The Vampyre
by John William Polidori
horror
copyright 1819
read in August 2022
rated 7/10: well worth reading
As a story is is rated six: read to pass the time
For its place as the very first modern vampire story it's worth the seven.
As "horror" -- yes... it is rather nasty. Everyone good was doomed. The nice people were fated to lose. I did not enjoy the story -- but I did appreciate its place in literary history. The book came out of the same wet weekend that inspired Frankenstein.
It's supposed to be a "short story". It's certainly not a novel. Perhaps a novella. Forget that... It's the original vampire story.
Dr Nick Lethbridge / Consulting Dexitroboper
... Agamedes Consulting / Problems ? Solved
===If you're not a part of the solution, then you're part of the vast majority. (Alfred E. Neuman)
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