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The Vampyre by John Polidori | full audiobook
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2 жыл бұрынThis week, still in the Halloween spirit, we bring you what is widely regarded as the first modern vampire Tale, a short story called 'The Vampyre' by John Polidori. It is notable as the second most famous piece of literature to come out of the legendary ghost story competition held between Byron and Shelley and their friends over a wet weekend on the shores of Lake Geneva. That contest gave us 'Frankenstein' as well as this, the first story to fuse together various and disparate folk tales of the vampyre and the undead, and give us a modern narrative that would go on to inspire Bram Stoker and a host of other gothic horror writers.
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@eri7-11 11 ай бұрын
Polidori’s wrote this short story The Vampyre, forerunner of Bram Stoker’s Dracula, while in Geneva Switzerland.
@mastersadvocate Жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for this gothic vampyre story! I did not know if the book still existed! You have a lovely voice, Robert! Cheers! ~Janet in Canada
@jakeserb8547 2 жыл бұрын
It's been 2 months since your last post, are you still doing these? Please continue Robert! Appreciate You!
@mauralee9987 2 жыл бұрын
This was a fabulous story! Thank you Robert!
@itzakpoelzig330 Жыл бұрын
Wonderful, thank you for providing this! I was recently reminded of the movie Haunted Summer (1988), which is about the "wet weekend" when this story and Frankenstein were conceived, and I thought I'd seek this story out and see how it holds up. I only wish it was longer! Or that Polidori had written more stories. (P.S. When you keep calling Aubrey "lie", is that a typo in your book for "he"? I see that particular transposition a lot in books that have been machine-transcripted from older documents and never subjected to a human proofreader, which many print on demand services do. Another common typo of the sort is "me" to "nie." It's part of my job to find these things, so that's why it caught my attention.)
@laughingvampire7555 Жыл бұрын
Byron's story wasn't about vampires, Polidori added that
@justonefyx 11 ай бұрын
Byron's story wasn't finished, had it continued, it would be revealed that Augustus Darvell is really a vampire. Or so the legend goes.
@hattn 6 ай бұрын
This is such a weird truth. Byrons story has a stork (birth) bringing his prey, a snake (the vampire) without eating it. It’s blatant imagery.
@scottyb8392 2 жыл бұрын
Great Voiceover. Love this story.
@jakeserb8547 2 жыл бұрын
It's been over a month! Please come out with some new content & stories! Appreciate You Robert!
@TheWellToldTale 2 жыл бұрын
Coming soon ...
@jakeserb8547 2 жыл бұрын
@@TheWellToldTale You weren't lying, LoL, that was soon. Thanks Robert!
@Kazmation 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you, Robert! Love the channel!
@tcl5853 2 жыл бұрын
Outstanding! Thank you!
@tcl5853 2 жыл бұрын
Outstanding narration!
@plixypl0x 2 жыл бұрын
Quite a terrifying story.
@lowspark68 Жыл бұрын
A wonderful and and important story wonderfully well read.
@user-ze2sf8mx5c 10 ай бұрын
Thank you for sharing the story!❤️
@Raewoo333 2 жыл бұрын
EDGAR ALLEN POE STORIES PLEASE!!!
@Raewoo333 2 жыл бұрын
Your Dorian Gray drew me in. Xo you are phenomenal
@samanthawall2748 Жыл бұрын
Great narration to a killer story.
@jakeserb8547 2 жыл бұрын
C'mon Robert you can't ce done?! Please keep em coming!
@5725Hurley 7 ай бұрын
Thanks!
@TheWellToldTale 7 ай бұрын
Thank you!
@Cthulhuismyhero 6 ай бұрын
Just came across your channel and love your style! The story is awesome but it has a lot of words and phrases that are no longer used so it's hard to understand exactly what he's trying to convey. I can almost always suss out the gist usually but not this time. 😊
@simranpatell-qh2nc Жыл бұрын
k jhon bolidori still alive
@lexwithbub Жыл бұрын
Please tell me you're the same Robert that does In Deep Geek? If not you're voice twins!
@IanMcFerran 2 жыл бұрын
Overly descriptive with needless details. 👎
@Raewoo333 2 жыл бұрын
You have a lot of time on your hands for someone who adds 0 to the conversation
@Raewoo333 2 жыл бұрын
👎🏽
@IanMcFerran 2 жыл бұрын
@@Raewoo333 so do you - you wrote more than I did. 🤣
@kzkaa. Жыл бұрын
@@IanMcFerran this is written a long time ago(1819, in fact) where the styling used in the story is considered normal. So cut it some slack, all right?
@IanMcFerran Жыл бұрын
@@kzkaa. No.
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