title: Interview with the Vampire
author:  Anne Rice 
description: Here are the confessions of a vampire. Hypnotic, shocking, and chillingly erotic, this is a novel of mesmerizing beauty and astonishing forcea story of danger and flight, of love and loss, of suspense and resolution, and of the extraordinary power of the senses. It is a novel only Anne Rice could write.
zlib_text: ### Annotation
  
  A vampire with a conscience recounts how he departed from human existence and
  became a vampire but, reluctant to take human life, he sustains himself on the
  blood of animals.
  
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    * Anne Rice
      * [PART I](index_split_002.xhtml#TOC_idm139902162376528)
      * [PART II](index_split_004.xhtml#TOC_idm139902160118768)
      * [PART III](index_split_005.xhtml#TOC_idm139902159930608)
      * [PART IV](index_split_006.xhtml#TOC_idm139902159373488)
  
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  # Anne Rice  
  Interview with the Vampire  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  # PART I  
  
  “I see…” said the vampire thoughtfully, and slowly he walked across the room
  towards the window. For a long time he stood there against the dim light from
  Divisadero Street and the passing beams of traffic. The boy could see the
  furnishings of the room more clearly now, the round oak table, the chairs. A
  wash basin hung on one wall with a mirror. He set his brief case on the table
  and waited.
  
  “But how much tape do you have with you?” asked the vampire, turnin