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Interview with the Vampire

This is a fantasy novel written in 1973 by Anne Rice, but was not published until 1976 by Alfred A. Knopf. The book focuses on the theme of immortality, loss, sexuality and power. It quickly became a cult hit and had great influence on the Goth subculture present. It was followed by several sequels, collectively known as the Vampire Chronicles. The story begins in San Francisco if the United States, where a vampire named Louis tells the story of 200 years of a shaky young interviewer. In 1791, Louis was the young master of a plantation in southern Louisiana, America. After the death of his brother, an event which is blamed, emotionally and declines to consider the existence starts to the point of thinking about suicide. At these times when the vampire Lestat appears beside it. Although Louis refuses at first, asking instead of death, Lestat manages to convince Louis to participate in the Dark Trick it would become an immortal, sexless and not fed anything other than blood.

Both vampires live a long time on the plantation. Lestat takes care of his father and nourished slaves Louis, while the latter had a Christian view on good and evil and a strong love for man, prefers to get the blood of small animals like chickens and rats: Louis is too tied to their moral man like to kill. During this period, teaches the basics Lestat a vampire should know: little tips for survival against the sun and fire elements that could only remove-denying absurd beliefs like a stake, a cross or a handful of garlic may affect it.

One night Louis feeds a child affected by the plague, which he found beside the body of his mother. When she reaches the point between life and death, becomes a vampire Lestat Louis doing well participate in some of the Rite. The girl is named Claudia, and she lives the next few decades with the pair of vampires (in the novel does not reveal his real name, and later, in "Merrick", will be revealed.)

Louis has been horrified by the transformation of such a little girl, but eventually falls for her and cares as a daughter and a lover. She quickly gets used to kill, and sharing feelings is far from ethical Louis. His life, indeed, was too short and customs dominate vampiric spirit. Claudia learn, read, and amazingly mature at the same time beginning to hate Lestat for having become so prematurely, although her mind matures and its excellence is that of a sensual woman, her body will remain forever as a little girl of five years.

Arriving in Europe, Louis and Claudia begin searching for their species. After touring most of Western Europe finally meet other vampires, but his disappointment is only just thinking beings, animated corpses horrible and devoid of reason. It is only when they come to Paris when they are vampires, specifically Armand, a 400 year old vampire with the appearance of a teenager who keeps a coven of vampires gathered at the Théâtre des Vampires. This old theater serves Armand and his coven to hide his identity, posing as mere actors "interpreting" pieces of vampires doing dramas in which it is often sacrificed a beautiful young girl or boy. Claudia is repulsive these vampires and her intuition leads to a bad feeling. Louis, however, quickly falls under the spell of Armand, feeling increasingly drawn.

Fearing that Louis Armand leaves her, Claudia requires Madeleine to be transformed into a vampire, a Parisian doll maker, to replace Louis as mother figure once it's abandoned. Louis initially refuses, but after realizing the situation of Claudia, yield to their demands and makes Madeleine into a vampire. The new trio, Louis, Madeleine and Claudia live together for a short but pleasant time, until one night they are kidnapped by the Théâtre des Vampires.

Lestat has returned after a fire in New Orleans and after Armand finds out what happened has decided to punish by the code of the vampires in that he believes the culprits. Louis ends up locked in a coffin in cement, while Claudia, for being the cause vampiricidio material is bound to a cell without a roof, where, upon arrival of dawn, along with Madelaine is consumed by the Sun Louis instead Armand is released, and after finding the ashes of Claudia, a decision to remove a ruthless vampires.

The last thing the interviewer Louis has is his last encounter with Lestat in New Orleans. It has been devastated, bordering with dementia and the most complete nihilism. Not even worth the pain, Louis leaves him without him achieve more than mumble a few words and give pathetic cries. Shortly after recounts away from Armand, saying he does not need anything of this and the only thing that left him immortality was a pain and suffering. Louis remembers Claudia, but he sees everything as a dream. Finally, to the coldness and indifference of Louis to Armand, he decides to leave for good. Thus ends the narration of the vampire Louis, a history of 200 years cohabiting with immortality, pain and suffering that resulted torn between good and death. The interviewer, however, seeing only the incredible powers of a vampire, he asks to be converted into one. Louis gets upset a little with the boy, attacks, and even bleeding, leave it alive for disappearing without a trace. Waking the attack, the interviewer recalls the clues that could lead to Lestat's house and goes on his quest.