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Varney the Vampire

by Prest Thomas Preskett

Literature & Fiction » Genre Fiction » Horror

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"Varney the Vampire" is the definitive story which sets the row of Vampire novels to be written including famous "Dracula". This tale written in 1940 was originally released as a "Penny Dreadful". This book contains the 1840's lurid illustrations. It also has a wonderful preface where it goes about a study of the Vampire myth from its roots in Indian mythology to its later incarnation in Europe. The writing style of "Varney the Vampire" is different from the style that modern books are written in style, and the type fonts is, at times, difficult to read for our modern eyes but keep an open mind - the story of Varney, the antihero vampire, is worth the time spent.

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...Henry. Mr. Marchdale levelled the pistol--he took a sure and deliberate aim, and then, just as the figure seemed to be struggling to its feet, hefired, and, with a sudden bound, it fell again. "You have hit it, " said Henry. "You have indeed, " exclaimed the doctor. "I think we can go now. ""Hush!" said Marchdale--"Hush! Does it not seem to you that, hit it asoften as you will, the moonbeams will recover it?""Yes--yes, " said Henry, "they will--they will. ""I can endure this no longer, " said Mr. Chillingworth, as he sprung fromthe wall. "Follow me or not, as you please, I will seek the spot wherethis being lies. ""Oh, be not rash, " cried Marchdale. "See, it rises again, and its formlooks gigantic. ""I trust in Heaven and a righteous cause, " said the doctor, as he drewthe sword he had spoken of from the stick, and threw away the scabbard. "Come with me if you like, or I go alone. "Henry at once jumped down from the wall, and then Marchdale followedhim, saying, --"Come on; I will not...