Pandora / Vittorio The Vampire by Anne Rice

Two linked novellas offer intimate confessions of immortals from different times: one follows a proud Italian nobleman whose transformation drags him into a tormenting struggle of faith, guilt, and obsessive desire, the other chronicles a cultured, enigmatic woman as she watches memory, love, and humanity erode under the weight of eternal life. Richly atmospheric and steeped in historical detail, the stories probe the costs of immortality, the persistence of human longing, and the dark poetry of transgression.

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