The Vampyre: A Tale

This story was one of those where you just cringe at the end about how unhappy and unfulfilled the ending was. At first this story was sort of hard to follow, but it got better as it went on. It was an enjoyable story; however it was pretty depressing. I guess that this tale would have set the foundation for the ''modern-day'' vampire- superhuman and attractive. I'm surprised that more of the characters in the book didn't figure out that Lord Ruthven was a vampire... It was pretty creepy how even after Lord Ruthven "died," he still was able to communicate to Aubrey his desire for Aubrey to keep his promise. Creepy! You have to wonder if Lord Ruthven married Aubrey's sister the day before the promise had run its course just to tick him off. I wonder why Aubrey doubted Ianthe and her parents about the existence of vampires? This is what ended up causing her death, and consequently, her parents' deaths. I'm just glad that there was a little bit of happiness in this story- when Ianthe and Aubrey are able to be together. I thought that this was a pretty good reading selection!