Varney the Vampire - Or the Feast of Blood

The Project Gutenberg EBook of Varney the Vampire, by Thomas Preskett Prest This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.net Title: Varney the Vampire Or the Feast of Blood Author: Thomas Preskett Prest Release Date: January 29, 2005 [EBook #14833] Language: English Character set encoding: ASCII *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK VARNEY THE VAMPIRE *** Produced by Charles Franks, Debra Storr, Sandra Brown and the PG Online Distributed Proofreading Team. Transcriber's Note: This book was originally published in "penny dreadful" form. This edition does not include the entire 109 episodes, which were published in three volumes. Authorship has also been ascribed to James Malcolm Rymer. The Table of Contents was added by the transcriber. VARNEY, THE VAMPYRE: OR, THE FEAST OF BLOOD. A Romance. "Art thou a spirit of health or goblin damned?" LONDON: PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY E. LLOYD, 12, SALISBURY-SQUARE, FLEET-STREET. CONTENTS CHAPTER I.—MIDNIGHT.—THE HAIL-STORM.—THE DREADFUL VISITOR.—THE VAMPYRE. CHAPTER II.—THE ALARM.—THE PISTOL SHOT.—THE PURSUIT AND ITS CONSEQUENCES. CHAPTER III.—THE DISAPPEARANCE OF THE BODY.—FLORA'S RECOVERY AND MADNESS.—THE OFFER OF ASSISTANCE FROM SIR FRANCIS VARNEY. CHAPTER IV.—THE MORNING.—THE CONSULTATION.—THE FEARFUL SUGGESTION. CHAPTER V.