Dead Brides

• About the book

Contains the 'vampire' cycle of five stories, written between 1835 and 1842 which in many ways form the nucleus of Poe's prose work. In these classic tales, Poe investigates the vampiric nature of human relationships, including love and lust, both 'normal' and incestuous, and develops his theme to observe the vampiric qualities inherent in the creative or artistic process. Vampirism, with its terrible energy exchanges and lesions, is ultimately Poe's analogy for a love that persists beyond the grave.