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Lord Byron's Doctor

Author : Paul West
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781852422530
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (225 download)

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Download or read book Lord Byron's Doctor written by Paul West and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lord Byron's Doctor is one Polidori, the travelling companion, confidante and unwilling chronicler of George Gordon, Lord Byron. It is the year 1816 and Byron, driven out of England by scandalous allegations of incest with his sister, undertakes a debauched European Grande Tour to meet up with the Percy and Mary Shelly in Geneva. From austere Dutch towns to the mountains of Switzerland, the poet's most obsessive thoughts are faithfully recorderd by the awed and repulsed Polidori. Paul West's literary and historical invention of the obscure Italian doctor produces a carnal, extravangant story of Gothic depravity, of poetic genius and the sometimes diabolical personality behind it.

His Masters Reflection

Author : Andrew Edwards
Publisher : Liverpool University Press
ISBN 13 : 1782845682
Total Pages : 238 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (828 download)

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Download or read book His Masters Reflection written by Andrew Edwards and published by Liverpool University Press. This book was released on 2018-10-10 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Qualifying as a doctor in 1815 at the tender age of nineteen, John Polidori was employed less than a year later by the poet, Lord Byron, as his travelling physician. The precocious medic was seemingly destined for a bright future that would enable him to combine his profession with a love of literature. In His Masters Reflection, the authors follow Polidoris footsteps as he accompanies Byron through Europe to Switzerland where they eventually meet the Shelleys and Claire Clairmont. Fulfilling his fathers prophecy, the fateful summer will prove to have a devastating impact on Polidoris life and legacy. Byrons keen wit and elevated status would leave the sensitive doctor feeling isolated and undervalued. Fuelled by acerbic comments from the poets friends, Byron finally releases Polidori from his contract, leaving the penniless medic to wander over the Alps on foot to Italy, his fathers homeland. Despite attempts at establishing himself as a doctor to the expatriate community, he has to admit defeat and return to England. Still harbouring literary ambitions, his one chance at fame is cruelly denied when The Vampyre, the story he had written in Geneva, is attributed to Byron. Gossip and retelling of events have cast Polidori in the role of a petulant plagiarist. Concussion from a riding accident deeply affected Polidoris temperament and behaviour, leaving questions surrounding his death, which history has recorded as suicide by prussic acid, despite the coroners verdict of visitation by God. The authors delve into his final years in an attempt to redress the balance. The handsome Polidori was more than just his masters reflection.

The Poet and the Vampyre

Author : Andrew McConnell Stott
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1605987042
Total Pages : 464 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (59 download)

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Download or read book The Poet and the Vampyre written by Andrew McConnell Stott and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2014-09-15 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the spring of 1816, Lord Byron was the greatest poet of his generation and the most famous man in Britain, but his personal life was about to erupt. Fleeing his celebrity, notoriety, and debts, he sought refuge in Europe, taking his young doctor with him. As an inexperienced medic with literary aspirations of his own, Doctor John Polidori could not believe his luck.That summer another literary star also arrived in Geneva. With Percy Bysshe Shelley came his lover, Mary, and her step-sister, Claire Clairmont. For the next three months, this party of young bohemians shared their lives, charged with sexual and artistic tensions. It was a period of extraordinary creativity: Mary Shelley started writing Frankenstein, the gothic masterpiece of Romantic fiction; Byron completed Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage, his epic poem; and Polidori would begin The Vampyre, the first great vampire novel.It was also a time of remarkable drama and emotional turmoil. For Byron and the Shelleys, their stay by the lake would serve to immortalize them in the annals of literary history. But for Claire and Polidori, the Swiss sojourn would scar them forever.

The Diary of Dr. John William Polidori, 1816

Author : John William Polidori
Publisher : Good Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 151 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (596 download)

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Download or read book The Diary of Dr. John William Polidori, 1816 written by John William Polidori and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2023-11-01 with total page 151 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Diary of Dr. John William Polidori, 1816" by John William Polidori. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.

Byron

Author : Fiona MacCarthy
Publisher : John Murray
ISBN 13 : 1444799878
Total Pages : 864 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (447 download)

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Download or read book Byron written by Fiona MacCarthy and published by John Murray. This book was released on 2014-10-23 with total page 864 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fiona MacCarthy makes a breakthrough in interpreting Byron's life and poetry drawing on John Murray's world-famous archive. She brings a fresh eye to his early years: his childhood in Scotland, embattled relations with his mother, the effect of his deformed foot on his development. She traces his early travels in the Mediterranean and the East, throwing light on his relationships with adolescent boys - a hidden subject in earlier biographies. While paying due attention to the compelling tragicomedy of Byron's marriage, his incestuous love for his half-sister Augusta and the clamorous attention of his female fans, she gives a new importance to his close male friendships, in particular that with his publisher John Murray. She tells the full story of their famous disagreement, ending as a rift between them as Byron's poetry became more recklessly controversial. Byron was a celebrity in his own lifetime, becoming a 'superstar' in 1812, after the publication of Childe Harold. The Byron legend grew to unprecedented proportions after his death in the Greek War of Independence at the age of thirty-six. The problem for a biographer is sifting the truth from the sentimental, the self-serving and the spurious. Fiona MacCarthy has overcome this to produce an immaculately researched biography, which is also her refreshing personal view.

One Stormy Night

Author : Mary Shelley
Publisher : Wordfire Press
ISBN 13 : 9781680572056
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (72 download)

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Download or read book One Stormy Night written by Mary Shelley and published by Wordfire Press. This book was released on 2021-06-30 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What happens when writers vacation together ... And challenge each other to write ghost stories? On a stormy night in 1816, the writers Mary Shelley, John William Polidori, and Lord Byron undertook a challenge that would change history and create the gothic genre. The result is three chilling tales of monsters, vampires, and murder. Lord Byron's A Fragment is of historical importance as it is one of the very first vampire stories. Does it stand the test of time? The Vampyre, by John Polidori, recounts the story of Aubrey and Lord Ruthven. What dark secret lies between them? In Frankenstein, a university student unleashes a monster upon the world. Or is he the real monster? If you love gothic horror, you'll love One Stormy Night. Get it now.

Glenarvon

Author : Lady Caroline Lamb
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 338 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Glenarvon written by Lady Caroline Lamb and published by . This book was released on 1816 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Imposture: A Novel

Author : Benjamin Markovits
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 0393346269
Total Pages : 223 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (933 download)

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Download or read book Imposture: A Novel written by Benjamin Markovits and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2007-05-17 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "[Markovits] leaves us wanting, in the most delicious way, more." —Kirsty Gunn, The Observer Lord Byron was the greatest writer and the most notorious, scandalous lover of his age—an irresistible attraction for a sheltered, bookish, and passionate young woman like Eliza Esmond. Eliza believes she’s met Byron on the doorstep of his publisher, and that her dreams have come true when he arranges to meet her in secret. But what if the man she believes to be Byron is someone else—a look-alike named John Polidori, who once toured Europe as Byron’s doctor?

The Vampyre

Author : John Polidori
Publisher : Lindhardt og Ringhof
ISBN 13 : 8728110374
Total Pages : 44 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (281 download)

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Download or read book The Vampyre written by John Polidori and published by Lindhardt og Ringhof. This book was released on 2022-06-13 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Not dissimilar to modern day stories, ́The Vampyre ́ offers an interesting mix of fangs and romance, and Polidori's tale of Lord Ruthven is a spooky love story that will leave you hiding under your duvet. The young Aubrey is captivated by the mysterious Lord Ruthven, who takes her to Rome. A disagreement between the two, leads Ruthven to travel onward to Greece on his own where he falls in love with Ianthe. She tells him about the tales and myths of vampires but is found killed shortly after. Without connecting the two incidents, Aubrey reunites with Ruthven once more and she rejoins him on his travels, which leads to her eventual heartbreak. Fans of ́Twilight ́, ́Dracula ́, and ́Buffy the Vampire Slayer ́ will enjoy this short story, which is regarded as the first vampire novel to be published. Known by some as the creator of vampire fiction, John William Polidori was an English writer and physician. ́The Vampyre ́ is his most successful piece of writing and the first published modern vampire story. A friend to Lord Byron, Polidori also brainstormed with Percy Bysshe Shelley and a soon-to-be Mary Shelley. Mary later worked on a tale with her husband which would become 'Frankenstein'. Polidori died at his father's London house aged 25, weighed down by depression and gambling debts.

Lord Byron's Novel: The Evening Land

Author : John Crowley
Publisher : Hachette UK
ISBN 13 : 0575129832
Total Pages : 326 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (751 download)

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Download or read book Lord Byron's Novel: The Evening Land written by John Crowley and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2013-08-29 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of our most accomplished literary artists, John Crowley imagines the novel the haunted Romantic poet Lord Byron never penned...but very well might have. Saved from destruction, read, and annotated by Byron's own abandoned daughter, Ada, the manuscript is rediscovered in our time - and almost not recognized. Lord Byron's Novel is the story of a dying daughter's attempt to understand the famous father she longed for - and the young woman who, by learning the secret of Byron's manuscript and Ada's devotion, reconnects with her own father, driven from her life by a crime as terrible as any of which Byron himself was accused.

The Bride of the Isles (Fantasy and Horror Classics)

Author : James Robinson Planche
Publisher : Read Books Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1473355559
Total Pages : 30 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (733 download)

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Download or read book The Bride of the Isles (Fantasy and Horror Classics) written by James Robinson Planche and published by Read Books Ltd. This book was released on 2016-08-26 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many of the gothic romance and horror stories, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

Lord Byron's Doctor

Author : Paul West
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780226894010
Total Pages : 277 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (94 download)

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Download or read book Lord Byron's Doctor written by Paul West and published by . This book was released on 1991-01-01 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Conversations on Religion, with Lord Byron and Others

Author : James Kennedy
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 270 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)

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Download or read book Conversations on Religion, with Lord Byron and Others written by James Kennedy and published by . This book was released on 1833 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Vampires, Burial, and Death

Author : Paul Barber
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780300048599
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (485 download)

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Download or read book Vampires, Burial, and Death written by Paul Barber and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 1988-01-01 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Surveys centuries of folklore about vampires and offers a scientific explanation for the origins of the legends.

The Vampyre' and Other Writings

Author : John William Polidori
Publisher : Carcanet
ISBN 13 : 1784101281
Total Pages : 283 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (841 download)

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Download or read book The Vampyre' and Other Writings written by John William Polidori and published by Carcanet. This book was released on 2014-10-28 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: June 18. Began my ghost story after tea. Twelve o' clock, really began to talk ghostly. [Lord Byron] repeated some verses of Coleridge's Christabel, of the witch's breast; when silence ensued, and Shelley, suddenly shrieking and putting his hands to his head, ran out of the room with a candle. (from the Diary of Dr John William Polidori, 1816) So Polidori (1795-1821) records one of the most famous storytelling evenings in English literature, the stormy night at the Villa Diodati that was the source of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein and his own tale The Vampyre, as well as his Gothic novel Ernestus Berchtold. Polidori's still-compelling works, included here in full, created figures of seductive evil that continue to exert a powerful hold over literature and popular culture. In addition, this collection makes available some of Polidori's fascinating lesser-known works such as his medical thesis on nightmares, his essay on the death penalty, his poetry and diary. Many of these have not been republished since the nineteenth century. Franklin Charles Bishop's introduction illuminates the context in which The Vampyre was written, This book, first published in 1993, collects Spark's essays on the Brontës, her selection of their letters and of Emily's poetry. Evident throughout are Spark's critical intelligence, dry wit, and refusal to sentimentalise - qualities that gave her own novels their particular appeal. At the same time, The Essence of the Brontës is Muriel Spark's tribute to the sisters whose talents placed them on a stage from where they could hypnotize their own generation and, even more, posterity.

The Vampyre

Author : John Polidori William
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9789355220271
Total Pages : 62 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (22 download)

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Download or read book The Vampyre written by John Polidori William and published by . This book was released on 2021-11 with total page 62 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Vampyre is a work of prose fiction written in 1819 by John William Polidori taken from the story Lord Byron told as part of a contest among Polidori, Mary Shelley, Lord Byron, and Percy Shelley. The same contest produced the novel Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus. The Vampyre is often viewed as the progenitor of the romantic vampire genre of fantasy fiction. 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 Private Life of Lord Byron

Author : Antony Peattie
Publisher : Unbound Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1783524278
Total Pages : 426 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (835 download)

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Download or read book The Private Life of Lord Byron written by Antony Peattie and published by Unbound Publishing. This book was released on 2019-09-19 with total page 426 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The great Romantic poet Lord Byron starved himself compulsively for most of his life. His behaviour mystified his friends and other witnesses, yet he never imagined he was ill. Instead, he rationalised his behaviour as a fight for spiritual freedom and made it the cornerstone of his heroic ideal, which was central to his work and to his life and his death. This fresh biographical study aims to explore neglected or misunderstood aspects of his private life to illuminate his writing, his affairs with women, his passion for Napoleon and his conflicted friendships with Coleridge and Shelley. This in turn leads to a new understanding of his masterpiece, Don Juan. 15 July 2019 marks the 200th anniversary of its first publication. Antony Peattie situates these patterns of behaviour in a vividly rendered contemporary world, culminating in Byron’s last days in Greece, where he tried to starve himself into heroic leadership but damaged his constitution, resulting in his death at the age of thirty-six.