Varney, the Vampyre Volume 1: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Varney, the Vampyre Volume 1, credited to Thomas Preskett Prest, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

About the work

The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:

LibriVox recording of Varney the Vampyre Volume 1, by Thomas Preskett Prest. Originally published as a penny dreadful from 1845 until 1847, when it first appeared in book form, Varney the Vampyre is a forerunner to vampire stories such as Dracula, which it heavily influenced. Flora Bannersworth is attacked in her own room in the middle of the night, and although her attacker is seemingly shot dead, the body is nowhere to be found. The discovery of two small bite marks on Flora’s neck leads Mr Marchdale, an old friend of the family, to the conclusion that she was bitten by a vampire. While Flora recovers, her brother Henry and Mr Marchdale begin their hunt for the vampire. Their suspicions soon fall on the mysterious Sir Francis Varney, who has just bought an old abbey near Bannersworth Hall, and who bears an uncanny resemblance to Marmaduke Bannersworth, a long-dead ancestor of the family. (Summary by Annika Feilbach) Note that the original text does not have chapters labeled 41-43. The chapters have been renumbered to be consecutive in this project.

Recording facts

• Recording title: Varney, the Vampyre Volume 1
• Author credits: Thomas Preskett Prest
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 63
• Listed recording duration: 21:05:10

Catalogue topics

• audio book
• vampire
• horror
• gothic
• prest
• varney

Opening tracks: first 24 of 63

1. 00 - Preface — 2:03
2. 01 - Chapter 1 — 15:33
3. 02 - Chapter 2 — 14:17
4. 03 - Chapter 3 — 15:05
5. 04 - Chapter 4 — 34:59
6. 05 - Chapter 5 — 25:38
7. 06 - Chapter 6 — 20:07
8. 07 - Chapter 7 — 27:01
9. 08 - Chapter 8 — 22:23
10. 09 - Chapter 9 — 10:39
11. 10 - Chapter 10 — 11:49
12. 11 - Chapter 11 — 16:53
13. 12 - Chapter 12 — 31:57
14. 13 - Chapter 13 — 28:27
15. 14 - Chapter 14 — 9:39
16. 15 - Chapter 15 — 32:58
17. 16 - Chapter 16 — 14:57
18. 17 - Chapter 17 — 24:31
19. 18 - Chapter 18 — 18:43
20. 19 - Chapter 19 — 28:51
21. 20 - Chapter 20 — 13:24
22. 21 - Chapter 21 — 17:22
23. 22 - Chapter 22 — 17:34
24. 23 - Chapter 23 — 29:42

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