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"The Vampyre" is a short work of prose fiction written in 1819 by John William Polidori, taken from the story Lord Byron, told as part of a contest among Polidori, Mary Shelley, Lord Byron, and Percy Shelley.
THE VAMPYRE; A Tale. By John William Polidori. LONDON PRINTED FOR SHERWOOD, NEELY, AND JONES PATERNOSTER ROW 1819. [Entered at Stationers' Hall, March 27, 1819] Gillet, Printer, Crown Court, Fleet Street, London. EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROM GENEVA.
The Vampyre (1819) by John Polidori is a short gothic horror story famous as a foundational text for vampire literature. The short story follows the fraught friendship of two men and the mysterious murders that occur in their wake: Lord Ruthven, a suave and sinister nobleman who is secretly a vampire, and Aubrey, his naive young companion.
This annotated edition and its accompanying audiobook version of John William Polidori's novella The Vampyre. A Tale (1816) was produced by course participants in ENG 425: Studies in Romanticism, Spring 2010 at Arizona State University under the direction of Dr. Cajsa C. Baldini. The copy text used is in the public domain.
The Vampyre study guide contains a biography of John Polidori, literature essays, quiz questions, major themes, characters, and a full summary and analysis.
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Sep 14, 2023 · John Polidori’s ‘The Vampyre’ is largely forgotten today, but it upended centuries of vampiric lore 80 years before Stoker’s novel—and its creation was as complicated and dramatic as ...
