The Giaour
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The Giaour, A Fragment of a Turkish Tale is a poem by Lord Byron first published in 1813 by John Murray and printed by Thomas Davison. It was the first in the series of Byron's Oriental romances. The
1813 title page, first edition, second issue. London, John Murray.
The Combat of the Giaour and Hassan, Eugène Delacroix (1826)
George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron by Richard Westall
Fragment of a Novel
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"Fragment of Novel" is an unfinished 1819 vampire horror story written by Lord Byron. The story, also known as "A Fragment" and "The Burial: A Fragment", was one of the first in English to feature a v
The Giaour
…continued in 1819 with the publication of The Vampyre by John William Polidori, which was inspired by and based on an unfinished story by Byron, "A Fragment", also known as "Fragment of a Novel" and "The Burial: A Fragment", first published in Mazeppa in 1819. The lead character, Lord Ruthven, was based on…
Title page of the first edition of Mazeppa (1819), which contained the first publication of "A Fragment"
First page of "A Fragment"'s first edition, in the Mazeppa collection (1819)