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Varney, the Vampyre Vol. 2

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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 had no chapters numbered 124 or 125. This project has preserved the original chapter numbers. (22 hr 45 min)

Chapters

Chapter 66

13:43

Read by Roger Melin

Chapter 67

9:08

Read by Nichole Karl

Chapter 68

18:00

Read by Tom Powers

Chapter 69

19:08

Read by TriciaG

Chapter 70

24:00

Read by TriciaG

Chapter 71

19:09

Read by TriciaG

Chapter 72

34:50

Read by Channe

Chapter 73

31:25

Read by Richard Wallis

Chapter 74

12:51

Read by NickNumber

Chapter 75

10:38

Read by NickNumber

Chapter 76

17:12

Read by Roger Melin

Chapter 77

22:35

Read by bodster

Chapter 78

16:53

Read by Roger Melin

Chapter 79

6:23

Read by Nichole Karl

Chapter 80

20:01

Read by tornadogrrrl

Chapter 81

14:00

Read by tornadogrrrl

Chapter 82 part 1

22:13

Read by TriciaG

Chapter 82 part 2

27:45

Read by TriciaG

Chapter 83

16:57

Read by Roger Melin

Chapter 84

8:38

Read by Roger Melin

Chapter 85

22:03

Read by TriciaG

Chapter 86

25:08

Read by TriciaG

Chapter 87

29:11

Read by NickNumber

Chapter 88 part 1

20:13

Read by NickNumber

Chapter 88 part 2

7:38

Read by NickNumber

Chapter 88 part 3

23:43

Read by NickNumber

Chapter 88 part 4

12:57

Read by NickNumber

Chapter 88 part 5

23:46

Read by NickNumber

Chapter 89

15:16

Read by Roger Melin

Chapter 90

17:02

Read by TriciaG

Chapter 91

18:15

Read by TriciaG

Chapter 92

28:25

Read by Steve Smith

Chapter 93

14:07

Read by Lucy Perry

Chapter 94

22:55

Read by Richard Wallis

Chapter 95

23:37

Read by Richard Wallis

Chapter 96 part 1

25:21

Read by TriciaG

Chapter 96 part 2

20:32

Read by TriciaG

Chapter 97

18:23

Read by valli

Chapter 98

21:23

Read by valli

Chapter 99

27:46

Read by valli

Chapter 100

26:10

Read by valli

Chapter 101

12:40

Read by Jason Oakley

Chapter 102

16:02

Read by Bereni

Chapter 103

17:06

Read by TriciaG

Chapter 104

34:16

Read by TriciaG

Chapter 105

34:42

Read by Bereni

Chapter 106

31:07

Read by valli

Chapter 107

18:26

Read by valli

Chapter 108

18:14

Read by valli

Chapter 109

21:14

Read by valli

Chapter 110

11:13

Read by Richard Wallis

Chapter 111

11:09

Read by Nichole Karl

Chapter 112

8:52

Read by Nichole Karl

Chapter 113

17:16

Read by Bereni

Chapter 114

18:40

Read by Bereni

Chapter 115

33:39

Read by Collee McKinnon

Chapter 116

34:12

Read by Collee McKinnon

Chapter 117

14:28

Read by Collee McKinnon

Chapter 118

12:20

Read by Richard Wallis

Chapter 119

12:50

Read by TriciaG

Chapter 120

15:30

Read by TriciaG

Chapter 121

12:33

Read by Richard Wallis

Chapter 122

16:26

Read by Richard Wallis

Chapter 123

15:32

Read by TriciaG

Chapter 126

24:49

Read by TriciaG

Chapter 127

18:20

Read by TriciaG

Chapter 128

21:23

Read by Bereni

Chapter 129

17:05

Read by Bereni

Chapter 130

18:21

Read by TriciaG

Chapter 131

17:48

Read by TriciaG

Bewertungen

bad reader

(2,5 Sterne)

Yeah the reader who goes by the name Valle is horrible. You can tell English is not her first language. She doesn't read that well. I have stop listening to her starting at chapter 97 and I have decided to read those chapters that she is going to read for the book. It is really unfortunate because this is a very good story that I wish I could even buy from audible but you can't.

Second volume lost me!

(2 Sterne)

(This is the same review I wrote for the first volume of Varney) This is quite the conundrum. The first handful of chapters were great and kept me enthusiastically listening. Then, IMHO it started to drag. Being a "Penny Dreadful" the author is paid BY THE WORD and each chapter was printed, released, and sold individually in a serial form. I confess I listened to this months ago, but had decided at the time, I was going to do a review... My recollection isn't as sharp as it would be if I had done this in a timely manner... Being paid by the word, this really demonstrates why this is a poor way to pay a writer. There were chapters that seemed to have virtually no relation to the actual storyline of the main novel. The author had a novel way of using words as he saw fit, regardless of their actual meaning. You might notice other reviews mention 'mangling' the English language... In my opinion, assassinating might be more apropos! There were also some chapters that I would have to assume were written by an inferior hand or possibly by someone on a 'binge' of a mentally debilitating substance of one kind or another. I think the fact that there are supposedly no chapters 124 and 125 indicates that there was some 'bad filler'. I was intrigued by this novel and did a little research and there seemed to by some confusion as to who the actual author was. There was a writer, James Malcolm Rymer, who along with Prest, co-authored Sweeny Todd, the tale of the 'demon barber', and it is now thought that Rymer might have penned "Varney". "Varney the Vampire" is published as three separate volumes. I got to about the middle of the second volume when I couldn't bear it any more! If we look at the numbers, we see that 18,000 plus downloads for the first volume. 5,300 plus downloads for the second volume, and 1,800 downloads for the third and final volume, which roughly translates into two-thirds of the audience being lost at each succeeding volume. The hard part comes as to how to rate the first volume. I guess since the majority of the first volume kept my interest I guess I'll give it five stars, though I am tempted to vote four stars because the quality did start to deteriorate after the majority of the content was finished. I'm going to post this on the second volume also, since all of this applies. My rating for the second volume is going to be two stars since I lost interest and quit listening before the end. My advice is this: Download and enjoy the first volume. Pass on the rest, though I know many will want to continue. If you disagree, please write a review and straighten me out!

Worth the listen!

(5 Sterne)

Don't let the comments about any of the readers sway you from giving this title a go. It's an honorable task to read, ans we as listeners can learn more than just the content of a book by opening our ears to hear a diverse group of readers reading a great story like this.

masterpiece ... buuut.

(3 Sterne)

the woman who reads chapters 106,107 and many more named valle or some shit ... should stick to listening. ... sick and tired of guessing what shes saying ... to my great disappointment i have to stop listening because of it..

Hard to understand

(2 Sterne)

I appreciate the volunteers I really do but does anyone proof listen these recording? There are more than a few sections I could not bear and skipped, even three in a row.