The Vampyre by John Polidori
A triptych of vampire stories to make your blood run cold, in a Little Black Classics edition
‘Twilight, in these southern climates, is almost unknown; immediately the sun sets, night begins’
Danger lurks in the dead of night. Written during the infamous gathering that also produced Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, John Polidori’s short story ‘The Vampyre’ travels across countries, twists and turns through treacherous forests, and reveals the perils of staying out after dark. It is accompanied here by two other classic tales of the vampire genre, by Karl Adolf von Waschmann and Bram Stroker.
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White Nights
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The Communist Manifesto
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Letters to a Young Poet
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The Death of Ivan Ilyich
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Only Dull People Are Brilliant at Breakfast
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The Yellow Wall-Paper
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How Much Land Does A Man Need?
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The Meek One
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Aphorisms on Love and Hate
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Why I Am so Clever
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Socrates' Defence
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The Life of a Stupid Man
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The Dhammapada
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Antigone
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Flush
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The Book of Tea
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The Fall of Icarus
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Come Close
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The Nose
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Matilda
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Lord Arthur Savile's Crime
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A Nervous Breakdown
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My Life Had Stood a Loaded Gun
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Goblin Market
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Lady Susan
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The Beautifull Cassandra
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On the Beach at Night Alone
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A Modest Proposal
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A Terrible Beauty Is Born
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Love That Moves the Sun and Other Stars
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How to Use Your Enemies
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The Night is Darkening Round Me
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A Cup of Sake Beneath the Cherry Trees
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The Suffragettes
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Circe and the Cyclops
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Tyger, Tyger
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Gooseberries
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Femme Fatale
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Oroonoko
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Circles of Hell
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The Nightingales are Drunk
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How To Be a Medieval Woman
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As Kingfishers Catch Fire
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On Murder Considered as One of the Fine Arts
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The Body Politic
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How We Weep and Laugh at the Same Thing
John Polidori (1975-1821) was a British writer and physician. Polidori accompanied Byron on his travels and attended the notorious holiday to Lake Geneva in the summer of 1816. It was during this scandalous getaway that he met the Shelleys and began work on The Vampyre, a story which later influenced Bram Stoker's Dracula. Polidori died when he was only twenty-five, but to this day he is considered to be the father of the modern vampire story.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780241776254 |
| ISBN 10 | 0241776252 |
| Title | The Vampyre |
| Author | John Polidori |
| Series | Penguin Little Black Classics |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Year published | 2025-09-04 |
| Number of pages | 128 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |