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“Would that it were true, would that all the poems and paintings of the world were but a mirror of such hopeful splendor.”

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Book:The Vampire Armand

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The Vampire Armand

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Anne Rice is an American author known for her gothic and fantasy novels, born on October 4, 1941. Her most famous work, 'The Vampire Chronicles', has gained her a wide readership and influenced vampire culture. more

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