The Vampire Chronicles

by Anne Rice

The Vampire Chronicles is a series of Gothic vampire novels and a media franchise, created by American author Anne Rice, that revolves around the fictional character Lestat de Lioncourt, a French nobleman turned into a vampire in the 18th century. Rice said in a 2008 interview that her vampires were a "metaphor for lost souls". The homoerotic overtones of The Vampire Chronicles are well-documented. As of November 2008, The Vampire Chronicles had sold 80 million copies worldwide.

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Genre:

Horror fiction, Vampire fiction, Gothic fiction

Reader rating:

★ 5.0 / 5 (3 on Open Library)