Title: The Vampyre
First published: 1824
Description: The Vampyre*, a short gothic novel by John William Polidori, was first published in 1819 and is considered the first modern vampire story. The story features Lord Ruthven, a seductive aristocrat with unnatural powers over men and women, and an insatiable thirst for blood. Polidori's innovative portrayal of the vampire as a Byronic figure is said to have set the template for the modern vampire.
Subjects: Fiction, Incest, Vampires, English Horror tales, Classic Literature, Horror, Short Stories, Fiction horror, Fiction ghost, English fiction, Vampire fiction, Fiction, horror, Fiction, gothic, Vampires, fiction
People: George Gordon Byron Byron Baron (1788-1824)