342 pages
English language
Published Feb. 21, 2004
3 stars
(15 reviews)
Interview with the Vampire is a gothic horror and vampire novel by American author Anne Rice, published in 1976. It was her debut novel. Based on a short story Rice wrote around 1968, the novel centers on vampire Louis de Pointe du Lac, who tells the story of his life to a reporter. Rice composed the novel shortly after the death of her young daughter Michelle, who served as an inspiration for the child-vampire character Claudia. Though initially the subject of mixed critical reception, the book was followed by many widely popular sequels, collectively known as The Vampire Chronicles. A film adaptation was released in 1994, starring Brad Pitt and Tom Cruise, and the novel has been adapted as a comic three times.
Subjects
- gothic horror
- vampire literature
- Vampires
- Translations into Spanish
- Fiction
- Novela
- Spanish imprints
- Spanish fiction
- American fiction
- Vampiros
- Horror fiction
- Vampires in fiction
- Imaginary interviews
- Fiction in English
- Lestat (Fictitious character)
- Reading Level-Grade 11
- Reading Level-Grade 12
- Lestat (fictitious character), fiction
- Vampires, fiction
- Italy, fiction
- Fiction, horror
- Fiction, ghost
- Fiction, general
Places
- New Orleans
- Paris
- French Quarter
- Europe
- Theatre des Vampires
- Louisiana