Varney the Vampyre, or, the Feast of Blood: A Romance
Varney the Vampyre, or, the Feast of Blood: A Romance (1845-7) is one of the longest-running and most successful Victorian penny fiction serials, popularly termed "penny bloods." Written primarily by James Malcolm Rymer, the creator of penny fiction villain Sweeney Todd, as one of the top writers at Edward Lloyd's Salisbury Square penny fiction factory, Varney is an innovative, wide-ranging contribution to nineteenth-century British vampire lore.
Editorial Introduction
Editorial Introduction
Authors: Seth T. Reno and Allison Hamilton
“Old King Coal” and the Fog Demon, in Punch (13 November 1880). The Victorian Web.
5. Glossary of Spelling and Capitalization
G. Glossary of Spelling and Capitalization
This glossary records Thackeray's spelling and capitalization practices for words and phrases in the copy-text of Catherine in cases where the copy-text's forms are unusual, inconsistent, or different from Thackeray's characteristic forms. In addition, the entries that follow contain, where possible, discussions of the usual forms found in Fraser's Magazine; and in all cases a suggestion is made as to whether the copy-text form is likely to be authorial.