‘The Vampyre’ 200th‘His character was dreadfully vicious, for that the possession
‘The Vampyre’ 200th‘His character was dreadfully vicious, for that the possession of irresistible powers of seduction, rendered his licentious habits more dangerous to society’.2018 marked the bicentennial of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein (London, 1818). This year we celebrate the bicentennial of another work conceived on the same stormy night in 1816 near the shores of Lake Geneva, Switzerland: John Polidori’s The Vampyre, the progenitor of the romantic vampire genre and an inspirational source for Bram Stoker’s Dracula.Shown here is the simple title-page to the first edition.–John Polidori, The Vampyre: A Tale. London: Printed for Sherwood, Neely, and Jones, Paternoster-Row, 1819, Alexander Turnbull Library, R407741. -- source link
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