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The taint of her blood has to do with racial purity and Victorian morality. Lovely book — sending me after more of Marryat’s work. Nov 14, Max rated it really liked it Shelves: The Blood here refers to inherited traits, genetics and the idea that blood will out. Shortly before her 21st birthday, she wed Thomas Ross Church, an officer in the Madras staff corps of the British Army in India; they spent the first seven years of their married life traveling India extensively before she returned to England in This book was recommended to me by a lecturer last year and I have only just got around to reading it.
As the story progresses, racial things are not as important to the main characters. She influenced wiccan Gerald Gardner in his youth. Over all, I really enjoyed this book, and I hope that it will begin to be less obscure, since I think other people would like it as well.
Frederick Marryatshe was particularly known for her sensational novels and her involvement with several celebrated spiritual mediums of the late 19th century. By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Thanks for telling us about the problem. Nov 11, Debra Manskey rated it really liked it. On one hand, it is a novel that is ahead of its time.
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Elly rated it really liked it Apr 06, Jan 31, Suzanna Gibbs rated it liked it Shelves: Au contraire, it’s something I’d definitely recommend to anyone like me who is fascinated by Victorian society og how it is captured in literature, most especially by women of the time. Just the other day I was reminded of an essay about Fanny Price in which she is described as being an emotional vampire for sucking the life out bampire those around her.
I was expecting something original but alas it fell into the typical gothic trope fest half way through.

It is the supposed hereditary behavior which is the big problem. This page was last edited on 22 Decemberat Retrieved from ” https: Mar 01, Bloood rated it liked it. Her works treated such then-controversial themes as marital cruelty, adultery, alcoholism and spiritualism. To ask other readers questions about The Blood of the Vampireplease sign up.
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It’s a good contrast ths Dracula and interestingly was published in the same year. Or just a really high maintenance friend and girlfriend? Is Harriet a psychological vampire with fatal effects? Oh god this is so excellent. She does leave awful things in her wake thanks to her cursed blood, but the novel is surprisingly sympathetic towards her.
I can only wonder how different Buffy and Twilight might have been if Florence Marryat’s vampire had been the one adopted into pop culture history. Lists with This Book. The secondary characters are all quite well written and interesting.
This is popular fiction, clearly, and it does not pretend to be any more, though it is indeed a very interesting read to provide one with insights into current issues the fin de siecle.
From toshe had a performing career, at first writing and performing a comic touring piano sketch entertainment, together with George Grossmith and later performing in dramas, comedies, comic opera with a Bloof Carte Opera Companyher own one-woman show, and appearing as a lecturer, dramatic reader and public entertainer.
Not to say that this prevented me from liking the novel. It features themes of otherness, racism, genetic inheritance, loneliness, and sexism to name a few ideas.
The Blood of the Vampire by Florence Marryat
This book promotes the idea of bad blood. The public found Marryat’s work accessible, and reviewers admitted the effectiveness of her “graphic, nervous, vital” style, but critics called her “cynical and ‘third-rate’, too dependent for her plots on ‘the stock in trade of fourth-rate solicitors'”.
She has an insensitivesensual, selfish, greedy and needy nature. Paperbackpages.
View all 3 comments. Be the first to ask a question about The Blood of the Vampire. They had eight children but divorced in ; later that year, Marryat wed Colonel Francis Lean.
