Varney, the Vampyre Vol. 1
Author: first_name: Thomas Peckett
last_name: Prest
Language: English
Year: 1859

This is volume 1 of 3. <br><br> Originally published as a penny dreadful from 1845 until 1847, when it first appeared in book form, <i>Varney the Vampyre</i> is a forerunner to vampire stories such as <i>Dracula</i>, which it heavily influenced.<br /><br />Flora Bannersworth is attacked in her own room in the middle of the night, and although her attacker is seemingly shot dead, the body is nowhere to be found. The discovery of two small bite marks on Flora's neck leads Mr Marchdale, an old frie