1819 title page, Sherwood, Neely, and Jones, London.AuthorCountryEnglandLanguageEnglishGenre(s)Publication typePublisher; London: H. Colburn, 1814–1820. 63.Media typePrint ( and )Publication date1 April 1819' The Vampyre' is a short work of prose fiction written in 1816 by as part of a contest between Polidori, Mary Shelley, Lord Byron, and Percy Shelley. The same contest produced the novel Frankenstein.
The Vampyre is often viewed as the progenitor of the of. The work is described by as 'the first story successfully to fuse the disparate elements of into a coherent literary genre.' Contents.Characters.: a suave nobleman, the vampire. Aubrey: a wealthy young gentleman, an orphan.
Ianthe: a beautiful Greek woman Aubrey meets on his journeys with Ruthven. Aubrey's sister: who becomes engaged to the Earl of Marsden. Earl of Marsden: who is also Lord RuthvenPlot Aubrey, a young Englishman, meets, a man of mysterious origins who has entered society. Aubrey accompanies Ruthven to, but leaves him after Ruthven seduces the daughter of a mutual acquaintance.
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Aubrey travels to, where he becomes attracted to Ianthe, an innkeeper's daughter. Ianthe tells Aubrey about the legends of the vampire. Ruthven arrives at the scene and shortly thereafter Ianthe is killed by a vampire. Aubrey does not connect Ruthven with the murder and rejoins him in his travels. The pair is attacked by bandits and Ruthven is mortally wounded. Before he dies, Ruthven makes Aubrey swear an oath that he will not mention his death or anything else he knows about Ruthven for a year and a day.
Looking back, Aubrey realizes that everyone whom Ruthven met ended up suffering.Aubrey returns to London and is amazed when Ruthven appears shortly thereafter, alive and well. Ruthven reminds Aubrey of his oath to keep his death a secret.
Ruthven then begins to seduce Aubrey's sister while Aubrey, helpless to protect his sister, has a. Ruthven and Aubrey's sister are engaged to marry on the day the oath ends. Just before he dies, Aubrey writes a letter to his sister revealing Ruthven's history, but it does not arrive in time.
Ruthven marries Aubrey's sister. On the wedding night, she is discovered dead, drained of her blood—and Ruthven has vanished.Publication.