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The Vampire Chronicles is a series of gothic vampire novels and a media franchise, created by American writer Anne Rice, that revolves around the fictional character Lestat de Lioncourt, a French nobleman turned into a vampire in the 18th century.
Following Memnoch the Devil, Rice explores the lives of vampires who have been affected by Lestat’s story; as they recount their tales, they continue Lestat’s philosophical speculations on the...
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- Anne Rice wrote Interview With the Vampire to cope with grief. In August 1972, the author and her husband lost their 5-year-old daughter, Michele, to a rare form of leukemia.
- Interview With the Vampire was written in about five weeks. Rice first explored the idea of a reporter interviewing a vampire with a short story called “Interview with the Vampire,” which she revised several times.
- Interview With the Vampire was heavily influenced by the 1936 Universal horror film Dracula's Daughter ... Rice saw Dracula's Daughter when she was a kid and was captivated by its portrayal of the title character as a tormented artist who longed to be human.
- But Anne Rice was not a fan of Bram Stoker's Dracula. In fact, she hadn’t even read Stoker’s seminal vampire novel when she wrote Interview With the Vampire.
May 4, 2024 · Rice wrote her first novel in just five weeks: Interview with the Vampire (1976), which included a Michelle-like child who gains eternal life when she becomes a vampire.
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Interview with the Vampire is a gothic horror and vampire novel by American author Anne Rice, published in 1976. It was her debut novel. Based on a short story Rice wrote around 1968, the novel centers on vampire Louis de Pointe du Lac, who tells the story of his life to a reporter.
- Anne Rice
- 1976
Rooted in Egyptian mythology and very distinct from most vampire lore up to that time, Anne Rice’s vampires were created by being drained of blood to the point of death, then allowed to save themselves by drinking in turn the blood of the vampire who made them.
Mar 29, 2024 · Anne Rice was famous for her Gothic vampire stories, particularly her series of novels, The Vampire Chronicles. She gained notoriety as a writer of erotica and vampire novels. This included her most popular book, Interview with the Vampire, published in 1976 (though she passed away on December 11, 2021).
