John Polidori's classic tale The Vampyre(1819), was a product of the same ghost-story competition that produced Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. The present volume selects thirteen other tales of mystery and the macabre, including the works of James Hogg, J.S. LeFanu, Letitia Landon, Edward Bulwer, and William Carelton. The introduction surveys the genesis and influence of The Vampyre and its central themes and techniques, while the Appendices contain material closely associated with its composition and publication, including Lord Byron's prose fragment Augustus Darvell.

About the Series: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the broadest spectrum of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, voluminous notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.

The weather went from being beautiful to tempestuous: torrential thunderstorms plagued the Shelleys, Byron and Polidori. The weather -- along with the company and the eerie ambiance of the locale -- contributed to the genesis of Frankenstein, Polidori's The Vampyre and in all likelihood, modern weird fiction. On the night of June 16th, the group read aloud a collection of German ghost stories, The Fantasmagoriana. This inspired Byron to challenge the group to write a ghost story. Shelley wrote an forgettable story; Byron wrote a story fragment; and Polidori began the The Vampyre, the first modern vampire tale.

Nineteenth Century Collections Online: European Literature, 1790-1840: The Corvey Collection includes the full-text of more than 9,500 English, French and German titles. The collection is sourced from the remarkable library of Victor Amadeus, whose Castle Corvey collection was one of the most spectacular discoveries of the late 1970s. The Corvey Collection comprises one of the most important collections of Romantic era writing in existence anywhere -- including fiction, short prose, dramatic works, poetry, and more -- with a focus on especially difficult-to-find works by lesser-known, historically neglected writers.

The Corvey library was built during the last half of the 19th century by Victor and his wife Elise, both bibliophiles with varied interests. The collection thus contains everything from novels and short stories to belles lettres and more populist works, and includes many exceedingly rare works not available in any other collection from the period. These invaluable, sometimes previously unknown works are of particular interest to scholars and researchers.

European Literature, 1790-1840: The Corvey Collection includes:

* Novels and Gothic Novels
* Short Stories
* Belles-Lettres
* Short Prose Forms
* Dramatic Works
* Poetry
* Anthologies
* And more

Selected with the guidance of an international team of expert advisors, these primary sources are invaluable for a wide range of academic disciplines and areas of study, providing never before possible research opportunities for one of the most studied historical periods.

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Original Publisher: Printed for Sherwood, Neeley, and Jones
Original Publication Year: 1819
Original Publication Place: London
Original Imprint Manufacturer: Gillet, printer

Subjects

Vampires -- Fiction

The Vampyre was first published on 1 April 1819 by Henry Colburn in the New Monthly Magazine with the false attribution A Tale by Lord Byron. The name of the work's protagonist, Lord Ruthven, added to this assumption, for that name was originally used in Lady Caroline Lamb's novel Glenarvon (from the same publisher), in which a thinly-disguised Byron figure was also named Lord Ruthven. Despite repeated denials by Byron and Polidori, the authorship often went unclarified. The tale was first published in book form by Sherwood, Neely, and Jones in London, Paternoster-Row, in 1819 in octavo as The Vampyre; A Tale in 84 pages. The notation on the cover noted that it was: Entered at Stationers' Hall, March 27, 1819. Initially, the author was given as Lord Byron. Later printings removed Byron's name and added Polidori's name to the title page. The story was an immediate popular success, partly because of the Byron attribution and partly because it exploited the gothic horror predilections of the public. Polidori transformed the vampire from a character in folklore into the form that is recognized today-an aristocratic fiend who preys among high society

The Vampire is a short work of vampire fiction written in 1819 by John William Polidori. The work is often viewed as the 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. Aubrey, a young Englishman, meets Lord Ruthven, a man of mysterious origins who has entered London society. Aubrey accompanies Ruthven to Rome, but leaves him after Ruthven seduces the daughter of a mutual acquaintance. Aubrey travels to Greece, where he becomes attracted to Ianthe, an innkeeper's daughter. Ianthe tells Aubrey about the legends of the vampire. Ruthven arrives at the scene and shortly thereafter Ianthe is killed by a vampire. Aubrey does not connect Ruthven with the murder and rejoins him in his travels. The pair is attacked by bandits and Ruthven is mortally wounded. Before he dies, Ruthven makes Aubrey swear an oath that he will not mention his death or anything else he knows about Ruthven for a year and a day. Looking back, Aubrey realizes that everyone whom Ruthven met ended up suffering. Aubrey returns to London and is amazed when Ruthven appears shortly thereafter, alive and well. Ruthven reminds Aubrey of his oath to keep his death a secret. Ruthven then begins to seduce Aubrey's sister while Aubrey, helpless to protect his sister, has a nervous breakdown. Ruthven and Aubrey's sister are engaged to marry on the day the oath ends. Just before he dies, Aubrey writes a letter to his sister revealing Ruthven's history, but it does not arrive in time. Ruthven marries Aubrey's sister. On the wedding night, she is discovered dead, drained of her blood-and Ruthven has vanished. Polidori's work had an immense impact on contemporary sensibilities and ran through numerous editions and translations. That influence has extended into the current era as the text is often even cited as an] almost folkloric sources on vampirism. 1] An adaptation appeared in 1820 with Cyprien B rard's novel Lord Ruthwen ou les Vampires, falsely attributed to Charles Nodier, who himself then wrote his own version, Le Vampire, a play which had enormous success and sparked a vampire craze in the vampire genre across Europe. This includes operatic adaptations by Heinrich Marschner (see Der Vampyr) and Peter Josef von Lindpaintner (see Der Vampyr), both published in the same year and called The Vampire. Nikolai Gogol, Alexandre Dumas and Aleksey Tolstoy all produced vampire tales, and themes in Polidori's tale would continue to influence Bram Stoker's Dracula and eventually the whole vampire genre. Dumas makes explicit reference to Lord Ruthven in The Count of Monte Cristo, going so far as to state that his character The Comtesse G... had been personally acquainted with Lord Ruthven. In Kim Newman's Anno Dracula series, the character of Lord Ruthven is a prominent character. In the Anno Dracula universe he becomes a prominent figure in British politics following the ascent of Dracula to power. He is Conservative Prime Minister in the period of the first novel and continues to hold power throughout the 19th and 20th Centuries. Described as the Great Political Survivor as of 1991 he succeeds Margaret Thatcher as Prime Minister (opposed to John Major).

The weather went from being beautiful to tempestuous: torrential thunderstorms plagued the Shelleys, Byron and Polidori. The weather -- along with the company and the eerie ambiance of the locale -- contributed to the genesis of Frankenstein, Polidori's The Vampyre, and, in all likelihood, modern weird fiction. On the night of June 16th, the group read aloud a collection of German ghost stories, The Fantasmagoriana. This inspired Byron to challenge the group to write a ghost story. Shelley wrote an forgettable story; Byron wrote a story fragment; and Polidori began the The Vampyre, the first modern vampire tale. (Jacketless library hardcover.)

A través de esta oscura antología, sir Walter Scott nos lleva, en La cámara de los tapices, a un viejo castillo perturbado por una aparición; John Polidori se desangra por un verdadero demonio byroniano en El vampiro; Edgar Allan Poe nos hunde con Berenice en el alucinado mundo de un monomaníaco; Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu se interna, en Ultor de Lacy, por entre los melancólicos bosques de las leyendas irlandesas, ricos en hadas, fantasmas, duendes y ruinas; Ambrose Bierce nos presenta el inexplicable sortilegio que envuelve a Un habitante de Carcosa; M. R. James nos hace víctimas del inmortal rigor del Conde Magnus; Arthur Machen nos deleita y estremece por igual con la exuberante belleza y la inconsciente maldad pagana que aún sobrevive en El pueblo blanco; M. P. Shiel se regodea en grotescas imágenes de muerte y de corrupción en la refinada Xélucha; H. P. Lovecraft nos revela, en El extraño, horrores internos de los que nunca podremos escapar; y Clark Ashton Smith nos sacude con las luctuosas tragedias personales que proceden de La estirpe sin nombre.

Nineteenth Century Collections Online: European Literature, 1790-1840: The Corvey Collection includes the full-text of more than 9,500 English, French and German titles. The collection is sourced from the remarkable library of Victor Amadeus, whose Castle Corvey collection was one of the most spectacular discoveries of the late 1970s. The Corvey Collection comprises one of the most important collections of Romantic era writing in existence anywhere -- including fiction, short prose, dramatic works, poetry, and more -- with a focus on especially difficult-to-find works by lesser-known, historically neglected writers.

The Corvey library was built during the last half of the 19th century by Victor and his wife Elise, both bibliophiles with varied interests. The collection thus contains everything from novels and short stories to belles lettres and more populist works, and includes many exceedingly rare works not available in any other collection from the period. These invaluable, sometimes previously unknown works are of particular interest to scholars and researchers.

European Literature, 1790-1840: The Corvey Collection includes:

* Novels and Gothic Novels
* Short Stories
* Belles-Lettres
* Short Prose Forms
* Dramatic Works
* Poetry
* Anthologies
* And more

Selected with the guidance of an international team of expert advisors, these primary sources are invaluable for a wide range of academic disciplines and areas of study, providing never before possible research opportunities for one of the most studied historical periods.

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Primary Id: B0224700
PSM Id: NCCOF0063-C00000-B0224700
DVI Collection Id: NCCOC0062
Bibliographic Id: NCCO002584
Reel: 266
MCODE: 4UVC
Original Publisher: John Warren
Original Publication Year: 1821
Original Publication Place: London
Original Imprint Manufacturer: Printed by R and a. Taylor

Subjects

English poetry -- 19th century.

John Polidori's novella 'The Vampyre' had its genesis in the famous 'Year Without a Summer' (1816), when Lord Byron challenged a group of his friends to each write a chilling horror story (Mary Shelley's 'Frankenstein' also emerged from this session). Polidori's work was highly influential, and has been described as the first story successfully to fuse the disparate elements of vampirism into a coherent literary genre. It was a major influence on Bram Stoker's 'Dracula'.

This volume contains a collection of diary entries written by Dr. John William Polidori. They were penned while he accompanied Lord Byron as his personal physician. It contains interesting and insightful anecdotes of the experiences that they had while travelling through Europe, and it will be of considerable utility to anyone with an interest in the seminal romantic poet. The chapters of this volume include: Ghent, The Diary of Polidora, Antwerp, Brussels, Waterloo, Chateau du Lac, Battice, St. Juliers, Cologne, The Rhine, Coblentz, Mayence, Carlsruhe, Jura Mountains, etcetera. John William Polidori (1795 - 1824) was an English writer and physician. He is famous for his association with the Romantic Movement, and is credited as the originator of the 'vampire genre' in fiction. Many vintage texts such as this are increasingly scarce and expensive, and it is with this in mind that we are republishing this book now, in an affordable, high-quality, modern edition. It comes complete with a specially commissioned biography of the author.

The Vampyre a Tale was the first vampire story written in English. John William Polidori (7 September 1795 - 24 August 1821) was an Italian physician and writer. After receiving his medical degree at age 19 he became the personnel physician to Lord Byron. He was one of the first authors to write about vampires. One evening a group of writers read a book of ghost stories aloud and they decided to try their hand at writing one. Mary Shelley began what would become Frankenstein. Byron began a story and abandoned it. Polidori used it as the basis for his own tale, The Vampyre.

John William Polidori (1795 - 1821) war ein englischer Schriftsteller sowie Leibarzt und Reisebegleiter des Dichters Lord Byron. Vor dem Kaminfeuer in Lord Byrons Villa las man sich nachts gegenseitig Schauergeschichten vor. Die Ereignisse dieser N chte sind die Grundlage des Films Gothic. Lord Byron schlug schlie lich vor, dass jeder eine eigene Schauergeschichte zur Unterhaltung beisteuern solle. Mary Shelley entwarf daraufhin die Geschichte von Frankenstein oder Der moderne Prometheus. Lord Byron begann eine Geschichte, die Polidori sp ter als Basis seiner eigenen Erz hlung The Vampyre aufgriff und weiter ausbaute. Mit dieser schuf Polidori nicht nur die erste Vampirerz hlung der Weltliteratur, sondern begr ndete gleichsam mit der Figur des Lord Ruthven den Typus des modernen Vampirs. Dieser pr gt das Genre bis heute. Nicht zuletzt Anne Rices Gentleman-Vampire sind von Polidori inspiriert. Aus dem Buch: Aubrey neigte sich immer mehr und mehr zu Janthen hin; ihre Unschuld, im Contraste mit den affectierten Tugenden der Weiber, unter denen er Urbilder seiner romantischen Ideen gesucht hatte, gewann sein Herz, und inde er es l cherlich fand, da ein junger Engl nder ein unerzogenes griechisches M dchen heyrathen wolle, fand er sich immer st rker und st rker von der sch nsten Gestalt angezogen, die er je gesehen hatte. Janthe ahnete diese aufkeimende Liebe nicht, und blieb sich in ihrer ersten kindlichen Unbefangenheit immer gleich. Sie trennte sich zwar immer ungern von Aubrey, allein meistens deshalb, weil sie nun Niemand hatte, unter dessen Schutze sie ihre Lieblingsorte besuchen konnte. In Hinsicht der Vampyrs hatte sie sich auf ihre Eltern berufen, und beide best tigten, bleich vor Schrecken schon bei Nennung des Worts, die Wahrheit der Sache.

In this 19th-century medley of the macabre, seven blood-chilling tales feature a cast of demons, doppelgangers, werewolves, and other beastly creatures, sure to haunt your dreams. The lead story, The Vampyre, has influenced generations of fantasy fiction writers. One of the first tales ever written in the romantic vampire genre, it was the result of a friendly writing competition that also yielded Mary Shelley's classic, Frankenstein. The story begins as a gentleman traveling in Greece falls in love with a local beauty. When she warns him about vampires, he scoffs at her fears -- until he's caught in the forest one night and finds someone at his throat.
This fiendishly good collection continues with Clemence Housman's The Werewolf, in which a white-robed maiden with a thirst for blood encounters twin brothers -- and executes a diabolical plan. In Edward Bulwer-Lytton's Monos and Daimonos, a reclusive young man goes to great lengths to rid himself of the odd character pursuing him...with horrifying results. Plus, there are four more equally thrilling tales, including the anonymous stories, The Curse and The Victim. Must-have reading for college students and fans of the supernatural.

THIS IS A VAMPIRE HORROR COOL COLLECTOR'S EDITION - PRINTED IN REALLY COOL MODERN GOTHIC AND CURSIVE FONTS THROUGHOUT. CHECK IT OUT WITH THE AMAZON SEARCH INSIDE FEATURE. The first fictional Vampire story ever written.

The first vampire short story and novella, which came before Dracula, together in one Penguin Classics hardcover, a Penguin Speculative Fiction Special, with a foreword by #1 New York Times-bestselling author V. E. Schwab

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The first vampire short story in English, The Vampyre by John Polidori, and the first vampire novella, Carmilla by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, are published together in one volume. The Vampyre, first published in 1819, features Lord Ruthven, a deathly pale yet fatally charismatic nobleman who preys on women of high society and is generally considered as the first fully developed vampire narrative in English literature. It is here accompanied by Alaric Watts's introduction, with which it was published throughout the nineteenth century, and which contains important supplementary material on vampire beliefs. Carmilla (1871-2) by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu is a nineteenth-century Gothic novella featuring a protagonist who typifies the long line of female and lesbian vampires in literature, movies, television series, and artwork. In a castle deep in the Austrian forest, Laura, a young woman, leads an isolated life with her father. A horse-drawn carriage crashes and an unexpected guest, the mysterious and seductive Carmilla, enters their lives. An early, sophisticated, and influential vampire novel, Carmilla predates Bram Stoker's Dracula by twenty-five years and the film Nosferatu by fifty.

Penguin Speculative Fiction Special is a hardcover series of horror, science fiction, fantasy, and more published by Penguin Classics. Featuring custom endpapers, specially commissioned cover art, and introductions by scholars and notable figures, these collectible editions celebrate classics that invite us to ask, What if? and that, through bold imagination, alternative visions, and magical realms, transform our perception of our world.

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 same contest produced the novel Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus. The Vampyre is often viewed as the 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.

John Polidori: Der Vampyr. Die erste Vampirerz hlung der Weltliteratur in der deutschen Erst bersetzung von 1819 Taschenbuch Berliner Ausgabe, 2019 Durchgesehener Neusatz bearbeitet und eingerichtet von Theodor Borken Der Vampyr wurde am 1. April 1819 vom Verlag Colburn in der Zeitschrift New Monthly Magazine ohne Polidoris Erlaubnis ver ffentlicht. Die Geschichte wurde falsch untertitelt und als A Tale by Lord Byron (Eine Geschichte von Lord Byron) bezeichnet. Der Name der Hauptfigur Lord Ruthven f hrte zu dieser Verwechslung, weil dieser Name urspr nglich in Caroline Lambs Roman Glenarvon Verwendung fand, der vom selben Herausgeber ver ffentlicht wurde, und darin auch eine Zeichnung von Lord Byron vorhanden war. Lambs Werke wurden damals anonym herausgebracht und so nahm der Coburn-Verlag an, Der Vampyr k nne von Byron stammen. Die Textgrundlage der vorliegenden Ausgabe ist Der Vampyr, erschienen 1819 in deutscher bersetzung bei Leopold Vo , Leipzig. Neuausgabe. Herausgegeben von Theodor Borken. Berlin 2019. Dieses Buch folgt in Rechtschreibung und Zeichensetzung obiger Textgrundlage. Umschlaggestaltung von Thomas Schultz-Overhage unter Verwendung des Bildes: Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Blanzifiore, 1880. Gesetzt aus der Minion Pro, 11 pt. Henricus Edition Deutsche Klassik UG (haftungsbeschr nkt)

John Polidori: Der Vampyr. Die erste Vampirerzählung der Weltliteratur in der deutschen Erstübersetzung von 1819 Lesefreundlicher Gro druck in 16-pt-Schrift Gro format, 210 x 297 mm Berliner Ausgabe, 2021, 2. Auflage Durchgesehener Neusatz bearbeitet und eingerichtet von Theodor Borken Der Vampyr wurde am 1. April 1819 vom Verlag Colburn in der Zeitschrift New Monthly Magazine ohne Polidoris Erlaubnis veröffentlicht. Die Geschichte wurde falsch untertitelt und als A Tale by Lord Byron (Eine Geschichte von Lord Byron) bezeichnet. Der Name der Hauptfigur Lord Ruthven führte zu dieser Verwechslung, weil dieser Name ursprünglich in Caroline Lambs Roman Glenarvon Verwendung fand, der vom selben Herausgeber veröffentlicht wurde, und darin auch eine Zeichnung von Lord Byron vorhanden war. Lambs Werke wurden damals anonym herausgebracht und so nahm der Coburn-Verlag an, Der Vampyr könne von Byron stammen. Die Textgrundlage der vorliegenden Ausgabe ist Der Vampyr, erschienen 1819 in deutscher Übersetzung bei Leopold Vo , Leipzig. Dieses Buch folgt in Rechtschreibung und Zeichensetzung obiger Textgrundlage. Umschlaggestaltung von Thomas Schultz-Overhage unter Verwendung des Bildes: Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Blanzifiore, 1880. Gesetzt aus der Minion Pro, 16 pt. Henricus - Edition Deutsche Klassik GmbH Über den Autor: 1795 als Sohn eines italienischen Wissenschaftlers in London geboren, promoviert John William Polidori im Alter von 19 Jahren mit einer Dissertation über Somnabulismus. Als Leibarzt des Dichters Lord Byron begleitet er diesen auf der legendär gewordenen Reise zum Genfer See 1816. Der unter Depressionen leidende John Polidori häuft eine erdrückende Last von Spielschulden an und scheidet am 24. August 1821 durch die Einnahme von Blausäure in London aus dem Leben.

John Polidori, Lord Byron: Der Vampyr. Die erste Vampirerz hlung der Weltliteratur in der deutschen Erst bersetzung von 1819 Der Vampyr wurde am 1. April 1819 vom Verlag Colburn in der Zeitschrift New Monthly Magazine ohne Polidoris Erlaubnis ver ffentlicht. Die Geschichte wurde falsch untertitelt und als A Tale by Lord Byron (Eine Geschichte von Lord Byron) bezeichnet. Der Name der Hauptfigur Lord Ruthven f hrte zu dieser Verwechslung, weil dieser Name urspr nglich in Caroline Lambs Roman Glenarvon Verwendung fand, der vom selben Herausgeber ver ffentlicht wurde, und darin auch eine Zeichnung von Lord Byron vorhanden war. Lambs Werke wurden damals anonym herausgebracht und so nahm der Coburn-Verlag an, Der Vampyr k nne von Byron stammen. Die Textgrundlage der vorliegenden Ausgabe ist Der Vampyr, erschienen 1819 in deutscher bersetzung bei Leopold Vo , Leipzig. Neuausgabe. Herausgegeben von Karl-Maria Guth. Berlin 2017. Umschlaggestaltung von Thomas Schultz-Overhage unter Verwendung des Bildes: Johann Heinrich F ssli, Nachtmahr, 1781. Gesetzt aus der Minion Pro, 12 pt.

Nineteenth Century Collections Online: European Literature, 1790-1840: The Corvey Collection includes the full-text of more than 9,500 English, French and German titles. The collection is sourced from the remarkable library of Victor Amadeus, whose Castle Corvey collection was one of the most spectacular discoveries of the late 1970s. The Corvey Collection comprises one of the most important collections of Romantic era writing in existence anywhere -- including fiction, short prose, dramatic works, poetry, and more -- with a focus on especially difficult-to-find works by lesser-known, historically neglected writers.

The Corvey library was built during the last half of the 19th century by Victor and his wife Elise, both bibliophiles with varied interests. The collection thus contains everything from novels and short stories to belles lettres and more populist works, and includes many exceedingly rare works not available in any other collection from the period. These invaluable, sometimes previously unknown works are of particular interest to scholars and researchers.

European Literature, 1790-1840: The Corvey Collection includes:

* Novels and Gothic Novels
* Short Stories
* Belles-Lettres
* Short Prose Forms
* Dramatic Works
* Poetry
* Anthologies
* And more

Selected with the guidance of an international team of expert advisors, these primary sources are invaluable for a wide range of academic disciplines and areas of study, providing never before possible research opportunities for one of the most studied historical periods.

Additional Metadata

Primary Id: B0224700
PSM Id: NCCOF0063-C00000-B0224700
DVI Collection Id: NCCOC0062
Bibliographic Id: NCCO002584
Reel: 266
MCODE: 4UVC
Original Publisher: John Warren
Original Publication Year: 1821
Original Publication Place: London
Original Imprint Manufacturer: Printed by R and a. Taylor

Subjects

English poetry -- 19th century.