Vikram and the Vampire
- Subtitle
- or, Tales of Hindu Devilry
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1. Front matter2. PREFACE.3. INTRODUCTION.4. THE VAMPIRE’S FIRST STORY. IN WHICH A MAN DECEIVES A WOMAN.5. THE VAMPIRE’S SECOND STORY. OF THE RELATIVE VILLANY OF MEN AND WOMEN.6. THE VAMPIRE’S THIRD STORY. OF A HIGH-MINDED FAMILY.7. THE VAMPIRE’S FOURTH STORY. OF A WOMAN WHO TOLD THE TRUTH.8. THE VAMPIRE’S FIFTH STORY. OF THE THIEF WHO LAUGHED AND WEPT.9. THE VAMPIRE’S SIXTH STORY. IN WHICH THREE MEN DISPUTE ABOUT A WOMAN.10. THE VAMPIRE’S SEVENTH STORY. SHOWING THE EXCEEDING FOLLY OF MANY WISE FOOLS.11. THE VAMPIRE’S EIGHTH STORY. OF THE USE AND MISUSE OF MAGIC PILLS.12. THE VAMPIRE’S NINTH STORY. SHOWING THAT A MAN’S WIFE BELONGS NOT TO HIS BODY BUT TO HIS HEAD.13. THE VAMPIRE’S TENTH STORY.[168] OF THE MARVELLOUS DELICACY OF THREE QUEENS.14. THE VAMPIRE’S ELEVENTH STORY. WHICH PUZZLES RAJA VIKRAM.15. CONCLUSION.