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El Vampiro (Austral Esenciales) by John William Polidori

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dark emotional medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

Though one of the earliest English-language pieces of fiction about vampires, other than this claim, I don't find much terribly of interest to the very dense, somewhat overwrought (and yet paradoxically lacking in emotion) short story here.

(Bracketed, somewhat confusingly, by real world letters/discussion about Lord Byron, aside from referencing the gathering that led to the writing of Frankenstein, among other things.)
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