num_pages: 812
description: After 100 years of neglect, the potboiler Penny Dreadful Varney The Vampire; or, The Feast of Blood returns in this innovative critical edition to entertain a whole new generation of readers. Sold for a penny a chapter on the streets of London in 1845, Varney the Vampire is a milestone of Vampire fiction, yet ignored and overlooked for nearly 100 years, until now! The Critical Edition of Varney the Vampire; or, The Feast of Blood includes: ·	A critical introduction about the Penny Dreadful Press and the lore of the Mid 19th Century Vampire ·	Over 200 notes explaining references, historical information, and corrections to the text ·	A variety of 19th century essays explaining the horrors and dangers of (gasp!) reading Penny Dreadfuls ·	Contemporary critical essays on James Malcolm Rymer and his most famous Penny Dreadfuls: Varney the Vampire and Sweeney Todd ·	Four additional early Penny Dreadfuls detailing insanity, family cannibalism, torture gone wrong, and other bedtime stories ·	A reader's guide ·	Reproductions of the original woodcut illustrations
language: English
title: Varney the Vampire; or, The Feast of Blood
publisher: zittaw press