John William Polidori
The Vampyre: A Tale
Paperback
(Loki's Publishing Feb. 5, 2017)
The Vampyre is a short story by John William Polidori. It is based on a fragment written by Lord Byron in 1816 during a gathering of author friends who, trapped inside due to bad weather, decided to write ghost stories. At the request of a friend, Polidori wrote a complete story from the premise outlined in Byron's fragment. Without either author's prior knowledge, the story was published in the April 1819 issue of New Monthly Magazine as "The Vampyre: A Tale by Lord Byron"; despite immediate protests from both Byron and Polidori, the attribution stuck, for a well-known author such as Byron attracted a much better audience.
- ISBN
- 1636000967 / 9781636000961
- Pages
- 58
- Weight
- 4.0 oz.
- Dimensions
- 5.0 x 0.1 in.
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