Vampyre : A Tale, Paperback by Polidori, John William, Brand New, Free shippi...
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Vampyre : A Tale, Paperback by Polidori, John William, Brand New, Free shippi.... Vampyre : A Tale, Paperback by Polidori, John William, ISBN 1533332657, ISBN-13 9781533332653, Brand New, Free shipping in the US The Vampyre is a short story by John William Polidori. It is based on a fragment written by Lord Byron in 1816 during a gathering of author friends who, trapped inside due to bad weather, decided to write ghost stories. At the request of a friend, Polidori wrote a complete story from the premise outlined in Byron's fragment. Without either author's prior knowledge, the story was published in the April 1819 issue of New Monthly Magazine as "The Vampyre: A Tale by Lord Byron"; despite immediate protests from both Byron and Polidori, the attribution stuck, for a well-known author such as Byron attracted a much better audience. Vampyre : A Tale, Paperback by Polidori, John William, ISBN 1533332657, ISBN-13 9781533332653, Brand New, Free shipping in the US The Vampyre is a short story by John William Polidori. It is based on a fragment written by Lord Byron in 1816 during a gathering of author friends who, trapped inside due to bad weather, decided to write ghost stories. At the request of a friend, Polidori wrote a complete story from the premise outlined in Byron's fragment. Without either author's prior knowledge, the story was published in the April 1819 issue of New Monthly Magazine as "The Vampyre: A Tale by Lord Byron"; despite immediate protests from both Byron and Polidori, the attribution stuck, for a well-known author such as Byron attracted a much better audience.
