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Vikram and the Vampire: Classic Hindu Tales of Adventure, Magic, and Romance

Richard Francis, Sir Burton

  • Stories
  • Book language: English
  • 207 pages

Vikram and the Vampire is a collection of classic Hindu tales, translated and adapted by Sir Richard F. Burton. Framed by King Vikram's mission to bring a vampire-like baital to a magician, it strings together stories of adventure, magic, and romance. Listen for its folkloric charm and glimpses of Indian custom and storytelling.

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VIKRAM AND THE VAMPIRE

By Sir Richard F. Burton

Classic Hindu Tales of Adventure, Magic, and

Romance

Edited by his Wife Isabel Burton

“Les fables, loin de grandir les hommes, la Nature et Dieu, rapetssent tout.”

Lamartine (Milton)

“One who had eyes saw it; the blind will not understand it.

A poet, who is a boy, he has perceived it; he who understands it will be his sire’s sire.”—Rig-Veda (I.164.16).

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