The House Of The Vampire

The House of the Vampire is a classic horror novel written by George Sylvester Viereck. The story follows a young man named David, who is invited to stay at the mysterious mansion of a wealthy and enigmatic man named Count Johann. As David spends more time at the house, he begins to suspect that the Count is not what he seems and may in fact be a vampire.The novel explores themes of love, power, and the supernatural, as David becomes increasingly drawn into the world of the Count and his dark secrets. Along the way, he meets a beautiful woman named Lynda, who also seems to be under the spell of the Count.As the tension and mystery build, David must confront the truth about the Count and his own feelings for Lynda. The House of the Vampire is a haunting and atmospheric tale that has become a classic of the horror genre.The boy's expression was pleasant, with an inkling of wistfulness, while the soft glimmer of his lucid eyes betrayed the poet and the dreamer. The smile of Reginald Clarke was the smile of a conqueror. A suspicion of silver in his crown of dark hair only added dignity to his bearing, while the infinitely ramified lines above the heavy-set mouth spoke at once of subtlety and of strength. Without stretch of the imagination one might have likened him to a Roman cardinal of the days of the Borgias, who had miraculously stepped forth from the time-stained canvas and slipped into twentieth century evening-clothes.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.