book lestat

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Main Characters: Lestat de Lioncourt

This book is about the life of Lestat de Lioncourt, later known as the Vampire Lestat. Lestat is writing The Vampire Lestat to let the other vampires around the world know that he is still around. He has been underground for a couple hundred years, but decides to come to the surface when he hears wonderful music by radio waves.

Lestat begins the story with him at twenty-one years old, in the 1700s. He, his horse, and his two mastiff dogs have gone to the surrounding woods to kill wolves that have been terrorizing his town. When he encounters the wolves, there are more than he has expected, and he loses his two dogs that he raised from puppies, his horse, and narrowly escapes with his life. He has killed all eight wolves. When he finally reaches home, bloodied and extremely tired, he is shocked at himself, and stays in his room for days. He missed his dogs, and he got new puppies, but it wasn't the same. He was also shocked that he had killed eight wolves by himself. He felt almost like a murderer. His near-death was also a reason for him staying closed in his room, with only servants coming in and out with food. Then, one evening, his moth

One night, someone steals Lestat from his bed. He awakes from a dream about him on the mountain with the wolves and hears a voice say "Wolfkiller" very softly. A figure with unmeasurable strength lifts Lestat up and bursts through the window with Lestat in his arms. They seem to fly at a great speed over the tops of buildings. Suddenly they stop, and Lestat is thrown down. When he peers into the face, he realizes it is the face of the man he saw in the theater; the man staring at him. This creature bared its fangs and sunk them into Lestat's neck. As this happened, Lestat heard what sounded like a gong. Finally, he saw Nicholas coming toward him, and he yelled at him to get away, just before he stopped breathing and fell into unconsciousness. When he awoke, he was in a strange room and was extremely thirsty. There was a bottle of wine in front of him, and he drank the entire thing. Next to him, a voice said, "More wine." He realized it was the vampire that fed upon him the night before. He drank another bottle and a half of wine, and was very drunk. He looks over at the vampire, and drops the bottle of wine he is drinking. "Huge black eyes seeming to stretch the white flesh in deep folds, the nose long and thin, and the mouth the jester's smile. There were fang teeth, just touching the colorless lip, and the hair, a gleaming mass of black and silver growing up high from the white forehead and flowing down over his shoulders and his arms. Lestat is terrified by this hideous creature. The creature grabs him, and once again bites his neck and steals his blood away. Lestat tries to resist, but once the vampire bit into Lestat, Lestat is rapt and wants this to continue. Lestat knows then that this vampire's name is Magnus. He does not know how he knows this, but he is certain of this fact. Lestat falls on the floor when he is finally released, and Magnus lifts him easily with one arm and lays him on the bed. Lestat is gasping for air, and the old vampire tells Lestat that he is dying. Magnus slits his own throat and tells Lestat to drink the blood. As Lestat opens his mouth to scream, the blood drips onto his lips, and thirst overpowers him. He drinks and drinks until Magnus is almost dry. Then, Magnus pulls away. When Lestat opens his eyes, he is seeing things so familiar, yet totally new to him. IN exchanging blood, he is made a vampire, and is now starting to see things with his new vampire eyes. He does not have the real sight of a vampire, but slowly is becoming one. With his new vampire eyes, he notices everything; every movement, every detail around him. Magnus tells Lestat to follow him. As he is led down a winding stone staircase, he is enthralled by what he sees with his new sight. "And everything I beheld absorbed me. The rough-cut stones seemed to give forth their own light, and even the rats shooting past in the dark had a curious beauty. When they reach the bottom, Magnus tells Lestat that, as a vampire, he is now immortal. Also, he must drink fresh blood, and show no mercy. However, he must stop drinking before the victim's heart stops beating, otherwise he could pay a terrible price. Further, he tells Lestat he will soon be leaving him. Lestat grows panicked that Magnus is leaving him. He does not want to be alone, as he has never been in his mortal life. Magnus tells Lestat to pull out a stone protruding from the wall. Much to Lestat's surprise, he had the strength to do so. Magnus tells Lestat that this is the passageway to his treasure, which he is passing on to Lestat. Magnus then lights a fire, and sets alight a pile of wood. Magnus tells Lestat that vampires can only die by the light of the sun, or sustaining high temperatures, like fire for extended periods of time. Lestat begs Magnus not to leave him alone, but Magnus proceeds with instructions. After he is burned up into ashes, Lestat is to scatter the ashes so that Magnus can't reform. If he does not, Magnu

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Approximate Word count = 4440
Approximate Pages = 18 (250 words per page double spaced)

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