{"product_id":"the-vampyre-and-carmilla-penguin-speculative-fiction-special","title":"The Vampyre and Carmilla (Penguin Speculative Fiction Special)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe first vampire short story and novella, which came before \u003cem\u003eDracula\u003c\/em\u003e, together in one Penguin Classics hardcover, a Penguin Speculative Fiction Special, with a foreword by #1 \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e–bestselling author V.E. Schwab\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe first vampire short story in English, \u003cem\u003eThe Vampyre\u003c\/em\u003e by John Polidori, and the first vampire novella, \u003cem\u003eCarmilla \u003c\/em\u003eby Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, are published together in one volume.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Vampyre\u003c\/em\u003e, first published in 1819, features Lord Ruthven, a deathly pale yet fatally charismatic nobleman who preys on women of high society and is generally considered as the first fully developed vampire narrative in English literature. It is here accompanied by Alaric Watts’s introduction, with which it was published throughout the nineteenth century, and which contains important supplementary material on vampire beliefs.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eIn the nineteenth-century Gothic novella \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eCarmilla \u003c\/em\u003e(1871–2) by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, Laura, a young woman, leads an isolated life with her father in a castle deep in the Austrian forest, A horse-drawn carriage crashes and an unexpected guest, the mysterious and seductive Carmilla, enters their lives. An early, sophisticated, and influential vampire novel, \u003cem\u003eCarmilla\u003c\/em\u003e predates Bram Stoker’s \u003cem\u003eDracula\u003c\/em\u003e by twenty-five years and the film \u003cem\u003eNosferatu\u003c\/em\u003e by fifty.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e***\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePenguin Speculative Fiction Special is a hardcover series of horror, science fiction, fantasy, and more published by Penguin Classics. Featuring custom endpapers, specially commissioned cover art, and introductions by scholars and notable figures, these collectible editions celebrate classics that invite us to ask, “What if?” and that, through bold imagination, alternative visions, and magical realms, transform our perception of our world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Classics US","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47173445320861,"sku":"9780143139003","price":104.5,"currency_code":"MYR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0511\/7575\/1837\/files\/9780143139003.jpg?v=1763543471","url":"https:\/\/mphonline.com\/products\/the-vampyre-and-carmilla-penguin-speculative-fiction-special","provider":"MPHOnline.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}