Zusammenfassung
Zusammenfassung von Der Vampir
Für wen es gedacht ist
For readers who love classic horror, vampire stories before Dracula, and nineteenth century French popular fiction, with Gothic terror, obsession and secrets in Napoleonic Paris.
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The Vampire is a Gothic tale by Paul Féval, the French writer who made his name with adventure serials and tales of crime and terror in the middle of the nineteenth century. It belongs to the family of vampire stories that grew popular in Europe long before the age of film. The setting is Paris in the days of Napoleon, a city of soldiers, secrets and old fears.
In this book you meet the undead as a French storyteller of the period imagined them: as a threat that hides inside polite society and feeds on desire. You will hear how the tale draws on Gothic habits, how its Paris setting shapes the dread, and how obsession drives its people. Let us begin with the tradition Féval was writing in.
In dieser Zusammenfassung
- 1Féval writes within the Gothic traditionFree
- 2Napoleonic Paris makes a haunted stage
- 3Obsession is the engine of the terror
- 4A tale told for shivers and speed
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Féval writes within the Gothic tradition
Paul Féval wrote at a time when French readers devoured fiction in serial form. Stories came out in pieces, and each piece had to leave the reader wanting the next. That habit shaped his style. He liked strong plots, sharp contrasts and a sense that danger waits behind every door.
The Gothic tradition gave him his tools. Gothic stories set fear in old houses, dark streets and half-forgotten secrets. They place ordinary people in front of something they cannot explain. The vampire fits this world well, because it is both a monster and a figure of seduction.
Féval did not invent the vampire. The creature had already appeared in European folk belief and in earlier fiction. What he added was a French voice, with its taste for intrigue, society and drama. Reading The Vampire means seeing how that older legend was bent to suit a different country and a different audience.
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About this edition
Every format is free to start, and print and large print are at cost.
- LengthAbout 94,000 words
- Reading timeAbout 6 h 15 min
- Listening time10 h 30 min
- FormatseBook, large-print eBook, audiobook, 15-minute summary
- LanguagesEnglish and 11 other languages
Questions about Der Vampir
What is The Vampire by Paul Féval about?
It is a Gothic tale of vampires, fear and obsession set in Paris in the age of Napoleon. It follows the old legend of the undead through the dramatic, fast-moving manner of French popular fiction.
Who was Paul Féval?
Paul Féval was a French novelist who died in 1887. He wrote adventure, crime and supernatural stories, often in newspaper instalments, and is best known for The Hunchback.
Is The Vampire older than Dracula?
Yes. Féval wrote in the nineteenth century, before Bram Stoker published Dracula in 1897. His book is part of the earlier European stream of vampire fiction that helped prepare readers for later horror.
Is The Vampire a true story?
No. It is a work of fiction built on folk belief and Gothic literature. Only the Paris setting of the Napoleonic age is drawn from history, and it serves as a backdrop for the story.
Is The Vampire hard to read?
Expect a brisk plot, dramatic scenes and the manners of nineteenth century serial fiction.