VAMPYRE, THE -

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Résumé :
Going to parties and balls of the London nobility, a rich young man, Aubrey, meets a mysterious man: Lord Ruthven, by whom he is fascinated. Eventually, the young man discovers that the Lord hides some danger... When Aubrey goes to Greece, he meets Ianthe, a young woman that tells him supernatural stories and tells him about vampires. Aubrey can't stop thinking about it... The Vampyre is a mystery and adventure book that invites you to reflect on fear, superstitions and the fragility of the human mind....

Sommaire:
John William Polidori (1795-1821) naci? en Londres. Fue m?dico y escritor. El verano de 1816 era el m?dico personal de Lord Byron, y lo acompa?? a pasar unos d?as con unos amigos, entre ellos, Mary Shelley y Percy Shelley. Aquellos d?as escribi? El vampiro. En 1818, public? un ensayo, un volumen de poemas, Ximenes, y una novela, Ernestus Berchtold. En 1819, se public? El vampiro como si fuera de Lord Byron, y aunque Polidori reclam?, la confusi?n ya se hab?a extendido. A los 25 a?os, John William Polidori se suicid?....