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The Vampyre

A Tale

by John William Polidori & John Polidori

  • First published:
  • 19th century
  • Languages: English, French, Italian, Spanish
  • Content type: Fiction
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Description

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The Vampyre*, a short gothic novel by John William Polidori, was first published in 1819 and is considered the first modern vampire story. The story features Lord Ruthven, a seductive aristocrat with unnatural powers over men and women, and an insatiable thirst for blood. Polidori's innovative portrayal of the vampire as a Byronic figure is said to have set the template for the modern vampire.

Provenance

Why this book is in the catalog

Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Legendary beings and transformations and Occultism and esotericism.

  • Occultism and esotericism

    Controlled discovery queries from global-grey matched “Horror and Occult”. Retained metadata contains “occult” in the subject metadata.

    • “Horror and Occult”· via Global Grey ebooks
    • “occult”· in subject
  • Legendary beings and transformations

    Controlled discovery queries from openlibrary and wikisource matched “Vampires”. Retained metadata contains “Vampires” in the subject metadata.

    • “Vampires”· via Open Library
    • “Vampires”· via English Wikisource
    • “Vampires”· in subject

Membership records how this book met the catalog’s discovery criteria — relevance to a tradition, not a judgment of the book’s claims.

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Editions

Open Library reports 149 editions; 3 cataloged here.

Global Grey ebook edition (available formats vary by title)

—Global Grey ebooksEnglish—Public download

The Vampire

2024Standard EbooksEnglish—Public

A Tale

English Wikisource transcription linked to Wikidata

1819—English—Public reader

Subjects

18 subject headings

Identifiers & provenance

How this record was assembled, and the authority identifiers it carries.

Identifiers

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  • 1779484
Global Grey
  • vampyre-a-tale
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Cataloging notes

  • Open Library reports 149 editions; this snapshot catalogs one representative edition and preserves work-level ISBN, date, and publisher aggregates.
  • Wikidata edition/translation work relation followed for author, date, language, subject, and identifier enrichment.
  • Wikidata instance type: literary work; version, edition or translation
  • Wikidata item description: 1819 first edition, as book
Catalog id
openlibrary-work:OL3625242W
Edition coverage
Multi source partial
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