{"product_id":"the-vampire-paperback","title":"The Vampire - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eWladyslaw Reymont\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eFilip Mazurczak\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eZenon (inspired by Joseph Conrad, perhaps?) is a successful Polish émigré novelist living in perpetually foggy, late nineteenth-century London. A skeptic by nature, he watches his circle of friends succumb to the temptation of Spiritualism. While Zenon thinks their séances to be nothing more than suggestive smoke and mirrors, he cannot help but be drawn to the enigmatic, demonic femme fatale Daisy, whose capacity to bend the laws of physics challenges his tenacious rationalist worldview. Betsy, his somewhat naïve but unwaveringly faithful fiancée, won't let the ominous Daisy snatch him from her wholesome embrace without a fight. To complicate matters, Ada, an old flame from Poland, has just arrived in England to reveal a shocking secret. Zenon won't pass up this opportunity for closure...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOriginally published in 1911 and available in English for the first time, \u003cem\u003eThe Vampire \u003c\/em\u003eis not only one of the earliest works of horror in Polish literature. It is also a love story, a timeless and moving account of immigrant nostalgia, and above all a memorable time capsule of \u003cem\u003efin de siècle \u003c\/em\u003eSpiritualist London, where séances were all the rage, Europeans were discovering Far Eastern mysticism, and Madame Blavatsky and Aleister Crowley were celebrities.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book has been published with the support of the (c)POLAND Translation Program\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 280\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.63 x 8 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 19, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47056339566731,"sku":"9781804841853","price":51.04,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0670\/2579\/7259\/files\/Ed80Hfv5Y-9781804841853.webp?v=1779493813","url":"https:\/\/thetaletrade.com\/products\/the-vampire-paperback","provider":"The Tale Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}