Product Description

It's been more than a hundred and fifty years since Varney, the Vampyre was available in a popular edition. Here he is in all his glory -- Varney, the seminal Vampyre, great-grandfather to Dracula and all his ilk. Volume two: The Flight of the Vampyre.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #2356339 in Books
• Published on: 2003-02-04
• Released on: 2003-02-04
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 292 pages

From the Publisher
It is the sound of feet — on, on they come; far overhead he hears them; they beat the green earth — that sweet, verdant sod, which he may never see again — with an impatient tread. Nearer and nearer still; and now they pause; he listens with all the intensity of one who listens for existence; some one comes; there is a lumbering noise — a hasty footstep; he hears some one laboring for breath — panting like a hunted hare; his door is opened, and there totters in a man, tall and gaunt; he reels like one intoxicated; fatigue has done more than the work of inebriation; he cannot save himself and he sinks exhausted by the side of that lonely prisoner.

The captive raises himself as far as his chains will allow him; he clutches the throat of his enervated visitor.

“Villain, monster, vampyre!” he shrieks, “I have thee now;” and locked in a deadly embrace, they roll upon the damp earth, struggling for life together.

Customer Reviews

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This 19th century novel is an absolute must have for any vampire fan, as well as academics interested in what our vampires say about us.