6. Plagued by vampires, are we? If there's one thing to be learned from John Polidori's story, it's that you shouldn't hang around them too much. What was the name of this prototypical vampire work?
From Quiz I'm Really Sick of Vampires
Answer:
The Vampyre
Polidori's idea to create this precursor to the vampire genre emerged from a quite famous gathering at Villa Diodati. While the stories, which emerged from said gathering, included Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein", "The Vampyre" was also quite monumental in its own right. Based on a character known as Aubrey, the tale follows a young man who takes himself along in the company of the gentlemanly, aristocratic Lord Ruthven. Eventually, he comes to discover that there is something not right about the man who has a tendency to allure women around him before they mysteriously disappear.
Overall this story, a roman a clef, was a thinly-veiled satire. In real life, Polidori related Lord Ruthven to the famous Lord Byron and Aubrey to himself. In a sense, it was a matter of making fun of his former boss. Make sure you watch who you're spending your time with!