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Vikram and the Vampire; Classic Hindu Tales of Adventure Magic and Romance

By Sir Richard Francis Burton

Release : 2017-12-31

Genre : Fiction & Literature, Books

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This truncated collection of 11 stories are put into the mouth of a Baital, which is a non-Western vampire spirit who inhabits the body of a dead person. Neither the story nor the framework are primarily horror; the storyteller has been captured and earns his temporary freedom by tricking his listener (King Vickram) into answering a difficult question posed by each story told. (Goodreads)

Vikram and the Vampire; Classic Hindu Tales of Adventure Magic and Romance

By Sir Richard Francis Burton

Release : 2017-12-31

Genre : Fiction & Literature, Books

Kind : ebook

(0 ratings)
This truncated collection of 11 stories are put into the mouth of a Baital, which is a non-Western vampire spirit who inhabits the body of a dead person. Neither the story nor the framework are primarily horror; the storyteller has been captured and earns his temporary freedom by tricking his listener (King Vickram) into answering a difficult question posed by each story told. (Goodreads)

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