Vikram and the Vampire
by Sir Richard F. Burton
Classic Hindu Tales of Adventure, Magic, and Romance Edited by his Wife Isabel Burton
Chapters
- Preface
- Preface to the first (1870) edition
- Introduction
- 1 — In which a man deceives a woman
- 2 — Of the Relative Villany of Men and Women
- 3 — Of a High-minded Family
- 4 — Of A Woman Who Told The Truth
- 5 — Of the Thief Who Laughed and Wept
- 6 — In Which Three Men Dispute about a Woman
- 7 — Showing the Exceeding Folly of Many Wise Fools
- 8 — Of the Use and Misuse of Magic Pills
- 9 — Showing That a Man’s Wife Belongs Not to His Body but to His Head
- 10 — Of the Marvellous Delicacy of Three Queens
- 11 — Which Puzzles Raja Vikram