# Aristocratic Decadence in The Vampire

> Theme guide for The Vampire by John William Polidori.

The story critiques the idle, pleasure-seeking upper classes of London and Europe, whose pursuit of novelty and vice makes them susceptible to the vampire's influence and moral decay.

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