John William Polidori

John William Polidori was born on 7th September 1795, in London, to Gaetano Polidori. In 1816 Dr Polidori was given the job of Byron’s personal physician and accompanied him on a trip through Europe....

Aubrey, an orphaned young gentleman in possession of a large fortune, arrives in London for the season where he meets the mysterious Lord Ruthven....

The Vampyre by John Polidori, narrated by Declan McHugh, is one of the earliest and most influential vampire tales in literary history. This dark and atmospheric story follows the mysterious and sinister Lord Ruthven, an aristocratic figure whose charm hides a terrifying secret.

Throughout the long centuries of human history is the want, and the need, to share information, to exchange ideas and for that knowledge and experience, for curiosity and learning, to be the basis of a civil society.

In this volume your flesh may creep and crawl a little bit as our classic authors delve into the world of vampires. Some stories you may be familiar with but for most these will be new and unsettling experiences.

Noted as one of the first pieces of literature to feature vampirism effectively, The Vampyre follows the adventures of a wealthy young man named Aubrey who befriends a mysterious, suave nobleman named Lord Ruthven. As Aubrey begins to realize just how dangerous Lord Ruthven is, he discovers that...

El vampiro (en inglés: The Vampyre) es un relato escrito por John William Polidori, el creador del género del vampiro romántico.​ Lo escribió en la ciudad...

Experience the chilling tale that birthed the modern vampire genre! The Vampyre by John Polidori is a haunting gothic audiobook that follows the enigmatic Lord Ruthven, a mysterious nobleman with a dark secret.

A young English gentleman of means, Aubrey is immediately intrigued by Lord Ruthven, the mysterious newcomer among society’s elite. His unknown origin and behavior tantalizes Aubrey’s imagination. But the young man soon discovers a sinister character hidden behind his friend’s glamorous facade....

Am Lagerfeuer oder in der kalten Winternacht wurden sie früher erzählt: Gruselgeschichten, von Generation zu Generation weitergetragen. Ein eigenes ...

In June of 1816, while on a journey with Lord Byron (for whom he was serving as personal physician), John William Polidori found himself in Lake Geneva in the company of a teenage Mary Wollstonecraft, her future husband Percy Bysshe Shelley and Mary's stepsister, Claire Clairmont.

John William Polidori was an English physician and an associate of Byron and Shelley. On a tour with the two poets and Mary Godwin (later Shelley), Polidori participated in a competition to write a short ghost story. Polidori's contribution was The Vampyre....

Schauer, Spannung und Schwarze Romantik: 10 Meisterwerke des Genres. Mit dabei: In der Gruft (H.P. Lovecraft), Dr. Jekyll und Mr. Hyde (R.L. Stevenson), Die schwarze Spinne (J. Gotthelf), In der Tiefe des Maelstroms (E. A. Poe), Die Legende von Sleepy Hollow (W. Irving), Die Affenpfote...