The Penguin Book of Vampire Stories Two Centuries of Great Stories With a Bite // The Photos in this listing are of the book that is offered for sale

Ryan, Alan (editor) Bram Stoker, J. Sheridan Le Fanu, Algernon Blackwood, M. R. James, Clark Ashton Smith, Manly Wade Wellman, August Derleth, Fritz Leiber, Richard Matheson, Charles Beaumont, Robert Bloch, Robert Aickman, Ramsey Campbell, et a

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ISBN 10: 0140109870 ISBN 13: 9780140109870

Published by Penguin Books, London, 1988

Language: English

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This copy has been inscribed and signed and dated by the editor [Alan Ryan] on the title page. Collects 32 stories in 621 pages. VG copy [spine cocked/curved, creasing and a scratch to the upper right corner of the front cover, text paper tanned as usual clphE.

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The Penguin Book of Vampire Stories Two Centuries of Great Stories With a Bite // The Photos in this listing are of the book that is offered for sale

Publisher

Penguin Books, London

Publication Date

1988

Language

English

ISBN 10

0140109870

ISBN 13

9780140109870

Binding

Paperback

Edition

First Edition Thus.

Condition

Very Good

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Thematic collection of fiction inspired by the vampire legend, by (mostly) British and American authors and spanning the 19th and 20th centuries. Altogether, two novellas, two novel excerpts (and one unfinished fragment of a novel), and 26 short stories are included. This collection was originally published (by Doubleday) as Vampires: Two Centuries of Great Vampire Stories.

CONTENTS
Introduction by Alan Ryan

Fragment of a Novel (1816)
George Gordon, Lord Byron

The Vampyre (1819)
John Polidori

Varney the Vampyre, or, the Feast of Blood (excerpt) (1845)
James Malcolm Rymer

The Mysterious Stranger (1860)
Anonymous

Carmilla (1872)
J. Sheridan Le Fanu

Good Lady Ducayne (1896)
Mary Elizabeth Braddon

Dracula's Guest (1897)
Bram Stoker

Luella Miller (1903)
Mary E. Wilkins-Freeman

For the Blood Is the Life (1911)
F. Marion Crawford

The Transfer (1912)
Algernon Blackwood

The Room in the Tower (1912)
E. F. Benson

An Episode of Cathedral History (1919)
M. R. James

A Rendezvous in Averoigne (1931)
Clark Ashton Smith

Shambleau (1933)
C. L. Moore

Revelations in Black (1933)
Carl Jacobi

School for the Unspeakable (1937)
Manly Wade Wellman

The Drifting Snow (1939)
August Derleth

Over the River (1941)
P. Schuyler Miller

The Girl with the Hungry Eyes (1949)
Fritz Leiber

The Mindworm (1950)
C. M. Kornbluth

Drink My Blood (1951)
Richard Matheson

Place of Meeting (1953)
Charles Beaumont

The Living Dead (1967)
Robert Bloch

Pages from a Young Girl's Journal (1975)
Robert Aickman

The Werewolf and the Vampire (1975)
R. Chetwynd-Hayes

Love-Starved (1979)
Charles L. Grant

Cabin 33 (1980)
Chelsea Quinn Yarbro

Unicorn Tapestry (1980)
Suzy McKee Charnas

Following the Way (1982)
Alan Ryan

The Sunshine Club (1983)
Ramsey Campbell

The Men & Women of Rivendale (1984)
Steve Rasnic Tem

Bite-Me-Not or, Fleur De Feu (1984)
Tanith Lee

Appendix I: Vampire Novels Appendix II: Vampire Movies

About the Author

Alan Ryan has served as a judge for the Film Fantasy Awards and is a member of the National Book Critics Circle. He regularly contributes to The Washington Post, USA Today, The Smithsonian, and Travel and Leisure, among other publications.

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