Publisher's Synopsis
He's Baaaaack after 100 years of neglect, the potboiler Penny Dreadful Varney The Vampire; or, The Feast of Blood returns in this innovative critical edition to entertain a whole new generation of readers. Sold for a penny a chapter on the streets of London in 1845, Varney the Vampire is a milestone of Vampire fiction, yet ignored and overlooked for nearly 100 years, until now! The Critical Edition of Varney the Vampire; or, The Feast of Blood includes: .A critical introduction about the Penny Dreadful Press and the lore of the Mid 19th Century Vampire .Over 200 notes explaining references, historical information, and corrections to the text .A variety of 19th century essays explaining the horrors and dangers of (gasp!) reading Penny Dreadfuls .Contemporary critical essays on James Malcolm Rymer and his most famous Penny Dreadfuls: Varney the Vampire and Sweeney Todd .Four additional early Penny Dreadfuls detailing insanity, family cannibalism, torture gone wrong, and other bed time stories .A reader's guide .Reproductions of the original woodcut illustrations
