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I have never been very fond of vampire stories, nor watched all the classic films about them. However, that changed a few years ago when I read the absolute classic of vampire tales; Dracula by Bram Stoker. It was a surprisingly, vivid and interesting read, even after all these years. Today the world of vampires has changed due to a number of modern accounts on them; Twilight , The Sookie Stackhouse series (True Blood) and Interview with the Vampire and many more. Not to talk about the various TV-series following in the wake. According to the British Library, the first vampire in English literature came with Robert Southey's epic poem  Thalaba de Destroyer. The vampire takes the form of Thalaba's bride Oneiza, who dies on their wedding day. Her very lineaments, and such as death Had changed them, livid cheeks, and lips of blue. But in her eyes there dwelt Brightness more terrible Than all the loathsomeness of death. It seems that Southey added a very deta...