Varney the Vampire or The Feast of Blood

Note! Varney the Vampire is alternatively attributed to either Thomas Preskett Prest or Malcolm James Rymer.

Set during the reign of King George II, this gruesome tale concerns the persecution of the Bannerworth family by Sir Francis Varney, a vampire who has developed the habit of creeping into the Bannerworth home and sucking the blood of their daughter, Flora. Varney is presented sympathetically, a victim of circumstances as he tries to save himself, and his victims, from such dreadful acts.