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Sir Richard Francis Burton. Vikram and the Vampire
Vikram and the Vampire
Table of Contents
PREFACE
PREFACE TO THE FIRST (1870) EDITION
INTRODUCTION
VIKRAM AND THE VAMPIRE
THE VAMPIRE’S FIRST STORY—In which a man deceives a woman
THE VAMPIRE’S SECOND STORY—Of the Relative Villany of Men and Women
THE VAMPIRE’S THIRD STORY—Of a High-minded Family
THE VAMPIRE’S FOURTH STORY—Of A Woman Who Told The Truth
THE VAMPIRE’S FIFTH STORY—Of the Thief Who Laughed and Wept
THE VAMPIRE’S SIXTH STORY—In Which Three Men Dispute about a Woman
THE VAMPIRE’S SEVENTH STORY—Showing the Exceeding Folly of Many Wise Fools
THE VAMPIRE’S EIGHTH STORY—Of the Use and Misuse of Magic Pills
THE VAMPIRE’S NINTH STORY—Showing That a Man’s Wife Belongs Not to His Body but to His Head
THE VAMPIRE’S TENTH STORY [168]—Of the Marvellous Delicacy of Three Queens
THE VAMPIRE’S ELEVENTH STORY—Which Puzzles Raja Vikram
FOOTNOTES
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Sir Richard Francis Burton
Classic Hindu Tales of Adventure, Magic, and Romance
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Some nineteen centuries ago, the renowned city of Ujjayani witnessed the birth of a prince to whom was given the gigantic name Vikramaditya. Even the Sanskrit-speaking people, who are not usually pressed for time, shortened it to “Vikram”, and a little further West it would infallibly have been docked down to “Vik”.
By this act of vigour and manly decision, which all younger-brother princes should devoutly imitate, Vikram having obtained the title of Bir, or the Brave, made himself Raja. He began to rule well, and the gods so favoured him that day by day his dominions increased. At length he became lord of all India, and having firmly established his government, he instituted an era—an uncommon feat for a mere monarch, especially when hereditary.
