{"product_id":"the-vampyre","title":"The Vampyre, and Other Tales of Blood","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe aristocratic bloodsucker was born on a lake, in the rain.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOrder this book\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/shop.ingramspark.com\/b\/084?params=xl3uCHGhrb1rjUoFnHQhMNHnOniTwMNykktjTynUlSL\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003ePaperback from IngramSpark →\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/shop.ingramspark.com\/b\/084?params=TA77sFWBBjT7KfOWna2HQhgVKolxh05WFWGadkO1sqZ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eHardcover from IngramSpark →\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eAbout this edition\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJohn Polidori's \u003cem\u003eThe Vampyre\u003c\/em\u003e (1819) was the first vampire tale in English prose, written in the same haunted summer on Lake Geneva that loosed \u003cem\u003eFrankenstein\u003c\/em\u003e upon the world. Its cold, highborn Lord Ruthven is the blueprint for every seductive undead nobleman since.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHis story leads six classics of the undead: Mary Elizabeth Braddon's sinister good lady, Mary Wilkins Freeman's Luella Miller, F. Marion Crawford's \u003cem\u003eFor the Blood Is the Life\u003c\/em\u003e, E. F. Benson's \u003cem\u003eThe Room in the Tower\u003c\/em\u003e, and Bram Stoker's snow-bound \u003cem\u003eDracula's Guest\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSix classic vampire stories in one volume, running from 1819 to 1914. The vampire as the nineteenth century dreamed him: seductive, patient, and thirsty. This Lightbound Library edition gathers them behind an original painting.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eJohn Polidori, Mary Elizabeth Braddon, Mary Wilkins Freeman, F. Marion Crawford, E. F. Benson and Bram Stoker\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSolocosmo Press\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Lightbound Library\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePaperback and hardcover, 6 × 9, 128 pages\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Solocosmo Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50144613826808,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0845\/2433\/5352\/files\/the-vampyre.jpg?v=1786502841","url":"https:\/\/solocosmo.org\/products\/the-vampyre","provider":"solocosmo","version":"1.0","type":"link"}