Reading The Vampire | Alexandria
Read The Vampire by John William Polidori. Birthing the modern vampire myth through Lord Byron's brooding doppelganger, Polidori's "The Vampire" shattered Gothic conventions by making its monster an aristocratic seducer rather than a grotesque ghoul. This 1819 tale daringly suggested that true predators hide behind wealth and charm - an insight that resonates powerfully in our era of privileged predation.