The Vampyre by John William Polidori

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  • Опубліковано 12 січ 2025

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  • @janeaustencentre
    @janeaustencentre 5 років тому +22

    The charismatic and sophisticated vampire of modern fiction was born in 1819 with the publication of The Vampyre by John Polidori; the story was highly successful and arguably the most influential vampire work of the early 19th century.
    From the archives: www.janeausten.co.uk/gothic-horrors-regency-vampyre/

  • @pesnevim1626
    @pesnevim1626 5 років тому +37

    Best narrator on YT. Beautiful timing and delivery.

  • @DavidHunterLowell
    @DavidHunterLowell 7 років тому +26

    outstanding voice artist

  • @thehangingparsiple5692
    @thehangingparsiple5692 Рік тому

    Deliciously salacious. Love this tale, and the story behind it. Superb job Mr Wagland ❤

  • @qimmu11
    @qimmu11 3 роки тому +2

    Beat narration. Great psychology in the story.

  • @RosesAreForever1871
    @RosesAreForever1871 2 роки тому +2

    Thank you so much you, read so well

  • @Danthehorse
    @Danthehorse 3 роки тому +2

    Wonderful, thank you.

  • @SwordTune
    @SwordTune 3 роки тому +8

    Dude died laughing. Red flags everywhere.

  • @ninja-mouse
    @ninja-mouse 12 днів тому +1

    thx.

  • @pisiata3651
    @pisiata3651 2 роки тому +2

    what exactly could happen if he would brake the oath?? if you brake the oath of a dieing man...ok, something bad will come. But this was not common man, any oath in the world would be delited if that person never died, isn t that right?!

  • @liegesaboya8265
    @liegesaboya8265 4 роки тому +7

    Very nice interpretation , beautiful voice !
    Does exist any movie portraying Byron , Polidori and the Shelleys during those misty days when Polidori wrote The Vampire ?

  • @whynottalklikeapirat
    @whynottalklikeapirat 3 роки тому +1

    John WIlliam Hunkydory

  • @archam123
    @archam123 6 років тому +9

    is this related to romanticism?? please answer

    • @sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio
      @sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio  6 років тому +11

      Well, I ain't no scholar but I think romanticism does fit into Polidori and his chums down on Lac whatever it was. Thunderbolts and lightening, very very frightening - etc. Bonus ball Frankenstein. And general awe and majesty of nature. Wordsworth? Daffodils. Reconnection with something pagan in all of us, lost with all that religious mallarkey of the previous 500 years. When that in April with his showers sweet. General Prologue Chaucer. Getting back to the garden.
      Falafels. Humous. End result: Hippies, Haight Ashbury (spelling?), the Family
      Nurse, the screens...

    • @kyriakospentheides
      @kyriakospentheides 5 років тому +11

      Yes. Polidori and Byron were Romantics, two leading personnel of the Romantic movement in fact, especially Bryon . In fact, Polidori was also the uncle of the famous Rossettis.

    • @hughthetuber7990
      @hughthetuber7990 4 роки тому +7

      Yes. It is a sort of romantic, gothic tale. Byron, Pollidori, and the Shelley's were at the forefront of writing gothic fiction/horror. :) romantic themes ran rampant in the genre.

    • @thehangingparsiple5692
      @thehangingparsiple5692 Рік тому

      Much prefer Mr Wagland's reply. And Mary Shelley was a naughty hippy

  • @liegesaboya8265
    @liegesaboya8265 4 роки тому

    Where is the beggining of the tale ?

  • @tornado15555
    @tornado15555 6 років тому +6

    Excellent read, though I have to note [some spoilers below for anyone hearing this for the first time]
    ... either I am a vampire in some way myself
    ... or the thickness of our young Aubrey is such that I cannot find much in the way of sympathy for his predicament.
    I've found a treasure trove here though, thanks for all of these, and I think that they are more worthy of attention than many syndicated programmes which might be found today!

  • @jerzysielicki-baryka9652
    @jerzysielicki-baryka9652 4 роки тому +7

    i think polidori was gay for byron

  • @waningmooncancer9628
    @waningmooncancer9628 Рік тому

    Didn't John William Polidori ever hear of a happy ending??? If not now, then very soon, I'll have to watch Dracula with Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing. The great ending of good victiring over evil will bolster me up. That was depressing as hell 😕 😪.
    Well written and well read/acted, though. You grace the morose tale with your gift of narration, Greg Wagland. Thank you 😊 💓

    • @sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio
      @sherlock_holmes_magpie_audio  Рік тому +3

      Yes, it's gloomy. There's nothing like a bit of Hammer Horror: a staple of my teenage years!

    • @waningmooncancer9628
      @waningmooncancer9628 Рік тому

      @Sherlock Holmes Stories Magpie Audio True. Really Greg, I'm grateful for your awesome work 👏 🙌