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The Thomas Peckett Prest Library
Enter, if you dare, a world of murder, mystery, villainy and the supernatural.
The Thomas Peckett Prest Library brings the sensational tales of one of Victorian Britain’s great masters of popular fiction vividly back to life. Here are haunted chambers, desperate criminals, dreadful secrets, vampires, vengeance, narrow escapes and horrors lurking behind respectable doors.
Each story is read in full, restoring these thrilling penny narratives to the form they demand: told aloud, chapter by…
Episodes
- The Thomas Peckett Prest Library
Varney the Vampyre Volume 1 Chapter 10
In which the Bannerworth household is plunged into sudden alarm by mysterious pistol shots, leading to a bewildering scene of fainting and frantic concern, as…
- The Thomas Peckett Prest Library
Varney the Vampyre Volume 1 Chapter 9
In which young Flora Bannerworth awaits the return of her brothers with a mingling of dread and hope, as eerie noises and a mysterious scratching at the window…
- The Thomas Peckett Prest Library
Varney the Vampyre Volume 1 Chapter 8
In which a solemn company descends into the ancient vault of the Bannerworth family to search for the resting place of their ancestor, only to discover the…
- The Thomas Peckett Prest Library
Varney the Vampyre Volume 1 Chapter 7
In which Henry and his brother, accompanied by Mr. Marchdale and Mr. Chillingworth, resolve to investigate the family vault by night in hopes of uncovering…
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Varney the Vampyre Volume 1 Chapter 6
In which we are afforded a detailed glimpse into the Bannerworth family’s diminished fortunes and the steadfast resolve of young Henry to retain the ancestral…
- The Thomas Peckett Prest Library
Varney the Vampyre Volume 1 Chapter 5
In which two brothers and their companions keep a vigilant watch over their ailing sister, encountering a mysterious and spectral figure clad in antiquated…
- The Thomas Peckett Prest Library
Varney the Vampyre Volume 1 Chapter 4
In which the bright light of morning brings little comfort to Henry Bannerworth, whose sister Flora is found disturbed and weakened after a terrifying…
- The Thomas Peckett Prest Library
Varney the Vampyre Volume 1 Chapter 3
In which the perplexed efforts of Henry, George, and Mr. Marchdale to find a mysterious fallen figure end in bafflement, and their concerns shift swiftly to…
- The Thomas Peckett Prest Library
Varney the Vampyre Volume 1 Chapter 2
In which a sudden and dreadful alarm provokes a desperate attempt to rescue a young lady from a mysterious peril within her locked chamber, leading to a…
- The Thomas Peckett Prest Library
Varney the Vampyre Volume 1 Chapter 1
In which a fierce hail-storm batters an ancient city as midnight tolls, and within a shadowed chamber a beautiful young girl, restless in her sleep, is…
- The Thomas Peckett Prest Library
Varney the Vampyre Volume 1 Preface
In which the author modestly acknowledges the remarkable popularity of the romance of Varney the Vampyre and provides a brief discourse on the origins and…