In this gripping Gothic drama of the 1840s, the bloodthirsty title character repeatedly dies but is reborn and forced to renew his relentless search for victims. Volume 2 of 2.
Rymer & Prest, an act many family members never forgave, this is the first time the true story of Sir Francis Varney and the Vampire Bloodline has ever been told.
This new edition of Varney the Vampire* is laid out properly like the original 1840s booklets, with the original woodcut illustrations, but freshly typeset in big, readable, modern type. Volume 2 of a 2-volume set, including Parts 2-11.
Varney the Vampire is a classic of the genre, and many of the elements of classic vampire lore originated in this sprawling, deliciously pulpy tale.
Varney The Vampire
This new edition of Varney the Vampire* is laid out properly like the original 1840s booklets, with the original woodcut illustrations, but freshly typeset in big, readable, modern type.
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The Ultimate Collection of Vampire Facts and Fiction From Vlad the Impaler to Barnabas Collins to Edward Cullen to Dracula and Bill Compton, renowned religion expert and fearless vampire authority J. Gordon Melton, PhD takes the reader on a ...
What is a vampire to do? Sir Francis Varney has needs, just like he did back when he was human. He needs a good house. He needs money to pay servants and to buy the props of humanity. He needs a good wife. But most of all, he needs blood.
The unprecedented success of the romance of "Varney the Vampyre," leaves the Author but little to say further, than that he accepts that success and its results as gratefully as it is possible for any one to do popular favours.
This book investigates the relationship between the fascinating and misunderstood penny blood, early Victorian popular fiction for the working class, and Victorian anatomy.