The Vampyre and Other Tales of the Macabre

John Polidori's classic tale The Vampyre (1819), was a product of the same ghost-story competition that produced Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. The present volume selects thirteen other tales of mystery and the macabre, including the works of James Hogg, J.S. LeFanu, Letitia Landon, Edward Bulwer, and William Carelton. The introduction surveys the genesis and influence of The Vampyre and its central themes and techniques, while the Appendices contain material closely associated with its composition and publication, including Lord Byron's prose fragment Augustus Darvell. JOHN POLIDORI - The Vampyre HORACE SMITH - Sir Guy Eveling's Dream WILLIAM CARLETON - Confessions of a Reformed Ribbonman EDWARD BULWER - Monos and Daimonos ALLAN CUNNINGHAM - The Master of Logan ANONYMOUS - The Victim JAMES HOGG - Some Terrible Letters from Scotland ANONYMOUS - The Curse ANONYMOUS - Life in Death N. P. WILLIS - My Hobby,--Rather CATHERINE GORE - The Red Man CHARLES LEVER - Post-Mortem Recollections of a Medical Lecturer LETITIA E. LANDON - The Bride of Lindorf JOSEPH SHERIDAN LE FANU - Passage in the Secret History of an Irish Contess