Varney the vampyre; or, the feast of blood

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Varney the vampyre; or, the feast of blood

by Thomas Peckett Prest, James Malcolm Rymer

EN·~31 hours·97 chapters

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97 total

Transcriber's Note: This book was originally published in "penny dreadful" form. This edition does not include the entire 109 episodes, which were published in three volumes. Authorship has also been ascribed to James Malcolm Rymer.

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VARNEY, THE VAMPYRE: - OR, - THE FEAST OF BLOOD. - A Romance. - "Art thou a spirit of health or goblin damned?" - LONDON: - PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY E. LLOYD, 12, SALISBURY-SQUARE, FLEET-STREET.

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PREFACE

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VARNEY, THE VAMPYRE; - OR - THE FEAST OF BLOOD - A Romance

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CHAPTER I.

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CHAPTER II. - THE ALARM.—THE PISTOL SHOT.—THE PURSUIT AND ITS CONSEQUENCES.

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CHAPTER III. - THE DISAPPEARANCE OF THE BODY.—FLORA'S RECOVERY AND MADNESS.—THE OFFER OF ASSISTANCE FROM SIR FRANCIS VARNEY.

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CHAPTER IV. - THE MORNING.—THE CONSULTATION.—THE FEARFUL SUGGESTION.

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CHAPTER V. - THE NIGHT WATCH.—THE PROPOSAL.—THE MOONLIGHT.—THE FEARFUL ADVENTURE.

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CHAPTER VI. - A GLANCE AT THE BANNERWORTH FAMILY.—THE PROBABLE CONSEQUENCES OF THE MYSTERIOUS APPARITION'S APPEARANCE.

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Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Varney_the_Vampire

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Language

en

Duration

~31 hours (1793K characters)

Publisher of text edition

Project Gutenberg

Credits

Produced by Charles Franks, Debra Storr, Sandra Brown and the PG Online Distributed Proofreading Team.

Release date

2005-01-29

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

About the authors

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Thomas Peckett Prest

1810–1859

Best known for helping bring Sweeney Todd and Varney the Vampire into popular culture, this prolific Victorian writer thrived in the fast, sensational world of penny dreadfuls. His stories helped shape early horror for a mass audience.

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James Malcolm Rymer

d. 1884

Best remembered for helping shape Victorian popular horror, this prolific penny dreadful writer is closely linked with both Varney the Vampire and The String of Pearls, the tale that introduced Sweeney Todd. Much about his life remains uncertain, which only adds to the strange appeal of his career.

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