title: The Living Dead: A Study of the Vampire in Romantic Literature
author:  James B. Twitchell 
description: "Twitchell offers us, through his study of the vampire as a psychological device of Romanticism, a number of stimulating and even startling interpretations of well-known works. In what is perhaps the most rewarding chapter, we are shown how vampirism can be a metaphor of artistic creation itself." <BR>--The Modern Language Review
zlib_text: **Heart of Thorns**
  
   **Vampire Royals of New York: Gabriel, Book One**
  
  Copyright © 2021 by Sarah Piper
  
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  v1
  
  > CONTENTS
  
  >  _Also by Sarah Piper_
  
  >  _Get Connected!_
  
  >  _About Heart of Thorns_
  
  >  _Chapter 1_
  
  >  _Chapter 2_
  
  >  _Chapter 3_
  
  >  _Chapter 4_
  
  >  _Chapter 5_
  
  >  _Chapter 6_
  
  >  _Chapter 7_
  
  >  _Chapter 8_
  
  >  _Chapter 9_
  
  >  _Chapter 1