Prest, Thomas Peckett,  1810-1859 <br/><br/>
Varney the vampyre; or, the feast of blood 

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<br/><br/> Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Varney_the_Vampire  Variously attributed to Thomas Peckett Prest, or James Malcolm Rymer. Cf. Boase, F. Modern English biography.  Release date is 2005-01-29 
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<br/><br/> "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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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Index Terms: </label>Horror tales Gothic fiction Vampires -- Fiction Penny dreadfuls 
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