It was not until a century had passed that the aspiring writer Doctor John Polidori wrote the first vampire tale in English.

吸血鬼主义起源于塞尔维亚的村民, 现在已经在欧洲社会蔓延开来, 用来形容政客、地主、商人, 甚至是戏剧评论家——就好像吸血鬼正在向社会上层移动.

It is to Polidori and Stoker, and dozens of Victorian vampire tales, that we owe the fanged and stylish creature familiar to us today.

他使吸血鬼成为贵族, 并为布拉姆·斯托克78年后出版的经典小说《德古拉》铺平了道路.

It was not until a century had passed that the aspiring writer Dr John Polidori wrote the first vampire tale in English.

直到一个世纪过去，有抱负的作家约翰·波利多里博士才用英语写出了第一部吸血鬼故事。