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The Vampyre, Also Featuring: The Vampire; or, The Bride of the Isles
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RomanceClassic FictionGeneral Fiction
Publisher Price: $12.99
ISBN13: 9781965179468
Publisher: Nrm Books
Published: Aug 8 2025
Pages: 124
Weight: 0.21
Height: 0.26 Width: 4.25 Depth: 7.00
Language: English
The Vampyre (1819) follows a young Englishman, Aubrey, who becomes enchanted by the mysterious Lord Ruthven. As they travel through Europe, Aubrey witnesses Ruthven's destructive influence and uncovers unsettling truths. After Ruthven disappears and Ianthe, a woman who Aubrey loves, dies under suspicious circumstances. Bound by an oath not to reveal Ruthven's secrets, Aubrey is horrified when Ruthven reappears in London under a new identity and begins courting Aubrey's sister. Aubrey watches helplessly as Ruthven prepares to claim his next victim.
The Vampire; or, The Bride of the Isles (1820) is a Gothic melodrama set in the Scottish Isles, where Lady Margaret is haunted by a prophetic vision of her own death at the hands of a vampire. As the story unfolds, themes of supernatural dread, romantic peril, and eerie prophecy converge in a theatrical spectacle that helped popularize the vampire as a refined and seductive antagonist on the English stage.
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