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A review by jassmine
The Vampyre by John William Polidori
3.0
I wanted to read this for quite some time, not really as much because of starting the trend of vampires as we know them in Western culture (even though that was an appreciated bonus and a good base to get me to finally start [b:Carmilla|48037|Carmilla|J. Sheridan Le Fanu|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1657795822l/48037._SY75_.jpg|47015]). But no, the reason I truly wanted to read this was because this book shares its origin story with [b:Frankenstein|35031085|Frankenstein The 1818 Text|Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1631088473l/35031085._SY75_.jpg|4836639] and I therefore couldn't dream to skip it.
And surprisingly both of those are really great reason to pick this short book up. Because, I mean vampire is obviously present in the book and it's not weird that this would be an appeal. But another thing is that the vampire is clearly inspired by Lord Byron, so reading the shorty through this lens is absolutely hilarious, especially considering that the book was mistakenly published under Lord Byron's name which adds another layer of utter hilarity.
Not really sure what else I would say about it. I listened to LibriVox recording of the story, which was quite good, but I had to listen to it twice because most of the story kind of slipped by me the first time around (I was tired and my thoughts scattered). Maven of the Eventide also does a read-through the story which is quite fun. I only listened to the first video so far and there she also talks about the story at the beginning which I thought was quite interesting. Also would recommend!
There is a free LibriVox recording of the story here (would recommend!): https://librivox.org/short-ghost-and-horror-collection-011-by-various/
Maven of the Eventide read through: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-erqmCM6sM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ij591CUZsJQ
And surprisingly both of those are really great reason to pick this short book up. Because, I mean vampire is obviously present in the book and it's not weird that this would be an appeal. But another thing is that the vampire is clearly inspired by Lord Byron, so reading the shorty through this lens is absolutely hilarious, especially considering that the book was mistakenly published under Lord Byron's name which adds another layer of utter hilarity.
Not really sure what else I would say about it. I listened to LibriVox recording of the story, which was quite good, but I had to listen to it twice because most of the story kind of slipped by me the first time around (I was tired and my thoughts scattered). Maven of the Eventide also does a read-through the story which is quite fun. I only listened to the first video so far and there she also talks about the story at the beginning which I thought was quite interesting. Also would recommend!
There is a free LibriVox recording of the story here (would recommend!): https://librivox.org/short-ghost-and-horror-collection-011-by-various/
Maven of the Eventide read through: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-erqmCM6sM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ij591CUZsJQ