Louis and Lestat are forced to leave when Louis' slaves begin to fear the monsters with which they live and instigate an uprising. Lestat spends time feeding off slaves while Louis, who finds it morally repugnant to murder humans to survive, feeds from animals. Lestat turns Louis into a vampire and the two become immortal companions. Louis is approached by a vampire named Lestat de Lioncourt, who desires Louis' company. Distraught by the death of his pious brother, he seeks death in any way possible. In 1791, Louis is a young indigo plantation owner living in Louisiana. A film adaptation was released in 1994, starring Brad Pitt and Tom Cruise, and the novel has been adapted as a comic three times.Ī vampire named Louis de Pointe du Lac tells his 200-year-long life story to a reporter referred to simply as " the boy". Though initially the subject of mixed critical reception, the book was followed by many widely popular sequels, collectively known as The Vampire Chronicles. Rice composed the novel shortly after the death of her young daughter Michelle, who served as an inspiration for the child-vampire character Claudia. Based on a short story Rice wrote around 1968, the novel centers on vampire Louis de Pointe du Lac, who tells the story of his life to a reporter. Interview with the Vampire is a gothic horror and vampire novel by American author Anne Rice, published in 1976.
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