Mar 21 2025 24 mins 1
Welcome to Celebrate Poe - Episode 348 Feast of Blood
Varney the Vampire is an extremely influential work in the vampire genre, first appearing as a serialized gothic horror story between 1845 and 1847. The was well before Bram Stoker’s Dracula. Varney was published as a series of weekly cheap pamphlets known as "penny dreadfuls," targeting a mass-market audience interested in fast-paced, suspenseful narratives. By the way, the story is often referred to as The Feast of Blood.
The story revolves around Sir Francis Varney, the vampire of the title, and his interactions with the Bannerworth family. Varney the Vampire was the first story to refer to sharpened teeth for a vampire, noting: "With a plunge he seizes her neck in his fang-like teeth".
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