Michael Gouker reviewed The Vampyre by John William Polidori
A young English gentleman of means, Aubrey is immediately intrigued by Lord Ruthven, the mysterious …
Review of 'The Vampyre; a Tale' on 'Goodreads'
2 stars
Composed of 3 shorts, the middle-story the most compelling. It's groundbreaking but not very frightening. Polidori apparently wrote this in the same writing group with Mary Shelley, Percy Shelley, and Lord Byron, not bad company at all, must have been competitive.