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The Vampyre 

A Tale 

by

John Polidori

The Vampyre: A Tale

(1819)
A collection of stories by

John Polidori

 

John Polidori's classic tale of the "vampyre" was a product of the same ghost-story competition that produced Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein". Set in Italy, Greece, and London, Polidori's tales is a reaction to the dominating presence of his employer Lord Byron, and transformed the figure of the vampire from the bestial ghoul of earlier mythologies into the glamorous aristocrat whose violence and sexual allure make him literally a "lady-killer". Polidori's tale introduced the vampire into English fiction, and launched a vampire craze that has never subsided. "The Vampyre" was first published in 1819 in the "London New Monthly Magazine". The present volume selects 13 other tales of the macabre first published in the leading London and Dublin magazines between 1819 and 1838, including Edward Bulwer's chilling account of the doppelganger, Letitia Landon's elegant reworking of the Gothic romance, William Carleton's terrifying description of an actual lynching, and James Hogg's ghoulish exploitation of the cholera epidemic of 1831-2.
 
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Hardback Editions

September 2001 : Hardback
Cover of ISBN: 1854772554Title: The Vampyre, The (Revolution & Romanticism, 1789-1834)
Author(s): John William Polidori
ISBN: 1-85477-255-4 / 9781854772558 (UK edition)
Publisher: Woodstock Books
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November 1990 : Hardback
Cover of ISBN: 1854770535Title: The Vampyre, The (Revolution & Romanticism, 1789-1834)
Author(s): John Polidori
ISBN: 1-85477-053-5 / 9781854770530 (UK edition)
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October 1986 : Hardback
Cover of ISBN: 0091678900Title: The Vampyre (Fleshcreepers)
Author(s): John William Polidori
ISBN: 0-09-167890-0 / 978-0-09-167890-6 (UK edition)
Publisher: Hutchinson
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April 1974 : Hardback
Cover of ISBN: 0852632444Title: The Vampyre
Author(s): John William Polidori
ISBN: 0-85263-244-4 / 978-0-85263-244-4 (UK edition)
Publisher: Gubblecote Press
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June 1973 : Hardback
Cover of ISBN: 9997533011Title: The Vampyre
Author(s): John William Polidori
ISBN: 9997533011 / 9789997533012
Publisher: Dover Pubns
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1968 : Hardback
Cover of ISBN: 1131780469Title: The Vampyre
Author(s): John Polidori
ISBN: 1-131-78046-9 / 978-1-131-78046-7
Publisher: GRANT DAHLSTROM, PASADENA, CA
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Paperback Editions

February 2009 : Paperback
Cover of ISBN: 1438510160Title: The Vampyre - A Tale
Author(s): John Polidori
ISBN: 1-4385-1016-0 / 978-1-4385-1016-3
Publisher: Book Jungle
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October 2008 : Paperback
Cover of ISBN: 1438503326Title: The Vampyre A Tale
Author(s): John Polidori
ISBN: 1-4385-0332-6 / 978-1-4385-0332-5
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January 2006 : Paperback
Cover of ISBN: 1846372828Title: The Vampyre; a Tale
Author(s): John Polidori
ISBN: 1-84637-282-8 / 9781846372827 (UK edition)
Publisher: The Echo Library
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September 2001 : Paperback
Cover of ISBN: 1854772562Title: The Vampyre, The (Revolution & Romanticism, 1789-1834)
Author(s): John William Polidori
ISBN: 1-85477-256-2 / 9781854772565 (UK edition)
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March 1999 : Paperback
Cover of ISBN: 1860920357Title: The Vampyre (Travelman Suspense)
Author(s): John William Polidori
ISBN: 1-86092-035-7 / 9781860920356 (UK edition)
Publisher: Travelman Publishing
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July 1998 : Paperback
Cover of ISBN: 0192838946Title: The Vampyre and Other Tales of the Macabre
Author(s): John Polidori
ISBN: 0-19-283894-6 / 978-0-19-283894-0 (UK edition)
Publisher: Oxford Paperbacks
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October 1991 : Paperback
Cover of ISBN: 1874100012Title: Vampyre, The
Author(s): John William Polidori
ISBN: 1-874100-01-2 / 9781874100010 (UK edition)
Publisher: Gothic Society at the Gargoyle's Head P.
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September 1988 : Paperback
Cover of ISBN: 0812040708Title: The Vampyre (Fleshcreepers)
Author(s): David Campton, John William Polidori
ISBN: 0-8120-4070-8 / 978-0-8120-4070-8 (USA edition)
Publisher: Barrons Educational Series Inc
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October 1986 : Paperback
Cover of ISBN: 0099497204Title: The Vampyre (Fleshcreepers)
Author(s): John Polidori
ISBN: 0-09-949720-4 / 978-0-09-949720-2 (UK edition)
Publisher: Random House New Zealand Ltd
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January 2009 : Digital Download
Cover of ISBN: B002FBY0AITitle: The vampyre: a tale
Author(s): John William, Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron, Mitford, John Polidori
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April 2009 : Kindle edition
Cover of ISBN: B0024NLMXATitle: The Vampyre: A Tale
Author(s): John Polidori
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April 2009 : Kindle edition
Cover of ISBN: B0027FFEPWTitle: THE VAMPYRE
Author(s): John Polidori
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December 2008 : Kindle edition
Cover of ISBN: B001OC6RNCTitle: The Vampyre
Author(s): John Polidori
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July 2004 : Kindle edition
Cover of ISBN: B000FC26FUTitle: The Vampyre: A Tale
Author(s): John William Polidori
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July 2004 : Kindle edition
Cover of ISBN: B000JQUHIATitle: The Vampyre; a Tale
Author(s): John William, 1795-1821 Polidori
Publisher: Public Domain Books
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October 2003 : Unknown
Cover of ISBN: 1844810216Title: The Vampyre
Author(s): John Polidori
ISBN: 1-84481-021-6 / 9781844810215 (UK edition)
Publisher: Cool Publications
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October 2003 : Unknown
Cover of ISBN: 1844810232Title: The Vampyre
Author(s): John Polidori
ISBN: 1-84481-023-2 / 9781844810239 (UK edition)
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