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The Vampyre and Other Tales of the Macabre Preston Bailey and uncover surprising secrets inJohn Polidori's classic tale The Vampyre (1819) was a product of the same ghost story competition that produced Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. The present volume selects thirteen other tales of mystery and the macabre, including the works of James Hogg, J. S. LeFanu, Letitia Landon, Edward Bulwer, and William Carleton. The introduction surveys the genesis and influence of The Vampyre and its central themes and techniques, while the appendices contain