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The blood of the vampire

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By Florence Marryat
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A Gothic melodrama that follows an enigmatic young woman whose presence becomes linked to a series of mysterious ailments and social crises. The narrative interweaves domestic episodes, sensational set-pieces, and accounts of medical and scientific scrutiny as observers and acquaintances attempt to explain her condition as supernatural, hereditary, or pathological. Themes of heredity, female agency, social ostracism, and the tensions between superstition and emerging scientific thought drive the plot, which moves toward a tragic resolution while blending romance, moral questioning, and gothic atmosphere.

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Title: The blood of the vampire

Author: Florence Marryat

Release date: June 10, 2022 [eBook #68277]
Most recently updated: October 18, 2024

Language: English

Original publication: Germany: Bernhard Tauchnitz, 1897

Credits: Emmanuel Ackerman and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from scanned images of public domain material from the Google Books project.)

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A number of typographical errors have been corrected. A detailed list of the corrections and changes that were made to the text can be found at the end of the ebook.