Interview with the Vampire

Interview with the Vampire is an American novel of the supernatural fantasy genre, blending elements of romance and period history into its narrative. It was written by Anne Rice and is the first book in what would later become known as The Vampire Chronicles. It was first published in hardcover edition by Knopf, which is a New York based publishing house founded by Alfred A. Knopf, Jr. in 1915.

Characters

 * Armand
 * Babette
 * Claudia
 * Daniel Molly
 * Lestat de Lioncourt
 * Lestat's father
 * Louis de Pointe du Lac
 * Madeleine
 * Paul de Pointe du Lac
 * Santiago

Locales

 * California
 * San Francisco


 * Louisiana
 * New Orleans
 * Pointe du Lac


 * Europe
 * France
 * Paris
 * Théâtre des Vampires

Items

 * Carriage
 * Coffin
 * Dolls
 * Knife
 * Poison
 * Revolver
 * Sword
 * Whip

Races & Animals

 * Horses
 * Humans
 * Rats
 * Vampires

Vocations

 * Child
 * Slave

Miscellaneous

 * 1791
 * 18th century
 * 1920s
 * Coven
 * Fangs
 * Immolation
 * Immortality
 * Levitation
 * Slit throat
 * Smoking
 * Swamp
 * Telepathy
 * Throat injuries

Notes & Trivia

 * This novel was adapted into a feature length film in 1994 under the full title of Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles by director Neil Jordan.


 * The events from this book were adapted into a twelve-issue comic book limited series, Interview with the Vampire, which was published by Innovation Comics in 1992.


 * This book yielded eleven sequels, as well as two spin-off books titled Pandora and Vittorio the Vampire.


 * The events from this book were partially adapted into the Lestat musical in 2006.


 * The book was re-released in 2008 by Sphere.


 * The Primary setting of the framing story for this book is San Francisco, California. New Orleans, Louisiana. The primary setting for the majority of the story is New Orleans, Louisiana.


 * The only two actual characters in the book are the vampire, Louis de Pointe du Lac, and an unnamed reporter, who is later identified as Daniel Molloy in Queen of the Damned.


 * Louis de Pointe du Lac is 200-year-old at the beginning of this story.


 * Armand is said to be 400-years-old at the point where he first encounters Louis.