A comprehensive anthology of the best vampire stories from the Victorian era by the greatest writers of the time. This chronologically arranged collection ranges from John Polidori’s novella The Vampyre which features the first male aristocratic vampire, based on Lord Byron, and culminates several decades later with Bram Stoker’s infamous Count Dracula. Included are the best known vampire stories from writers as diverse as Lord Byron, E.T.A. Hoffmann, Théophile Gautier, Edgar Allan Poe, Sheridan Le Fanu, Fitz James O’Brien, Robert Louis Stevenson, Guy de Maupassant, Rudyard Kipling and M.R. James. Classic Vampire Stories is the definitive anthology of short stories based on those notorious bloodsuckers and presents a varied genre of writing, providing elements of gothic horror, myth and eroticism.
