The Coming of the Second Vampyre by James Malcolm Rymer Fiction Horror Occult & Supernatural

<p><strong>Varney the Vampire first appeared in 1845-47 as a series of weekly cheap pamphlets of the kind then known as penny dreadfuls.</strong> The story was published in book form in 1847. It is of epic length: the original edition ran to 876 double-columned pages and 232 chapters. Altogether it totals nearly 667000 words. Despite its inconsistencies Varney the Vampire is more or less a cohesive whole. It is the tale of the vampire Sir Francis Varney and introduced many of the tropes present in vampire fiction recognizable to modern audiences.</p>