Download or read book Selected Vampire Stories (Annotated) written by John Stagg and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2014-07 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Selected vampires, stories is a collection of the firsts vampire stories in the 19th century, that defined the vampire genre, that have prceded the famous "Dracula" by Bram Stoker, and a source of inspiration for him. The collection includes tales from: John Stagg, The Vampyre, a poem, John Polidori (The Vampyre 1819), Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (The Mortal Immortal 1833), Edgar Allan Poe ("Ligeia" 1838).