The Vampyre by John Polidori | full audiobook

This week, still in the Halloween spirit, we bring you what is widely regarded as the first modern vampire Tale, a short story called 'The Vampyre' by John Polidori. It is notable as the second most famous piece of literature to come out of the legendary ghost story competition held between Byron and Shelley and their friends over a wet weekend on the shores of Lake Geneva. That contest gave us 'Frankenstein' as well as this, the first story to fuse together various and disparate folk tales of the vampyre and the undead, and give us a modern narrative that would go on to inspire Bram Stoker and a host of other gothic horror writers. If you'd like to support The Well Told Tale, please visit us on Patreon:   / thewelltoldtale   You can buy one of our audiobooks via: https://thewelltoldtale.net/shop/ The Well Told Tale Books - buying books from our Bookshop.org shop helps support this channel while also supporting local bookshops, at no cost to you: Books by our favourite authors - https://uk.bookshop.org/lists/the-wel... Buy The Vampyre and Other Tales of The Macabre - https://uk.bookshop.org/a/9522/978019... Thank you for watching! All images and sound used in this video are owned by the content creator or available in the public domain. I would like to thank my patrons: Toni A, Joshua Clark, Maura Lee, Jane, John Bowles, Glen Thrasher, Ruairi, Cade Norman, Chris, Britt and Silja Tanner. Support the show (  / thewelltoldtale  )