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

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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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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

A driving force behind the penny dreadful boom, this prolific Victorian writer helped give popular fiction two of its most enduring nightmares: Sweeney Todd and Varney the Vampire. His work was fast, sensational, and hugely influential in shaping early mass-market horror.

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James Malcolm Rymer

d. 1884

A hugely influential writer of Victorian popular fiction, he is closely linked with two of the era’s most enduring horror creations: Varney the Vampire and Sweeney Todd. His fast-paced serial stories helped define the penny dreadful at its wildest and most entertaining.

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