The Vampire is a short work of Vampire fiction written in 1819 by John William Polidori.
Aubrey accompanies Ruthven to Rome, but leaves him a.
Aubrey, a young Englishman, meets Lord Ruthven, a man of mysterious origins who has entered London society.
The work is described by Christopher Frayling as "the first story successfully to fuse the disparate elements of vampirism into a coherent literary genre.
The work is often viewed as the progenitor of the romantic Vampire genre of fantasy fiction.
The Vampire is a short work of Vampire fiction written in 1819 by John William Polidori