The Vampyre; a Tale
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3.7 • 75 Ratings
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Publisher Description
"The Vampyre" is a short story or novella written in 1819 by John William Polidori which is a progenitor of the romantic vampire genre of fantasy fiction. The work is described by Christopher Frayling as "the first story successfully to fuse the disparate elements of vampirism into a coherent literary genre. "
Customer Reviews
So far, so good
I’ve only read 38 percent of it but I LOVE IT. kinda short though. I think I’ll make a film based on it🎥📹📸📷📼🖥⌨️💻📱🎞📽📺. and a video game maybe 🕹🖲
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Beautiful use of the English language
This is much more than a Vampire book.
“Attached as lie was to the romance of his solitary hours, he was startled at finding, that, except in the tallow and wax candles that flickered, not from the presence of a ghost, but from want of snuffing, there was no foundation in real life for any of that congeries of pleasing pictures and descriptions contained in those volumes, from which he had formed his study.”
Nothing Special
An interesting short story, but not that enthralling