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Vikram & the Vampire

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The Baital-Pachisi ("Twenty-five Tales of a Vampire"), composed in Sanskrit early in the Christian era by the sage Bhavabhuti, is one of the masterpieces of Indian literature and one of the best examples of humorous supernatural fiction. In it, King Vikram, the King Arthur of India, because of an oath made to a magician, has to carry the Baital (a vampire that inhabits and animates dead bodies) for a distance of four miles. They make a pact: the vampire will use all his skill to arouse the king's curiosity with stories of love, magic and villainy, but if Vikram speaks, the Baital will fly back to his tree-home. The crafty vampire outwits him many times before the kind accomplishes his mission. The stories are perhaps best described as fairy tales-myth and tale combined, insinuating a lesson in morals or in humanity by amusing narrative or romantic adventure. They include tales of amorous scheming, of the relative villainy of men and women, of unflinching loyalty and devotion, of a woman who told the truth, of the use and misuse of magic pills, and a bizarre story of the future

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This translation and adaptation by Sir Richard F Burton, (1821-1890), a British Consul, explorer, translator, Orientalist and story-teller who was born at Barham House, Hertfordshire, England. He traveled alone and in disguise to Mecca, translated the Arabian Nights and the Kama Sutra, journeyed with John Hanning Speke to discover the Great Lakes of Africa and the sources of the Nile, traveled far and wide and wrote extensively. He later served as British Consul in Trieste, Damascus and Fernando Po. He was knighted in 1886


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  • ISBN-13: 9798129107724
  • Publisher: Rupa Publications India Pvt. Ltd
  • Publisher Imprint: Rupa Publications India Pvt. Ltd
  • Height: 197 mm
  • Width: 130 mm
  • ISBN-10: 8129107724
  • Publisher Date: 09 Jan 2005
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Weight: 265 gr


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