Lettres Juives ou correspondance philosophique, historique, et critique or in English, The Jewish Letters; or Philosophical, Historical and Critical correspondence Between a Jew Traveler in Paris and His Correspondents in Various Places by Jean-Baptiste de Boyer. Jean-Baptiste de Boyer also went under the pseudonym “The Jewish Spy.”

Varney the Vampire, written by James Malcolm Rymer, was a serialized gothic horror story in weekly pamphlets better known as “penny dreadfuls” from 1845 to 1847. Once the original run was completed all of the Varney the Vampire chapters were compiled into a book in 1847. The story of Varney the Vampire can be split into two halves, the first being Varney terrorizing the family of the Bannerworths, and the second being Varney trying to get married but being foiled by Admiral Bell and Jack Pringle. Most of the plot beats in Varney have become major staples in future vampire literature.

Thalaba the Destroyer is a poem created in the early 19^th century by Robert Southey. In the most simplest of summaries and the best way I can describe it, Thalaba is the story about a young boy who is prophesied to destroy the world. A group of wizards/mages make it their mission to find Thalaba and his family to kill him. Thalaba is able to escape, and he makes it his mission to kill this group. He manages to kill the leader of the group once he’s older, and he can acquire a very powerful ring from this leader.