by John William Polidori, Anne Crawford · Newton Compton Editori · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788879830119
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«Il vampiro» is the gothic horror volume by John William Polidori and Anne Crawford, published by Newton Compton in paperback (100 pages, in Italian).
The volume brings together two vampire tales: «Il vampiro», by John William Polidori, written in 1816 and a precursor to «Drácula», features a seductive aristocrat who turns out to be a vampire; «Un mistero della campagna romana», by Anne Crawford, is a tale of vampirism set in the Roman countryside.
This 1993 edition belongs to the Tascabili Economici Newton collection and includes the translation and editing by Erberto Petoia.
For readers of classic horror and gothic tales interested in the origins of the vampire myth and Romantic literature.
John William Polidori was an English writer and medical doctor. He is known for his associations with the Romantic movement and credited by some as the creator of the vampire genre of fantasy fiction.
