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The Vampyre and Other Tales of the Macabre
by Robert Morrison, Chris Baldick, John William Polidori, Horace Smith, William Carleton, Edward Bulwer-Lytton, Allan Cunningham, James Hogg, Nathaniel Parker Willis, Catherine Gore, Charles James Lever, Letitia E. Landon, J. Sheridan Le Fanu
1819·40 pages
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- 9781513278117
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The Vampyre*, a short gothic novel by John William Polidori, was first published in 1819 and is considered the first modern vampire story. The story features Lord Ruthven, a seductive aristocrat with unnatural powers over men and women, and an insatiable thirst for blood. Polidori's innovative portrayal of the vampire as a Byronic figure is said to have set the template for the modern vampire.
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