James Malcolm Rymer

Varney the Vampire (eBook, PDF)

The Feast of Blood

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

The modern-day vampire story has its roots in an unlikely source: cheap paper pamphlets that were sold on street corners in Victorian England. Called "e;penny dreadfuls,"e; these pamphlets strung out sensationalized tales over dozens - and sometimes even hundreds - of episodes. Varney the Vampire is a classic of the genre, and many of the elements of classic vampire lore originated in this sprawling, deliciously pulpy tale.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: The Floating Press
• Seitenzahl: 1236
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juni 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781775459842
• Artikelnr.: 56801608

Autorenporträt

James Malcolm Rymer (1814-1884) was a British writer of penny dreadfuls, a cheap form of literature popular in the nineteenth century. Born in London, he is best known for his collaborations with Thomas Peckett Prest, coauthoring Varney the Vampire (1847) and The String of Pearls (1847), a novel also known as Sweeney Todd: The Barber of Fleet Street. Of Scottish descent, Rymer wrote over one hundred novels throughout his career for London publisher Edward Lloyd.