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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.

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Appendix 4: Thackeray's Poem about Catherine Hays

Tuesday, November 1, 2022 - 12:00

Appendix 4: Thackeray's Poem About Catherine Hayes (1850?)

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The Doom of the Great City

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The Doom of the Great City

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Editorial Introduction

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Editorial Introduction

Authors: Seth T. Reno and Allison Hamilton

“Old King Coal” and the Fog Demon, in Punch (13 November 1880). The Victorian Web.

The Doom of the Great City

Wednesday, June 1, 2022 - 12:00

William Delisle Hay's The Doom of the Great City (1880) is relatively unknown today, even among scholars who specialize in Victorian literature. There is little scholarship on the novella, and it’s not commonly taught in high school or college classrooms. Our hope is that this critical edition will change that. Doom's engagement with nineteenth-century science, environmental concerns, and the post-apocalyptic genre lend it much relevancy in the twenty-first century.