Varney the Vampire - Or the Feast of Blood

Thomas Preskett Prest

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Title: Varney the Vampire
Or the Feast of Blood
Author: Thomas Preskett Prest
Release Date: January 29, 2005 [EBook #14833]
Language: English
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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.—MIDNIGHT.—THE HAIL-STORM.—THE DREADFUL VISITOR.—THE VAMPYRE.
CHAPTER II.—THE ALARM.—THE PISTOL SHOT.—THE PURSUIT AND ITS CONSEQUENCES.
CHAPTER III.—THE DISAPPEARANCE OF THE BODY.—FLORA'S RECOVERY AND MADNESS.—THE
OFFER OF ASSISTANCE FROM SIR FRANCIS VARNEY.
CHAPTER IV.—THE MORNING.—THE CONSULTATION.—THE FEARFUL SUGGESTION.
CHAPTER V.—THE NIGHT WATCH.—THE PROPOSAL.—THE MOONLIGHT.—THE FEARFUL
ADVENTURE.
CHAPTER VI.—A GLANCE AT THE BANNERWORTH FAMILY.—THE PROBABLE CONSEQUENCES OFTHE MYSTERIOUS APPARITION'S APPEARANCE.
CHAPTER VII.—THE VISIT TO THE VAULT OF THE BANNERWORTHS, AND ITS UNPLEASANT RESULT.
—THE MYSTERY.
CHAPTER VIII.—THE COFFIN.—THE ABSENCE OF THE DEAD.—THE MYSTERIOUS CIRCUMSTANCE,
AND THE CONSTERNATION OF GEORGE.
CHAPTER IX.—THE OCCURRENCES OF THE NIGHT AT THE HALL.—THE SECOND APPEARANCE OF
THE VAMPYRE, AND THE PISTOL-SHOT.
CHAPTER X.—THE RETURN FROM THE VAULT.—THE ALARM, AND THE SEARCH AROUND THE HALL.
CHAPTER XI.—THE COMMUNICATIONS TO THE LOVER.—THE HEART'S DESPAIR.
CHAPTER XII.—CHARLES HOLLAND'S SAD FEELINGS.—THE PORTRAIT.—THE OCCURRENCE OF THE
NIGHT AT THE HALL.
CHAPTER XIII.—THE OFFER FOR THE HALL.—THE VISIT TO SIR FRANCIS VARNEY.—THE STRANGE
RESEMBLANCE.—A DREADFUL SUGGESTION.
CHAPTER XIV.—HENRY'S AGREEMENT WITH SIR FRANCIS VARNEY.—THE SUDDEN ARRIVAL AT THE
HALL.—FLORA'S ALARM.
CHAPTER XV.—THE OLD ADMIRAL AND HIS SERVANT.—THE COMMUNICATION FROM THE LANDLORD
OF THE NELSON'S ARMS.
CHAPTER XVI.—THE MEETING OF THE LOVERS IN THE GARDEN.—AN AFFECTING SCENE.—THE
SUDDEN APPEARANCE OF SIR FRANCIS VARNEY.
CHAPTER XVII.—THE EXPLANATION.—THE ARRIVAL OF THE ADMIRAL AT THE HOUSE.—A SCENE OF
CONFUSION, AND SOME OF ITS RESULTS.
CHAPTER XVIII.—THE ADMIRAL'S ADVICE.—THE CHALLENGE TO THE VAMPYRE.—THE NEW SERVANT
AT THE HALL.
CHAPTER XIX.—FLORA IN HER CHAMBER.—HER FEARS.—THE MANUSCRIPT.—AN ADVENTURE.
CHAPTER XX.—THE DREADFUL MISTAKE.—THE TERRIFIC INTERVIEW IN THE CHAMBER.—THE
ATTACK OF THE VAMPYRE.
CHAPTER XXI.—THE CONFERENCE BETWEEN THE UNCLE AND NEPHEW, AND THE ALARM.
CHAPTER XXII.—THE CONSULTATION.—THE DETERMINATION TO LEAVE THE HALL.
CHAPTER XXIII.—THE ADMIRAL'S ADVICE TO CHARLES HOLLAND.—THE CHALLENGE TO THE
VAMPYRE.
CHAPTER XXIV.—THE LETTER TO CHARLES.—THE QUARREL.—THE ADMIRAL'S NARRATIVE.—THE
MIDNIGHT MEETING.
CHAPTER XXV.—THE ADMIRAL'S OPINION.—THE REQUEST OF CHARLES.
CHAPTER XXVI.—THE MEETING BY MOONLIGHT IN THE PARK.—THE TURRET WINDOW IN THE HALL.
—THE LETTERS.
CHAPTER XXVII.—THE NOBLE CONFIDENCE OF FLORA BANNERWORTH IN HER LOVER.—HER
OPINION OF THE THREE LETTERS.—THE ADMIRAL'S ADMIRATION.
CHAPTER XXVIII.—MR. MARCHDALE'S EXCULPATION OF HIMSELF.—THE SEARCH THROUGH THE
GARDENS.—THE SPOT OF THE DEADLY STRUGGLE.—THE MYSTERIOUS PAPER.
CHAPTER XXIX.—A PEEP THROUGH AN IRON GRATING.—THE LONELY PRISONER IN HIS DUNGEON.
—THE MYSTERY.
CHAPTER XXX.—THE VISIT OF FLORA TO THE VAMPYRE.—THE OFFER.—THE SOLEMN
ASSEVERATION.
CHAPTER XXXI.—SIR FRANCIS VARNEY AND HIS MYSTERIOUS VISITOR.—THE STRANGE
CONFERENCE.
CHAPTER XXXII.—THE THOUSAND POUNDS.—THE STRANGER'S PRECAUTIONS.
CHAPTER XXXIII.—THE STRANGE INTERVIEW.—THE CHASE THROUGH THE HALL.
CHAPTER XXXIV.—THE THREAT.—ITS CONSEQUENCES.—THE RESCUE, AND SIR FRANCIS VARNEY'S
DANGER.
CHAPTER XXXV.—THE EXPLANATION.—MARCHDALE'S ADVICE.—THE PROJECTED REMOVAL, AND
THE ADMIRAL'S ANGER.
CHAPTER XXXVI.—THE CONSULTATION.—THE DUEL AND ITS RESULTS.
CHAPTER XXXVII.—SIR FRANCIS VARNEY'S SEPARATE OPPONENTS.—THE INTERPOSITION OF
FLORA.
CHAPTER XXXVIII.—MARCHDALE'S OFFER.—THE CONSULTATION AT BANNERWORTH HALL.—THE
MORNING OF THE DUEL.
CHAPTER XXXIX.—THE STORM AND THE FIGHT.-THE ADMIRAL'S REPUDIATION OF HIS PRINCIPAL.
CHAPTER XL.—THE POPULAR RIOT.—SIR FRANCIS VARNEY'S DANGER.—THE SUGGESTION AND ITS
RESULTS.
CHAPTER XLIV.—VARNEY'S DANGER, AND HIS RESCUE.—THE PRISONER AGAIN, AND THE
SUBTERRANEAN VAULT.
CHAPTER XLV.—THE OPEN GRAVES.—THE DEAD BODIES.—A SCENE OF TERROR.
CHAPTER XLVI.—THE PREPARATIONS FOR LEAVING BANNERWORTH HALL, AND THE MYSTERIOUS
CONDUCT OF THE ADMIRAL AND MR. CHILLINGWORTH.
CHAPTER XLVII.—THE REMOVAL FROM THE HALL.—THE NIGHT WATCH, AND THE ALARM.
CHAPTER XLVIII—THE STAKE AND THE DEAD BODY.
CHAPTER XLIX—THE MOB'S ARRIVAL AT SIR FRANCIS VARNEY'S.—THE ATTEMPT TO GAINADMISSION.
CHAPTER L.—THE MOB'S ARRIVAL AT SIR FRANCIS VARNEY'S.—THE ATTEMPT TO GAIN ADMISSION.
CHAPTER LI.—THE ATTACK UPON THE VAMPYRE'S HOUSE.—THE STORY OF THE ATTACK.—THE
FORCING OF THE DOORS, AND THE STRUGGLE.
CHAPTER LII.—THE INTERVIEW BETWEEN THE MOB AND SIR FRANCIS VARNEY.—THE MYSTERIOUS
DISAPPEARANCE.—THE WINE CELLARS.
CHAPTER LIII.—THE DESTRUCTION OF SIR FRANCIS VARNEY'S HOUSE BY FIRE.—THE ARRIVAL OF
THE MILITARY, AND A SECOND MOB.
CHAPTER LIV.—THE BURNING OF VARNEY'S HOUSE.—A NIGHT SCENE.—POPULAR SUPERSTITION.
CHAPTER LV.—THE RETURN OF THE MOB AND MILITARY TO THE TOWN.—THE MADNESS OF THE
MOB.—THE GROCER'S REVENGE.
CHAPTER LVI.—THE DEPARTURE OF THE BANNERWORTHS FROM THE HALL.—THE NEW ABODE.
—JACK PRINGLE, PILOT.
CHAPTER LVII.—THE LONELY WATCH, AND THE ADVENTURE IN THE DESERTED HOUSE.
CHAPTER LVIII.—THE ARRIVAL OF JACK PRINGLE.—MIDNIGHT AND THE VAMPYRE.—THE
MYSTERIOUS HAT.
CHAPTER LIX.—THE WARNING.—THE NEW PLAN OF OPERATION.—THE INSULTING MESSAGE FROM
VARNEY.
CHAPTER LX.—THE INTERRUPTED BREAKFAST AT SIR FRANCIS VARNEY'S.
CHAPTER LXI.—THE MYSTERIOUS STRANGER.—THE PARTICULARS OF THE SUICIDE AT
BANNERWORTH HALL.
CHAPTER LXII.—THE MYSTERIOUS MEETING IN THE RUIN AGAIN.—THE VAMPYRE'S ATTACK UPON
THE CONSTABLE.
CHAPTER LXIII.—THE GUESTS AT THE INN, AND THE STORY OF THE DEAD UNCLE.
CHAPTER LXIV.—THE VAMPIRE IN THE MOONLIGHT.—THE FALSE FRIEND.
CHAPTER LXV.—VARNEY'S VISIT TO THE DUNGEON OF THE LONELY PRISONER IN THE RUINS.
CHAPTER LXVI.—FLORA BANNERWORTH'S APPARENT INCONSISTENCY.—THE ADMIRAL'S
CIRCUMSTANCES AND ADVICE.—MR. CHILLINGWORTH'S MYSTERIOUS ABSENCE.
CHAPTER LXVII.—THE ADMIRAL'S STORY OF THE BEAUTIFUL BELINDA.
CHAPTER LXVIII.—MARCHDALE'S ATTEMPTED VILLANY, AND THE RESULT.
CHAPTER LXIX.—FLORA BANNERWORTH AND HER MOTHER.—THE EPISODE OF CHIVALRY.
CHAPTER LXX.—THE FUNERAL OF THE STRANGER OF THE INN.—THE POPULAR COMMOTION, AND
MRS. CHILLINGWORTH'S APPEAL TO THE MOB.—THE NEW RIOT.—THE HALL IN DANGER.
CHAPTER LXXI.—THE STRANGE MEETING AT THE HALL BETWEEN MR. CHILLINGWORTH AND THE
MYSTERIOUS FRIEND OF VARNEY.
CHAPTER LXXII.—THE STRANGE STORY.—THE ARRIVAL OF THE MOB AT THE HALL, AND THEIR
DISPERSION.
CHAPTER LXXIII.—THE VISIT OF THE VAMPIRE.—THE GENERAL MEETING.
CHAPTER LXXIV.—THE MEETING OF CHARLES AND FLORA.
CHAPTER LXXV.—MUTUAL EXPLANATIONS, AND THE VISIT TO THE RUINS.
CHAPTER LXXVI.—THE SECOND NIGHT-WATCH OF MR. CHILLINGWORTH AT THE HALL.
CHAPTER LXXVII.—VARNEY IN THE GARDEN.—THE COMMUNICATION OF DR. CHILLINGWORTH TO
THE ADMIRAL AND HENRY.
CHAPTER LXXVIII.—THE ALTERCATION BETWEEN VARNEY AND THE EXECUTIONER IN THE HALL.
—THE MUTUAL AGREEMENT.
CHAPTER LXXIX.—THE VAMPYRE'S DANGER.—THE LAST REFUGE.—THE RUSE OF HENRY
BANNERWORTH.
CHAP