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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.βMIDNIGHT.βTHE HAIL-STORM.βTHE DREADFUL VISITOR.βTHE VAMPYRE.
CHAPTER II.βTHE ALARM.βTHE PISTOL SHOT.βTHE PURSUIT AND ITS CONSEQUENCES.
CHAPTER III.βTHE DISAPPEARANCE OF THE BODY.βFLORA'S RECOVERY AND MADNESS.βTHE OFFER OF ASSISTANCE FROM SIR FRANCIS VARNEY.
CHAPTER IV.βTHE MORNING.βTHE CONSULTATION.βTHE FEARFUL SUGGESTION.
CHAPTER V.βTHE NIGHT WATCH.βTHE PROPOSAL.βTHE MOONLIGHT.βTHE FEARFUL ADVENTURE.
CHAPTER VI.βA GLANCE AT THE BANNERWORTH FAMILY.βTHE PROBABLE CONSEQUENCES OF THE MYSTERIOUS APPARITION'S APPEARANCE.
CHAPTER VII.βTHE VISIT TO THE VAULT OF THE BANNERWORTHS, AND ITS UNPLEASANT RESULT.βTHE MYSTERY.
CHAPTER VIII.βTHE COFFIN.βTHE ABSENCE OF THE DEAD.βTHE MYSTERIOUS CIRCUMSTANCE, AND THE CONSTERNATION OF GEORGE.
CHAPTER IX.βTHE OCCURRENCES OF THE NIGHT AT THE HALL.βTHE SECOND APPEARANCE OF THE VAMPYRE, AND THE PISTOL-SHOT.
CHAPTER X.βTHE RETURN FROM THE VAULT.βTHE ALARM, AND THE SEARCH AROUND THE HALL.
CHAPTER XI.βTHE COMMUNICATIONS TO THE LOVER.βTHE HEART'S DESPAIR.
CHAPTER XII.βCHARLES HOLLAND'S SAD FEELINGS.βTHE PORTRAIT.βTHE OCCURRENCE OF THE NIGHT AT THE HALL.
CHAPTER XIII.βTHE OFFER FOR THE HALL.βTHE VISIT TO SIR FRANCIS VARNEY.βTHE STRANGE RESEMBLANCE.βA DREADFUL SUGGESTION.
CHAPTER XIV.βHENRY'S AGREEMENT WITH SIR FRANCIS VARNEY.βTHE SUDDEN ARRIVAL AT THE HALL.βFLORA'S ALARM.
CHAPTER XV.βTHE OLD ADMIRAL AND HIS SERVANT.βTHE COMMUNICATION FROM THE LANDLORD OF THE NELSON'S ARMS.
CHAPTER XVI.βTHE MEETING OF THE LOVERS IN THE GARDEN.βAN AFFECTING SCENE.βTHE SUDDEN APPEARANCE OF SIR FRANCIS VARNEY.
CHAPTER XVII.βTHE EXPLANATION.βTHE ARRIVAL OF THE ADMIRAL AT THE HOUSE.βA SCENE OF CONFUSION, AND SOME OF ITS RESULTS.
CHAPTER XVIII.βTHE ADMIRAL'S ADVICE.βTHE CHALLENGE TO THE VAMPYRE.βTHE NEW SERVANT AT THE HALL.
CHAPTER XIX.βFLORA IN HER CHAMBER.βHER FEARS.βTHE MANUSCRIPT.βAN ADVENTURE.
CHAPTER XX.βTHE DREADFUL MISTAKE.βTHE TERRIFIC INTERVIEW IN THE CHAMBER.βTHE ATTACK OF THE VAMPYRE.
CHAPTER XXI.βTHE CONFERENCE BETWEEN THE UNCLE AND NEPHEW, AND THE ALARM.
CHAPTER XXII.βTHE CONSULTATION.βTHE DETERMINATION TO LEAVE THE HALL.
CHAPTER XXIII.βTHE ADMIRAL'S ADVICE TO CHARLES HOLLAND.βTHE CHALLENGE TO THE VAMPYRE.
CHAPTER XXIV.βTHE LETTER TO CHARLES.βTHE QUARREL.βTHE ADMIRAL'S NARRATIVE.βTHE MIDNIGHT MEETING.
CHAPTER XXV.βTHE ADMIRAL'S OPINION.βTHE REQUEST OF CHARLES.
CHAPTER XXVI.βTHE MEETING BY MOONLIGHT IN THE PARK.βTHE TURRET WINDOW IN THE HALL.βTHE LETTERS.
CHAPTER XXVII.βTHE NOBLE CONFIDENCE OF FLORA BANNERWORTH IN HER LOVER.βHER OPINION OF THE THREE LETTERS.βTHE ADMIRAL'S ADMIRATION.
CHAPTER XXVIII.βMR. MARCHDALE'S EXCULPATION OF HIMSELF.βTHE SEARCH THROUGH THE GARDENS.βTHE SPOT OF THE DEADLY STRUGGLE.βTHE MYSTERIOUS PAPER.
CHAPTER XXIX.βA PEEP THROUGH AN IRON GRATING.βTHE LONELY PRISONER IN HIS DUNGEON.βTHE MYSTERY.
CHAPTER XXX.βTHE VISIT OF FLORA TO THE VAMPYRE.βTHE OFFER.βTHE SOLEMN ASSEVERATION.
CHAPTER XXXI.βSIR FRANCIS VARNEY AND HIS MYSTERIOUS VISITOR.βTHE STRANGE CONFERENCE.
CHAPTER XXXII.βTHE THOUSAND POUNDS.βTHE STRANGER'S PRECAUTIONS.
CHAPTER XXXIII.βTHE STRANGE INTERVIEW.βTHE CHASE THROUGH THE HALL.
CHAPTER XXXIV.βTHE THREAT.βITS CONSEQUENCES.βTHE RESCUE, AND SIR FRANCIS VARNEY'S DANGER.
CHAPTER XXXV.βTHE EXPLANATION.βMARCHDALE'S ADVICE.βTHE PROJECTED REMOVAL, AND THE ADMIRAL'S ANGER.
CHAPTER XXXVI.βTHE CONSULTATION.βTHE DUEL AND ITS RESULTS.
CHAPTER XXXVII.βSIR FRANCIS VARNEY'S SEPARATE OPPONENTS.βTHE INTERPOSITION OF FLORA.
CHAPTER XXXVIII.βMARCHDALE'S OFFER.βTHE CONSULTATION AT BANNERWORTH HALL.βTHE MORNING OF THE DUEL.
CHAPTER XXXIX.βTHE STORM AND THE FIGHT.-THE ADMIRAL'S REPUDIATION OF HIS PRINCIPAL.
CHAPTER XL.βTHE POPULAR RIOT.βSIR FRANCIS VARNEY'S DANGER.βTHE SUGGESTION AND ITS RESULTS.
CHAPTER XLIV.βVARNEY'S DANGER, AND HIS RESCUE.βTHE PRISONER AGAIN, AND THE SUBTERRANEAN VAULT.
CHAPTER XLV.βTHE OPEN GRAVES.βTHE DEAD BODIES.βA SCENE OF TERROR.
CHAPTER XLVI.βTHE PREPARATIONS FOR LEAVING BANNERWORTH HALL, AND THE MYSTERIOUS CONDUCT OF THE ADMIRAL AND MR. CHILLINGWORTH.
CHAPTER XLVII.βTHE REMOVAL FROM THE HALL.βTHE NIGHT WATCH, AND THE ALARM.
CHAPTER XLVIIIβTHE STAKE AND THE DEAD BODY.
CHAPTER XLIXβTHE MOB'S ARRIVAL AT SIR FRANCIS VARNEY'S.βTHE ATTEMPT TO GAIN ADMISSION.
CHAPTER L.βTHE MOB'S ARRIVAL AT SIR FRANCIS VARNEY'S.βTHE ATTEMPT TO GAIN ADMISSION.
CHAPTER LI.βTHE ATTACK UPON THE VAMPYRE'S HOUSE.βTHE STORY OF THE ATTACK.βTHE FORCING OF THE DOORS, AND THE STRUGGLE.
CHAPTER LII.βTHE INTERVIEW BETWEEN THE MOB AND SIR FRANCIS VARNEY.βTHE MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE.βTHE WINE CELLARS.
CHAPTER LIII.βTHE DESTRUCTION OF SIR FRANCIS VARNEY'S HOUSE BY FIRE.βTHE ARRIVAL OF THE MILITARY, AND A SECOND MOB.
CHAPTER LIV.βTHE BURNING OF VARNEY'S HOUSE.βA NIGHT SCENE.βPOPULAR SUPERSTITION.
CHAPTER LV.βTHE RETURN OF THE MOB AND MILITARY TO THE TOWN.βTHE MADNESS OF THE
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