorsfrom Trinity College, the first was an address drafted by Stoker, the second was aperformance of Hamlet starring Irving himself.After Irving left Stoker continued his job as a clerk at Dublin Castle. In1878 he was promoted to Inspector of Petty Sessions, he received a pay raise butthis also required him to travel for weeks at a time. Because of this he missedopening nights, so he resigned his job as drama critic of the Dublin Mail. In 1978Bram wrote his first book entitled The Dutie...
