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====The Vampyre====
A short story written by John Polidori published in 1819, the Vampyre basically spawned the vampire genre. All of it. It's the Adam and Eve of vampire stories. The story concerns a guy called Aubrey who runs afoul of one Lord Ruthven, who is the title vampire and set the standard used to this day; rich, charming, secretive, handsome, seductive with the ladies, it's all here. He's also an asshole who kills Aubrey's girlfriend and then his sister after seeming to die. Because he's the first vampire in popular fiction, Ruthven predates like... all the normal vampire stuff. He's fine walking around in daylight, can be seriously wounded by things other than garlic and stakes, doesn't shapeshift, but also can be healed by moonlight, and to stay immortal he must kill three women every year. He might also hold some kind of supernatural sway over Aubrey after swearing him to secrecy, so there's that. If you want to be old-school, make your vampires like this guy.