The Vampyre by John Polidori | Short Story Tuesday

Today I'm talking about one of the first fictional vampire stories. Polidori writes about a young British gentleman named Aubrey who runs into a mysterious and magnetic figure named Lord Ruthven. Ruthven seemingly dies during their trip across Europe, but Aubrey is disturbed when he learns the truth about him. I like how Polidori introduces ideas that would go on to become staples in vampire literature as well as adds to the canon of gothic literature. A story worth checking out!

Timestamps
0:00 Intro
2:58 Summary
7:57 Analysis

Intro music is Tocata & fugue in D minor. Mysterious voice is Angelica Bartorelli.

[canyontheman]

Thank you for the summary, I struggled with reading this because of the old language but this helped me understand it more

[mistipatten]

Thank you for your unique interpretation!

[mandybuffington]

awesome analysis! appreciate your commentary, keep it up!

[davidsbookreviews]

I recently finished Dracula and I was sort of let down, but I did appreciate it. I'm currently reading Carmilla and I finding it interesting and in the some book, is this story, The Vampyre. It sounds cool.

[saltyk]

Been wanting to get a hold of a copy of this for a while. Building a gothic classics collection. Of this, "Carmilla" and "Dracula, " which would you say is your favorite?