Varney the Vampire; or, The Feast of Blood by James Malcolm Rymer

Varney, the vampyre Varma, Devendra P., 1923- editor Boxid IA1898812 Camera Sony Alpha-A6300 (Control) Collection_set printdisabled External-identifier

Varney, the vampyre Rymer, James Malcolm, approximately 1814-1884. Reprint of the 1847 ed., with new prefatory material added, published under title: Varney, the vampyreĪccess-restricted-item true Addeddate 06:46:44 Associated-names Prest, Thomas Peckett.

Variously attributed to Thomas Peckett Prest, or James Malcolm Rymer. Varney's adventures also occur in various locations including London, Bath, Winchester, Naples and Venice While ostensibly set in the early eighteenth century, there are references to the Napoleonic Wars and other indicators that the story is contemporary to the time of its writing in the mid-nineteenth century. It was the first story to refer to sharpened teeth for a vampire, noting 'With a plunge he seizes her neck in his fang-like teeth.' The story has a confused setting. It is the tale of the vampire Sir Francis Varney, and introduced many of the tropes present in vampire fiction recognizable to modern audiences. The author was paid by the typeset line so when the story was published in book form in 1847, it was of epic length: the original edition ran to 876 double-columned pages and 232 chapters. It first appeared in 1845-1847 as a series of weekly cheap pamphlets of the kind then known as 'penny dreadfuls'. Varney the Vampire or, the Feast of Blood is a Victorian era serialized gothic horror story variously attributed to James Malcolm Rymer and Thomas Peckett Prest.

Varney the Vampire; or, The Feast of Blood by James Malcolm Rymer