Vikram and the Vampire: Classic Hindu Tales of Adventure, Magic, and Romance

Edited by his Wife Isabel Burton

PREFACE

PREFACE TO THE FIRST (1870) EDITION.

INTRODUCTION

THE VAMPIRE’S FIRST STORY — In which a man deceives a woman.

THE VAMPIRE’S SECOND STORY — Of the Relative Villany of Men and Women.

THE VAMPIRE’S THIRD STORY — Of a High-minded Family.

THE VAMPIRE’S FOURTH STORY — Of A Woman Who Told The Truth.

THE VAMPIRE’S FIFTH STORY — Of the Thief Who Laughed and Wept.

THE VAMPIRE’S SIXTH STORY — In Which Three Men Dispute about a Woman.