num_pages: 116
description: The weather went from being beautiful to tempestuous: torrential thunderstorms plagued the Shelleys, Byron and Polidori. The weather -- along with the company and the eerie ambiance of the locale -- contributed to the genesis of Frankenstein, Polidori's "The Vampyre" and in all likelihood, modern weird fiction. On the night of June 16th, the group read aloud a collection of German ghost stories, The Fantasmagoriana. This inspired Byron to challenge the group to write a ghost story. Shelley wrote an forgettable story; Byron wrote a story fragment; and Polidori began the "The Vampyre", the first modern vampire tale.
language: English
title: Polidori's Vampyre
titlecomplete: Polidori's Vampyre
characters: Robert Sutton, Pierre Magnin, Aubrey (The Vampyre), Martin Detaille, Lord Ruthven, Ianthe, Marcello Souvestre
genres: Audiobook, Classics, Gothic, 19th Century, Fiction, Horror, Short Stories, Fantasy, Vampires, Paranormal
ratings_count: 10997
places: London, England, Greece, Italy, United Kingdom, England, Lazio, Rome
publisher: Borgo Pr