検索キーワード： 著者 "John Polidori" すべてのカテゴリー

Il primo di questi tre racconti è lo storico "Il Vampiro" con cui John William Polidori (1795-1821) inaugurò le vicende letterarie di questa creatura dell’orrore. Lo scrittore era anche il segretario e medico personale del poeta George Byron, a cui si fa più volte riferimento, nel racconto, alttribuendone a lui la paternità, secondo una non insolita finzione letteraria.

Few horror stories are as chilling as the ones written by Victorian writers. This collection of eight enduring stories, some well-known, others less familiar, carry you to all corners of the world where terrors lurk. Featuring work by H.P. Lovecraft, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Edgar Allan Poe and Vernon Lee, experience the skin-crawling undead, a pestilence that leaves no one unaffected, imagined horrors that emerge from disturbed minds and others that require no imagination at all....

Aubrey, an orphaned young gentleman in possession of a large fortune, arrives in London for the season where he meets the mysterious Lord Ruthven. Aubrey befriends Lord Ruthven and upon discovering that Ruthven is planning a trip to Europe, decides to take his grand tour at the same time and travel with him. The longer Aubrey is with Ruthven the more he discovers about him. He decides to distance himself from Ruthven; but is he already too late to save all that he holds dear from the thirst of the vampire?

Four classic tales of the undead, read by Bill Wallis, Anthony Head, John Telfer and Cornelius Garrett.

In June of 1816, while on a journey with Lord Byron (for whom he was serving as personal physician), John William Polidori found himself in Lake Geneva in the company of a teenage Mary Wollstonecraft, her future husband Percy Bysshe Shelley and Mary's stepsister, Claire Clairmont. On a dark and stormy night, Byron suggested they each sit down and attempt to write an original ghost story.

El vampiro (en inglés: The Vampyre) es un relato escrito por John William Polidori, el creador del género del vampiro romántico.​ Lo escribió en la ciudad de Ginebra en el que fue el año sin verano: en las famosas y tormentosas noches del 16 al 19 de junio de 1816. La obra surgió en la Villa Diodati, donde se hallaba Polidori con Lord Byron, Percy Shelley, Mary Shelley, y la hermanastra de ésta Claire Clairmont. La Villa Diodati era considerada por Mary Shelley como un lugar culturalmente sagrado, en donde habían estado escritores como John Milton, Rousseau y Voltaire.

The Vampyre by John Polidori, narrated by Declan McHugh, is one of the earliest and most influential vampire tales in literary history. This dark and atmospheric story follows the mysterious and sinister Lord Ruthven, an aristocratic figure whose charm hides a terrifying secret. As Lord Ruthven lures his unsuspecting victims, the chilling truth about his nature is slowly revealed, drawing listeners into a world of gothic suspense and supernatural horror.

Ce soir, je vous propose de nous plonger dans la nouvelle Le Vampire de John William Polidori publiée en 1819. C’est l’histoire d’un jeune homme, Aubrey, fasciné et envoûté par un mystérieux aristocrate nommé Lord Ruthven, qu'il rencontre lors de ses voyages à travers l’Europe. Charmé par la beauté et l'aura de Ruthven, Aubrey devient rapidement le compagnon de ce dernier, sans savoir qu’il est en réalité une créature maléfique, une figure de la nuit, un vampire.

In this volume your flesh may creep and crawl a little bit as our classic authors delve into the world of vampires. Some stories you may be familiar with but for most these will be new and unsettling experiences.

Em uma viagem pela alta sociedade europeia, o jovem e inocente Aubrey conhece Lord Ruthven — um nobre enigmático, sedutor e dotado de um magnetismo sombrio. À medida que eventos inexplicáveis e mortes macabras se acumulam, Aubrey começa a suspeitar que Ruthven guarda um segredo terrível — algo muito além da compreensão humana. Porém, ao tentar desvendar a verdade, ele se vê preso em uma teia de horror e tragédia da qual talvez não consiga escapar.

Throughout the long centuries of human history is the want, and the need, to share information, to exchange ideas and for that knowledge and experience, for curiosity and learning, to be the basis of a civil society. In this volume we offer up a small selection of talents from the literary landscape of the 18th Century and its male authors whose time has now come again.

Am Lagerfeuer oder in der kalten Winternacht wurden sie früher erzählt: Gruselgeschichten, von Generation zu Generation weitergetragen. Ein eigenes literarisches Genre entwickelte sich daraus, und weltberühmte Autoren betätigten sich auf diesem Feld. Hören Sie klassische Geschichten und Novellen, die sich mit den Themen Horror, Schauer und Grusel befassen, darunter: Dr. Jekyll und Mr. Hyde, Der Sandmann, Der Vampyr von John Polidori, zahlreiche Geschichten von Edgar Allan Poe, Die Insel des Dr. Moreau von H.G.

Experience the chilling tale that birthed the modern vampire genre! The Vampyre by John Polidori is a haunting gothic audiobook that follows the enigmatic Lord Ruthven, a mysterious nobleman with a dark secret. Written in 1819, this eerie classic inspired generations of vampire stories, including Dracula. Perfect for fans of gothic horror and supernatural suspense, this immersive audiobook brings Polidori’s sinister tale to life. Listen now and step into a world of aristocratic terror, cursed love, and undead intrigue!

Schauer, Spannung und Schwarze Romantik: 10 Meisterwerke des Genres. Mit dabei: In der Gruft (H.P. Lovecraft), Dr. Jekyll und Mr. Hyde (R.L. Stevenson), Die schwarze Spinne (J. Gotthelf), In der Tiefe des Maelstroms (E. A. Poe), Die Legende von Sleepy Hollow (W. Irving), Die Affenpfote (W. W. Jacobs), Der Vampyr (J. Polidori), Der Sandmann (E.T.A. Hoffmann), Der Garten des Bösen (N. Hawthorne).