Decadence, desire, and the supernatural reborn in a collector’s edition.

Théophile Gautier is one of the forgotten masters of 19th-century gothic literature, a writer whose tales shimmer with sensuality, supernatural beauty, and a decadent darkness unmatched by his contemporaries. Gautier’s Gothic Vampire Tales resurrects his most haunting works, stories where vampires seduce rather than stalk, desire is deadly, and the boundary between life and death dissolves in a shimmer of gold and blood.

This premium illustrated edition gathers Gautier’s most iconic and atmospheric tales, led by the legendary Clarimonde, one of the earliest and most influential vampire stories ever written. Sensual, tragic, and intoxicating, Clarimonde is a jewel of gothic romance, blending forbidden love, resurrection, and the dark glamour that shaped every vampire story that came after.

Alongside it, this collection includes Gautier’s most mesmerising occult, supernatural, and phantasmagoric works:tales of cursed beauty, haunted visions, spectral women, magical illusions, ancient tombs, and…