Saturday, February 21, 2009

The girl has swooned, and the vampyre is at his hideous repast!

Every so often, I make an attempt to read the whole of Varney The Vampire. I generally stall out round about the end of the first volume, and I think that I might end up doing the same thing again soon (both attempt and fail).

One thing I can say from my half experience with it is that I'm always delighted with the first chapter. It's completely lurid and overblown, but good heavens, it's fun.
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  1. Anonymous2/22/2009 04:16:00 PM

    Hi- Keep plugging away at Varney! The last 1/3 is a blast! I wrote the new Critical edition of Varney published by Zittaw Press- I include a "reader's guide" in the book, it may ease your journey through the middle chapters (which are L-O-N-G)...along w/ a pretty hefty introduction about Penny Dreadfuls and Varney- The book is worth the read...
    Best wishes-
    Curt Herr

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