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1900s: The story told through the eyes of the vampire Claudia, who was just a little girl when she was turned by the vampire Lestat
Interview With The Vampire: Claudia’s Story
What you need to know before your trail
A richly-illustrated adaptation of Anne Rice’s Interview with the Vampire, told through the eyes of the vampire Claudia, who was just a little girl when she was turned by the vampire Lestat. Though she spends many years of happiness with her two vampire fathers, she gradually grows discontent with their insistence upon treating her like a little girl, even though she has lived as long as any mortal man…and her lust to kill is certainly no less than theirs…
Travel Guide
BookTrail Travel to New Orleans
This is perhaps the best gothic city and the best book to showcase the settings of that gothic city. From the graveyards to the mansion houses, the cobbled dark streets, and the shadowy alleyways, this city has it all.
Vampire Louis de Pointe du Lac sits in a large manor house, and tells the story of his life to a reporter. Rice composed the novel shortly after the death of her young daughter Michelle, who served as an inspiration for the child-vampire character Claudia. There are overshadows of death and darkness throughout this novel and it’s very creepy. The author had her home here and it resembled a large plantation house in the middle of the city.
The graveyards are perhaps the best and most iconic place to start and finish any tour of this book.
BookTrail Boarding Pass: Interview with the Vampire: Claudia’s Story
Destination: New Orleans Author/guide: Anne Rice Departure Time: 1900s
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