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Vampiras
Vampiras reúne textos de diferentes épocas y autores que nos presentan distintas versiones de estas seductoras criaturas. En esta antología se recogen algunos de los mejores relatos sobre mujeres vampiro que se han escrito a lo largo del tiempo. Desde la mítica Carmilla de Sheridan le Fanu que había de forjar el arquetipo del vampiro femenino en la literatura universal hasta la erudita Morella de Edgar Allan Poe quien logra burlar a la muerte gracias a sus conocimientos de las ciencias ocultas.
480 pages, Hardcover
Published January 23, 2023
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About the author
Jan Potocki
75 books116 followersJan Potocki was born into the Potocki family, an aristocratic family, that owned vast estates in Poland. He was educated in Geneva and Lausanne, served twice in the Polish Army as a captain of engineers, and spent some time on a galley as a novice Knight of Malta. He was probably a Freemason and had a strong interest in the occult.
Potocki's colorful life took him across Europe, Asia and North Africa, where he embroiled himself in political intrigues, flirted with secret societies, contributed to the birth of ethnology — he was one of the first to study the precursors of the Slavic peoples from a linguistic and historical standpoint.
In 1790 he became the first person in Poland to fly in a hot air balloon when he made an ascent over Warsaw with the aeronaut Jean-Pierre Blanchard, an exploit that earned him great public acclaim. He also established in 1788 in Warsaw a publishing house named Drukarnia Wolna (Free Press) as well as the city's first free reading room.
Potocki's wealth enabled him to travel extensively about Europe, the Mediterranean and Asia, visiting Italy, Sicily, Malta, the Netherlands, Germany, France, England, Russia, Turkey, Spain, Tunisia, Morocco, Egypt, and even Mongolia. He was also one of the first travel writers of the modern era, penning lively accounts of many of his journeys, during which he also undertook extensive historical, linguistic and ethnographic studies. As well as his many scholarly and travel writings, he also wrote a play, a series of sketches and a novel.
Potocki married twice and had five children. His first marriage ended in divorce, and both marriages were the subject of scandalous rumors. In 1812, disillusioned and in poor health, he retired to his estate at Uladowka in Podolia, suffering from "melancholia" (which today would probably be diagnosed as depression), and during the last few years of his life he completed his novel.
Potocki committed suicide in December 1815 at the age of 54, though the exact date is uncertain — possibly November 20, December 2 or December 11. There are also several versions of the circumstances of his death; the best-known story is that he shot himself in the head with a silver bullet — fashioned from the strawberry-shaped knob of a sugar bowl given to him by his mother — which he first had blessed by his castle priest. One version of Potocki's suicide suggests that he gradually filed the knob off the lid, a little every morning.
Potocki's most famous work is The Manuscript Found in Saragossa. Originally written in French as Manuscrit trouvé à Saragosse, it is a frame tale which he wrote to entertain his wife. On account of its rich interlocking structure and telescoping story sequences, the novel has drawn comparisons to such celebrated works as the Decameron and the Arabian Nights.
Potocki's colorful life took him across Europe, Asia and North Africa, where he embroiled himself in political intrigues, flirted with secret societies, contributed to the birth of ethnology — he was one of the first to study the precursors of the Slavic peoples from a linguistic and historical standpoint.
In 1790 he became the first person in Poland to fly in a hot air balloon when he made an ascent over Warsaw with the aeronaut Jean-Pierre Blanchard, an exploit that earned him great public acclaim. He also established in 1788 in Warsaw a publishing house named Drukarnia Wolna (Free Press) as well as the city's first free reading room.
Potocki's wealth enabled him to travel extensively about Europe, the Mediterranean and Asia, visiting Italy, Sicily, Malta, the Netherlands, Germany, France, England, Russia, Turkey, Spain, Tunisia, Morocco, Egypt, and even Mongolia. He was also one of the first travel writers of the modern era, penning lively accounts of many of his journeys, during which he also undertook extensive historical, linguistic and ethnographic studies. As well as his many scholarly and travel writings, he also wrote a play, a series of sketches and a novel.
Potocki married twice and had five children. His first marriage ended in divorce, and both marriages were the subject of scandalous rumors. In 1812, disillusioned and in poor health, he retired to his estate at Uladowka in Podolia, suffering from "melancholia" (which today would probably be diagnosed as depression), and during the last few years of his life he completed his novel.
Potocki committed suicide in December 1815 at the age of 54, though the exact date is uncertain — possibly November 20, December 2 or December 11. There are also several versions of the circumstances of his death; the best-known story is that he shot himself in the head with a silver bullet — fashioned from the strawberry-shaped knob of a sugar bowl given to him by his mother — which he first had blessed by his castle priest. One version of Potocki's suicide suggests that he gradually filed the knob off the lid, a little every morning.
Potocki's most famous work is The Manuscript Found in Saragossa. Originally written in French as Manuscrit trouvé à Saragosse, it is a frame tale which he wrote to entertain his wife. On account of its rich interlocking structure and telescoping story sequences, the novel has drawn comparisons to such celebrated works as the Decameron and the Arabian Nights.
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July 20, 2025
dos estrellas A ESTE EDICIÓN DEL LIBRO porque realmente encontré historias muy buenas PERO no todas son de vampiros
mis favoritas:
- deja a los muertos en paz
- berenice
- carmilla
- el destino de madame cabanel
- la reina isabel
- el horla
- la novia de corintio
- la granja blanca
mis favoritas:
- deja a los muertos en paz
- berenice
- carmilla
- el destino de madame cabanel
- la reina isabel
- el horla
- la novia de corintio
- la granja blanca
July 20, 2024
3.5
●Historias del demoníaco Pacheco. 3
●Vampirismo. 3
●La leyenda de Carolina. 3.5
●Deja a los muertos en paz. 3.5
●Berenice. 3.5
●Morelia. 3
●Carmilla. 4.5
●El destino de Madame Cabanel. 3.5
●La reina Isabel. 2.5
●El misterio en la campaña. 2.5
●La doncella vampiro. 3
●El horla. 4
●Amina. 3
●El ghoul. 3
●Thanatopia. 3
●La novia de Corinto. 3.5
●La granja blanca. 4
●Las vampiras. 3.5
●La vampira. 3
●Aylmer Vance y la vampiresa. 3.5
●La virgen de cera. 2.5
●El circo de satanás. 3
●El secreto en la cripta. 3
●Historias del demoníaco Pacheco. 3
●Vampirismo. 3
●La leyenda de Carolina. 3.5
●Deja a los muertos en paz. 3.5
●Berenice. 3.5
●Morelia. 3
●Carmilla. 4.5
●El destino de Madame Cabanel. 3.5
●La reina Isabel. 2.5
●El misterio en la campaña. 2.5
●La doncella vampiro. 3
●El horla. 4
●Amina. 3
●El ghoul. 3
●Thanatopia. 3
●La novia de Corinto. 3.5
●La granja blanca. 4
●Las vampiras. 3.5
●La vampira. 3
●Aylmer Vance y la vampiresa. 3.5
●La virgen de cera. 2.5
●El circo de satanás. 3
●El secreto en la cripta. 3
October 21, 2024
2.5
está editado como el reverendo orto y tiene unos errores ortográficos horribles pero las historias están copadas !!! salvo algunas que no entiendo cómo mierda son consideradas de vampiras pero bueno
mis favs:
- deja a los muertos en paz
- carmilla
- el destino de madame cabanel
- las vampiras
- aylmer vance y la vampiresa
- el circo de satanás
está editado como el reverendo orto y tiene unos errores ortográficos horribles pero las historias están copadas !!! salvo algunas que no entiendo cómo mierda son consideradas de vampiras pero bueno
mis favs:
- deja a los muertos en paz
- carmilla
- el destino de madame cabanel
- las vampiras
- aylmer vance y la vampiresa
- el circo de satanás
December 23, 2025
Unos relatos más memorables que otros
January 6, 2025
La edición parece realizada por un niño que apenas va aprendiendo a leer, errores ortográfico a más no poder, páginas con un margen horrendo, y la redacción se pierde en muchas partes. Pésima edición, parece que lo tomaron como un reto el publicarlo así.
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