Varney the vampyre; or, the feast of blood by Prest and Rymer
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"Varney the Vampire; Or, the Feast of Blood" by Prest and Rymer is a serialized gothic horror story published between 1845-1847. This sprawling penny dreadful follows the vampire Sir Francis Varney as he terrorizes the impoverished Bannerworth family. The tale introduced many vampire tropes now familiar to modern audiences: fangs, puncture wounds, superhuman strength, and hypnotic powers. Varney emerges as literature's first sympathetic vampire—a tortured figure who loathes his cursed condition yet
cannot escape it. Through its epic 232 chapters, the story blends horror with tragedy as Varney seeks redemption. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Prest, Thomas Peckett, 1810-1859 |
|---|---|
| Author | Rymer, James Malcolm, 1814?-1884 |
| Title | Varney the vampyre; or, the feast of blood |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Varney_the_Vampire |
| Note | Variously attributed to Thomas Peckett Prest, or James Malcolm Rymer. Cf. Boase, F. Modern English biography. |
| Credits |
Produced by Charles Franks, Debra Storr, Sandra Brown and the PG Online Distributed Proofreading Team. Major update and missing content added 2026, Robert Tonsing. |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 76.6 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PR: Language and Literatures: English literature |
| Subject | Horror tales |
| Subject | Gothic fiction |
| Subject | Vampires -- Fiction |
| Subject | Penny dreadfuls |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 14833 |
| ISBN (HTML) | 979-8-238-14833-5 |
| Release Date | Jan 29, 2005 |
| Last Update | Jun 17, 2026 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 3716 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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