Frank Mueller is an audiobook god. Very tragic how he died after being in a coma from his motorcycle accident, but it was also amazing of Stephen King to donate all the proceeds from his Dark Tower series, which Frank read until the accident, to his late wife and baby.
What I would give for the rest of the series narrated by him! I'm listening to this one again after finishing Tale of The Body Thief. I just love the way he pronounced his words. He is the voice of Lestat to me.
I came here because I saw a commercial on TV about the movie and I ended up finding both the books and the movie I love them so much may her rest in peace
This narrator is absolutely brilliant... he holds the listener perfectly intrigued..... absolute brilliance.... regardless of the Lewis not Louis fiasco!
@@charliebowen5071and perhaps more importantly, Louis is how Anne Rice has always pronounced it. "I am Louis, and Louis is me. I'm the only woman to be played by Brad Pitt in a movie."
"Stop looking at my buttons!" I loved this movie as a kid, now as a grown adult, I realize this is the story of an abusive relationship with a narcissist. Practically goes down a checklist! And narcissists are figurative vampires. I wonder how many Lestats we've all dated
@@davidstevenson404 Afaik people loved the character so much they wanted more... In the sequel, Lestat is still selfish, out of tune with people around him, doesn't care what others want, and absolutely convinced of his own superiority. Well written, stylish af, but a hero? Not really.
Yes he is a narcissist but Louise is an insufferable hypocrite that believes himself morally superior when he is fact just as evil, he is not a sweet victim.
I've only recently begun reading Anne Rice's work. On one of my regular walks through my neighborhood, I stopped at a free library (one of those "take a book, leave a book" boxes) and it was absolutely full of Anne Rice novels. I've fallen so in love with her writing and have watched several interviews. It was such sad news to hear of her loss just as I felt I was getting to know her. She was truly a legend and will live on through her writings. 🖤🧛
Thanks for this. I love the Vampire Chronicles. I've read them repeatedly but now that my eye sight is failing I cannot read them anymore. So I'm very grateful. I'm glad that you have included close caption. 😊
I've read the vampire chronicles multiple times over in my late teens over from the first to last and coming back to them now in my 30s is like visiting old best friends that live on the same street from me these vampires are the only Vampires I took a genuine interest in before this I first saw the 1994 film I was hooked and read them a few years after finally and I was taken in this fantastic series RIP Anne Rice her amazing talented mind will be immortal
It's amazing just how different the book is from the film. All of the internal feelings that Louis never vocalized in the movie. I feel like I'm getting to know him so much better than I ever could from the movie. So much more personal and intimate. I love it.
Oh yes, it's almost always that way with books vs the movies. These vampire novels go on forever. If you loved this, you'll probably love the others just as much. Look up a chronological list of Anne Rice's Vampire novels and be prepared for months of immersion in the world she creates and the continuation of the characters in other novels as well as new characters. I also love the Mayfair Witch's Trilogy. It starts with the Witching Hour, then Lasher, then Taltos (or maybe Taltos then Lasher). Again you can look up the lists. But make sure that for all of these books you listen to the unabridged ones. Make sure it actually says it's unabridged. Otherwise you might unknowingly end up listening to the abridged version. I also love the way some of the vampire novels (I forget which ones) and the Mayfair novels have characters that overlap. There are many more books she has written as well. I just love them.
I absolutely grieve over the fact that Frank Muller will never narrate this series past Book 4. He was incredible! I just love the way he pronounced his words and the way he sometimes trailed off after certain words. So poetic and enchanting. He is the voice of Lestat, in my opinion (those that have listened to the next 3 books probably understand).
Frank Muller is, imo, the vert best of the best audiobook narrators! I have listened to all the books of Rice's vampire books and his narration is almost perfect. How he must rehearse!
The way he pronounced his words was absolutely enchanting! After Tale of The Body Thief, I had to read the rest of the books. It's just not the same without him.
I read this during the Fall of the year that I turned 13 years old. Also read "IT" that summer 😂 Stephen King and Anne Rice change my life forever. Her passing is more poignant since I live in New Orleans ... I hope they make her home in the garden district a museum 💞
😃Thank you so much Daniel Molloy for posting this audiobook of Interview with the Vampire. This will be the first time I listen to the story in audio. Years ago I read the format of the paperback book. I loved it and became a huge fan of Anne Rice & her works. I miss her a lot. May Anne Rice🌹rest in peace.🙏🏼
Thank you so much for posting this. I hadn't read it in probably 25-30 years, and I'm enjoying it in a much different way than when I was younger. Muller was such a gift as a narrator, and he's bringing the story to, well, maybe not life, but un-life. My only wish is that I could go back in time, to the recording booth and give him a gentle note to pronounce Louis in the French way. Other than that, it's perfect.
Thank you so much for uploading these!! I have so little time to actually read anymore and it breaks my heart but now I can listen while I work at home
I listen at night going to sleep. My eye sight has gotten to the point that I can't read anymore. Thank you for taking the time and effort to upload this book.
@@gothicfly Do you really work at a cemetery? I do too! That's not a common workplace, so it's rare that I meet others with the same job. I'm the office manager at a cemetery in Tennessee.
Just listening to something I read many years ago. What a joy. I have read all of the Vampire Chronicles. Not by Audiobook. I quite enjoyed this thank u so much.
Daniel Molley.... Thank you for posting these audiobooks....So much enjoyment and appreciation for you and Anne Rice's works than you can imagine....In these times of this generation that is so superficial and no respect awareness or appreciation of all the amazing creations that have come before them....It is refreshing to listen to these books with a glass of good scotch...a cigar...for hours... PEACEFUL...in this confused superficial and lost from it's creative past world....It takes a proper knowledge of the past to combine with the present to make a remarkable future....This lost generation doesn't have the heart and mind to know this.
Thank you for AMAZING work Anne Rice! You will live on as we read your dark wonderful books. We will continue the fight for your right to get the rest of the chronicles to the big screen. R.I.P legend!
RIP Anne Rice. Reappreciating what an influence she was for me. This is such a towering work and outlook. I’m even more reverent of it than when I found her world in highschool. Just finished revisiting this book. Love Frank Mueller. 🖤 did not know he did this story. His ‘Great Expectations’ is still one of the best audiobooks I’ve ever heard.
Is it bad that I can't help but laugh at certain things because I can't help but see Tom Cruise as Lestat. 😅 Thank you so much for uploading these!!!! I hope you continue the series!
Claudia was Lestat's MATCH. Her scorn matched and bested his in opposite measure. She was far more cunning and fearless than Lestat, but it is because she was more intelligent. IF she had been an adult when made she would have left them both and gone her own way. The entrapment of being bound in a little girl's body however caused her to act accordingly. She could have gotten away with it if not for wanting to keep Louis as her "lackey".
She was immature. Dying before age 25 means her brain was far from fully evolved - especially the prefrontal cortex, in which rational thought is. That's the reason for emotional state of her mind; she physically wasn't able to think and react as rationally as an adult.
@@laamiroly Like what? She never matured. Only got more knowledgably about killing. Think about what shock the victim goes through to become a vampire. It's likely their mind is shattered, they are insane. Who are you trying to convince with the capital letters :) Also about the gay stuff. Louise and Lestat weren't lovers. They wouldn't physically be capable, since they are dead. People are adding symbolism to the text, content that isn't actually in there. The two have a dysfunctional companionship. That's not the same as being lovers as some think they are.
What do you mean she was far more intelligent and more cunning than Lestat? Around the time of her and Louise murder plot lestat's was 180 years old! Lestat was a Polish musician and singer he plays near every instrument and composed songs, he's very knowledgeable because he reads a lot and his backstory claims that he was well-educated groomed and experienced in number if things. Not to mention all the other powers that he acquired after having The Dark Gift bestowed upon him. So make sure you understand the complete backstory and read the other books so you can get the full understanding behind the life and the life after death of Lestat de lioncourt so you don't sound ridiculous when you feel the need express your thoughts in the comments. You don't want to contradict yourself proving that you have no idea what you want talking about.😮
@@sevenstarred77 Bitch, please. Claudia was just as, if not MORE DEVIOUS, CONNIVING, and MANIPULATIVE than Lestat. His longer life and the "education" he received through such longevity meant nothing in regard to the nechanics of the mind. Go take your blurb elsewhere, and find yourself a clue.
You bring the story alive Even though I read the books your voice makes me visualize the scenes it’s mesmerizing you have made the books brand new for me Thank You so much‼️
Thank you so much for doing this and giving me the pleasure of listening to The Vampire Chronicles. You don't even understand how happy this makes me you have made my whole year with this thank you so much.
@@danielmolloy3154 if you can... try to get the sleeping beauty books on audio. Have you read those? I read the first three but I still haven't been able to make it to the last one. I really do appreciate you for all your hard work.
Well, unless he knew the French name word or has listened to the way that Anne Rice pronounced it, then I can understand how he'd assume the word is pronounced how it's spelled. Just looking at it, most people would say Lewis and not Louie. I, myself, always seem to bounce back and forth between Louie and Lewis when I read the books!
@@Tos2290 I always figured that if someone wants to narrate a book, they ought to learn the right way of saying the names and such especially if there are different ways to say them.
@@Tos2290A generous and kind comment, but we don’t say Lewiss-ee-anna, Lewis the 14th, etc.? Louis is French origin and anyone with a modicum of cultural literacy should know that, especially a voice actor.
I'm reading the book because i didn't want to finish the tv serie(before reading the original story). But when my eyes are tired of read on this screen i Came here and listen 👂😊
I will always think of Lestat's laugh as the one from the movie that Tom Cruise did. The scene when Louis (Brad Pitt) threw him against the tree in rage after killing the old rich lady's poodles. Soo metallic, lilting and gay sounding, but totally devoid of merriment and true feeling. Filled instead with complete disdain and disgust towards Louis' futile attempts to maintain a semblance of his human soul by refusing to take human life.
Anne rice was an amazing writer. Her writing is so good I actually feel for these characters. I completely sympathized with lestat when Claudia attacks him and positively loathe Claudia, what an ungrateful little brat she deserves what she gets later on. The happiness I feel when she’s forced into the sunlight is exquisite
The books gie such a great view of each vampire. You'll love them, hate them, and pity them. The character development is so profound that it's not possible to catch on film. Only in a book can you lose yourself for 5+ hours. Never a movie. With the days of technology i worry that the written word and books are becoming obsolete.
I worry about that too. But you can at least keep it in your own life. Get a paper book and read it. It's so much more cozy than reading a phone. And write. By hand. In cursive if you know how. I've heard writing by hand activates brain processes that are not activated when typing. Then if you have kids or know kids, encourage them to also.
So in the movie Louis is just devastated by his wife dying when it was really his younger brother. Also, Claudia was even younger in the book. Six is just a little child and way younger than Armand!
True but there are lot of little changes between the book and the movie, but as rice wrote the screenplay herself its still pretty much the same story. Though she also had her hand in the queen of the dammed screenplay a god awful adaption of two books squeezed into one movie (that being said it's not a bad movie at all just a horrible messed up god awful adaption in every way)
The message stays the same~ vampires do not make children, no matter what the motivation, into vampires. Free will must always be utmost, and is not something to be taken from "minors", those with undeveloped frontal cortex systems. IRL, under@25. Natural law, not human laws, are followed in this and other "rules"/"traditions". TC~
@@dustincooper8516 Definitely a demanding role. Not something a 5 year old or even a 9 year old could be expected to portray without dumbing down the character. I think Kirsten was 12.
I first listened to Frank Muller narrating "Silence of the Lambs" and honestly I'd listen to him reading a phonebook. Had no particular interest in the story til I saw he was narrator. RIP man 🙏
I have a very hard time just reading things on my own, so for anyone to post this is a real hero:’) plus I am still on planning on buying the book bc I am a hour in and it is soo good
I love watching the films, then reading the books very entertaining for me, this was the 1st book I did that with and haven't looked back, R,I,P ANNE RICE and Thank you from Ireland 💚🇮🇪⚘️✝️💚
I just started listening to this audio now. I just found it in RUclips. Since I read it years ago & loved❤ it. So I decided to read it after watching the 1st season of AMC- IWTV series.
I remember the movie just being a cringe fest of two guys fighting over some dead girl. What is all this about religious visions and a dead brother. This is actually a good story Now that I think about it I might just be remembering the plot of vampire diaries
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I've read the physical novel & this was a fine telling of the tale, with enough emphasis on the characters, through the telling. As an aside. it hadn't been till the intro did I realisethis had been a 1970's novel - dense of me I know; but other than The Crow, this novel meant more to me than any other book, other than perhaps Logan's Run, or Day Of The Triffids. Interview With A Vampire is a superlative novel and so well-written, it is easily read [unlike the pompous Lord Of The Rings & The Hobbit]. I still admire Anne Rice for writing the book. The narration with this telling is superb..
1994 interview with the vampire 🦇 will hold top notch just because it's fits with the book even there certain changes but it kept majority of things from book , image Tom cruise(Lestat) and Brad Pitt(Louis) and Kristen Dustin (Claudia) and Chris newton (Armand) in (Queen of the damned) while as story goes on
@Lakacia Lloyd True, and at the same time, Lestat was not raised in what you would call a loving household and he still turned out a rather nice guy for a bit of an a**hole.
Wow, the 1990s movie and the tv show of interview with a vampire is COMPLETELY DIFFERENT from the book. They really changed WAY TO MANY details and now I see why Anne wasn't to satisfied with the movie and possibly the t.v. show. This book is mentioning characters and other things I never even heard of from the movie and the show. Also, I noticed that there is no romance between Lestat and Louis and Lestat is very harsh towards Louis, he treats Louis like he is his personal servant, it shows in the movie and t.v. show but, there's more of a romantic twist to the movie/show and Lestat doesn't come off so harsh towards Louis.
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Frank Mueller is an audiobook god. Very tragic how he died after being in a coma from his motorcycle accident, but it was also amazing of Stephen King to donate all the proceeds from his Dark Tower series, which Frank read until the accident, to his late wife and baby.
And now we've lost Anne herself.
i do hope that somehow they are both earning royalties from this upload
@@splatterdaynightmares I hope so
What I would give for the rest of the series narrated by him! I'm listening to this one again after finishing Tale of The Body Thief. I just love the way he pronounced his words. He is the voice of Lestat to me.
That's awesome
I came here because I was missing her. So sad she's gone. At least we all have her marvelous stories. Such a legend.
Oh no really ? I didn’t know
I came here because I saw a commercial on TV about the movie and I ended up finding both the books and the movie I love them so much may her rest in peace
Oh man. I didn't know either until I watched the first episodes of the remake tv series. I loved her books.
I was lucky enough to meet her years ago at a book signing.
She was cool looking in a black dress with a jeweled coif and gold Nikes.
She was
Lestat really thought having a child could fix his failing marriage
abusive marriages never end* up well . especially when you can't call for assistance because you're a vampire
So very common unfortunately
Lestat: What do we do about that??
*points at failing marriage*
Also Lestat: Oh, that??
*slaps failing marriage*
*Turns a little girl into a vampire*
Lmfao!!
lmfao 😂👀
This narrator is absolutely brilliant... he holds the listener perfectly intrigued..... absolute brilliance.... regardless of the Lewis not Louis fiasco!
Louis is said “Lewis” where I am from 🤷🏼♂️ Lou-we is mostly French for Lewis lol
@@BenThomas13 yes.. and they are French
Yes that bothers me too every time he says the name “Louis”
@@charliebowen5071and perhaps more importantly, Louis is how Anne Rice has always pronounced it. "I am Louis, and Louis is me. I'm the only woman to be played by Brad Pitt in a movie."
@@LungsOutJemshe said this?
Anne Rice just passed away. RIP. I read this book when it came out. I have never forgotten it. Superb!
Really sad to hear that. I’ve read all of her vampire books.
How old are you
It was very sad but at 80 she a had long life not as long as it could of been but not bad none the less
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"Lestat was being a perfect idiot" pretty much sums it up
"Stop looking at my buttons!"
I loved this movie as a kid, now as a grown adult, I realize this is the story of an abusive relationship with a narcissist. Practically goes down a checklist! And narcissists are figurative vampires. I wonder how many Lestats we've all dated
That's a perfect metaphor.
More than we can count.
BUT in the later (all) Vampire Chronicles books Lestat is a HERO! WTF???!!
@@davidstevenson404 Afaik people loved the character so much they wanted more... In the sequel, Lestat is still selfish, out of tune with people around him, doesn't care what others want, and absolutely convinced of his own superiority. Well written, stylish af, but a hero? Not really.
Yes he is a narcissist but Louise is an insufferable hypocrite that believes himself morally superior when he is fact just as evil, he is not a sweet victim.
I've only recently begun reading Anne Rice's work.
On one of my regular walks through my neighborhood, I stopped at a free library (one of those "take a book, leave a book" boxes) and it was absolutely full of Anne Rice novels. I've fallen so in love with her writing and have watched several interviews. It was such sad news to hear of her loss just as I felt I was getting to know her.
She was truly a legend and will live on through her writings. 🖤🧛
Thanks for this. I love the Vampire Chronicles. I've read them repeatedly but now that my eye sight is failing I cannot read them anymore. So I'm very grateful. I'm glad that you have included close caption. 😊
I've read the vampire chronicles multiple times over in my late teens over from the first to last and coming back to them now in my 30s is like visiting old best friends that live on the same street from me these vampires are the only Vampires I took a genuine interest in before this I first saw the 1994 film I was hooked and read them a few years after finally and I was taken in this fantastic series RIP Anne Rice her amazing talented mind will be immortal
Completely Agree...
My Son's names were taken from the Books
RIP Anne Rice. :'( I'm revisiting Interview now. She is such an amazing author and inspiration.
When you find this as an audiobook, it's a gift. If it's the version which has this narrator, to me, it's the best gift ever.
It's amazing just how different the book is from the film. All of the internal feelings that Louis never vocalized in the movie. I feel like I'm getting to know him so much better than I ever could from the movie. So much more personal and intimate. I love it.
Oh yes, it's almost always that way with books vs the movies. These vampire novels go on forever. If you loved this, you'll probably love the others just as much. Look up a chronological list of Anne Rice's Vampire novels and be prepared for months of immersion in the world she creates and the continuation of the characters in other novels as well as new characters. I also love the Mayfair Witch's Trilogy. It starts with the Witching Hour, then Lasher, then Taltos (or maybe Taltos then Lasher). Again you can look up the lists. But make sure that for all of these books you listen to the unabridged ones. Make sure it actually says it's unabridged. Otherwise you might unknowingly end up listening to the abridged version. I also love the way some of the vampire novels (I forget which ones) and the Mayfair novels have characters that overlap. There are many more books she has written as well. I just love them.
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I absolutely grieve over the fact that Frank Muller will never narrate this series past Book 4. He was incredible! I just love the way he pronounced his words and the way he sometimes trailed off after certain words. So poetic and enchanting. He is the voice of Lestat, in my opinion (those that have listened to the next 3 books probably understand).
Where do you find his readings? I can only find the Simon Vance reading of Lestat. I want the Michael York one too =(
@@sugarnspike613 I have only been able to find them here on RUclips, unfortunately.
AI will fix this
I flinch every time he says Lewis though
@@rebeccakearney1968 Me too. That's my only complaint. Everytime he says it, I correct him in my mind and sometimes, even outloud. lol
Frank Muller is, imo, the vert best of the best audiobook narrators! I have listened to all the books of Rice's vampire books and his narration is almost perfect. How he must rehearse!
*Sorry, typo = "very," not "vert."
He really was. It's so tragic how he died.
The way he pronounced his words was absolutely enchanting! After Tale of The Body Thief, I had to read the rest of the books. It's just not the same without him.
I read this during the Fall of the year that I turned 13 years old. Also read "IT" that summer 😂 Stephen King and Anne Rice change my life forever. Her passing is more poignant since I live in New Orleans ... I hope they make her home in the garden district a museum 💞
I read this when the first movie came out and thus began my vampire and Anne obsession
😃Thank you so much Daniel Molloy for posting this audiobook of Interview with the Vampire. This will be the first time I listen to the story in audio. Years ago I read the format of the paperback book. I loved it and became a huge fan of Anne Rice & her works. I miss her a lot. May Anne Rice🌹rest in peace.🙏🏼
I'm so happy this exists. But every time the reader pronounces the "s" in Louis... aaahhgggg! Lol
It's taking all my resolve to not shout HIS NAME IS LEW-WEE NOT LEW-ISS!!! 😂
Thank you so much for posting this. I hadn't read it in probably 25-30 years, and I'm enjoying it in a much different way than when I was younger. Muller was such a gift as a narrator, and he's bringing the story to, well, maybe not life, but un-life. My only wish is that I could go back in time, to the recording booth and give him a gentle note to pronounce Louis in the French way. Other than that, it's perfect.
Thank you so much for uploading these!! I have so little time to actually read anymore and it breaks my heart but now I can listen while I work at home
Same here, used to read daily now doing leatherwork
I listen at night going to sleep. My eye sight has gotten to the point that I can't read anymore. Thank you for taking the time and effort to upload this book.
Hey Shaed, Do you have it made in the...? Don't tell your boss you listen to this while working...they may be a vampire hater.
Same. Its nice to listen to this while working at the cemetery.
@@gothicfly Do you really work at a cemetery? I do too! That's not a common workplace, so it's rare that I meet others with the same job. I'm the office manager at a cemetery in Tennessee.
What a pleasure. I started with the internet to listen over time and ended up binge listening the whole thing. Well done.
Just listening to something I read many years ago. What a joy. I have read all of the Vampire Chronicles. Not by Audiobook. I quite enjoyed this thank u so much.
I read this shortly after it came out in the 70's. It scared the crap out of me!😮 Excellent story and narration.
Daniel Molley.... Thank you for posting these audiobooks....So much enjoyment and appreciation for you and Anne Rice's works than you can imagine....In these times of this generation that is so superficial and no respect awareness or appreciation of all the amazing creations that have come before them....It is refreshing to listen to these books with a glass of good scotch...a cigar...for hours... PEACEFUL...in this confused superficial and lost from it's creative past world....It takes a proper knowledge of the past to combine with the present to make a remarkable future....This lost generation doesn't have the heart and mind to know this.
This "lost generation" was raised by the previous. Where does the blame lay? For whom does the bell toll?
okay old
Thank you for AMAZING work Anne Rice! You will live on as we read your dark wonderful books. We will continue the fight for your right to get the rest of the chronicles to the big screen. R.I.P legend!
I highly doubt that deceased people read the comment section of RUclips.
@@random_thoughts5343 We do its just that time works different here
Every time he says Louis' name wrong. I get irrationally annoyed, lol
That would be relevant if Lestat was not also consistently mispronounced even by the writer herself. The final T is silent.
How do you properly pronounce it?
@@ShebrewQueen it prounoced like Louie, a silent s
Me too!
RIP Anne Rice. Reappreciating what an influence she was for me. This is such a towering work and outlook. I’m even more reverent of it than when I found her world in highschool. Just finished revisiting this book. Love Frank Mueller. 🖤 did not know he did this story. His ‘Great Expectations’ is still one of the best audiobooks I’ve ever heard.
Is it bad that I can't help but laugh at certain things because I can't help but see Tom Cruise as Lestat. 😅
Thank you so much for uploading these!!!! I hope you continue the series!
Claudia was Lestat's MATCH. Her scorn matched and bested his in opposite measure. She was far more cunning and fearless than Lestat, but it is because she was more intelligent. IF she had been an adult when made she would have left them both and gone her own way. The entrapment of being bound in a little girl's body however caused her to act accordingly. She could have gotten away with it if not for wanting to keep Louis as her "lackey".
She was immature. Dying before age 25 means her brain was far from fully evolved - especially the prefrontal cortex, in which rational thought is. That's the reason for emotional state of her mind; she physically wasn't able to think and react as rationally as an adult.
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But that is where you are WRONG. Everything developed EXCEPT her body.
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Like what? She never matured. Only got more knowledgably about killing. Think about what shock the victim goes through to become a vampire. It's likely their mind is shattered, they are insane.
Who are you trying to convince with the capital letters :)
Also about the gay stuff. Louise and Lestat weren't lovers. They wouldn't physically be capable, since they are dead. People are adding symbolism to the text, content that isn't actually in there. The two have a dysfunctional companionship. That's not the same as being lovers as some think they are.
What do you mean she was far more intelligent and more cunning than Lestat? Around the time of her and Louise murder plot lestat's was 180 years old! Lestat was a Polish musician and singer he plays near every instrument and composed songs, he's very knowledgeable because he reads a lot and his backstory claims that he was well-educated groomed and experienced in number if things. Not to mention all the other powers that he acquired after having The Dark Gift bestowed upon him. So make sure you understand the complete backstory and read the other books so you can get the full understanding behind the life and the life after death of Lestat de lioncourt so you don't sound ridiculous when you feel the need express your thoughts in the comments. You don't want to contradict yourself proving that you have no idea what you want talking about.😮
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Bitch, please. Claudia was just as, if not MORE DEVIOUS, CONNIVING, and MANIPULATIVE than Lestat. His longer life and the "education" he received through such longevity meant nothing in regard to the nechanics of the mind. Go take your blurb elsewhere, and find yourself a clue.
You bring the story alive Even though I read the books your voice makes me visualize the scenes it’s mesmerizing you have made the books brand new for me Thank You so much‼️
I’m fairly certain this is just the original audiobook that was made. The uploader didn’t record this personally.
@@SamyTheBookWorm of course it is. The narrator is the late, great Frank Muller
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Thank you so much for doing this and giving me the pleasure of listening to The Vampire Chronicles. You don't even understand how happy this makes me you have made my whole year with this thank you so much.
You're too kind, and quite welcome. I just wish YT would let me upload all of them. Maybe someday perhaps... 🧛♂
@@danielmolloy3154 if you can... try to get the sleeping beauty books on audio. Have you read those? I read the first three but I still haven't been able to make it to the last one. I really do appreciate you for all your hard work.
@@danielmolloy3154 me toooooo!
I’d rrrrrrrreally love - the witching hour
pleeeeeeeease ☺️😇🤞
✌🏻❤️
I loved the film and used to watch it lots when I was at college an the book as always is even more brilliant.
@Dan Walk do u ever find out what happened to the journalist
One thing I hated about the book is why would Louie fall in love with the one who killed his Daughter! The Movie fixed that part up!
Could I borrow the book 😂 I really wanna read it
@@nonalee6892 you should probably try your local library ....
@@paulsmith9192 yes he later falls for Armaund and after like a decade he turned him. He's a new born in Queen of the Damned
Just got the news about Anne tonight and decided to revisit this old favorite.
RIP
Most favorite book series ever hands down. I'm in love. Anne rice is a legend. Sad she's gone. RIP
The world lost a part of its gothic royalty today. RIP Anne Rice. Your work will live on!!!
Thank you, Anne. Thank you, Mr. Mueller. You both live forever through your brilliant work.
R.I.P to Ann rice, I just heard about the sad news and came to pay my respect.
I just noticed an historical inaccuracy. Babette lit the lantern with a match, but matches weren't invented until the late 1820s.
babette is just that powerful she can summon things from the future
Excellent narration ❤ my favourite series from my youth.. and my only gripe was his way of saying Lewis instead of Louis 🥴😩
Well, unless he knew the French name word or has listened to the way that Anne Rice pronounced it, then I can understand how he'd assume the word is pronounced how it's spelled. Just looking at it, most people would say Lewis and not Louie. I, myself, always seem to bounce back and forth between Louie and Lewis when I read the books!
@Frank Lemarin Odd.
@@Tos2290 I always figured that if someone wants to narrate a book, they ought to learn the right way of saying the names and such especially if there are different ways to say them.
@@persephonereads8102 You're right. A narrator should know better.
@@Tos2290A generous and kind comment, but we don’t say Lewiss-ee-anna, Lewis the 14th, etc.? Louis is French origin and anyone with a modicum of cultural literacy should know that, especially a voice actor.
I'd just begun this audio experience of Interview only hours before hearing of Anne's passing. Makes this go-around hit differently.
Dude, Lastate has no manners. You can't take him anywhere without him causing some f*cking trouble.
I'm reading the book because i didn't want to finish the tv serie(before reading the original story). But when my eyes are tired of read on this screen i Came here and listen 👂😊
Thank you, very much for this audiobook❤️ ive wanted to reread this book for a long time, and now you give me the chance to listen it... Hell yeah!
Thank you so much. Was so happy to come across these recordings. Thanks again!
I will always think of Lestat's laugh as the one from the movie that Tom Cruise did. The scene when Louis (Brad Pitt) threw him against the tree in rage after killing the old rich lady's poodles.
Soo metallic, lilting and gay sounding, but totally devoid of merriment and true feeling. Filled instead with complete disdain and disgust towards Louis' futile attempts to maintain a semblance of his human soul by refusing to take human life.
Anne rice was an amazing writer. Her writing is so good I actually feel for these characters. I completely sympathized with lestat when Claudia attacks him and positively loathe Claudia, what an ungrateful little brat she deserves what she gets later on. The happiness I feel when she’s forced into the sunlight is exquisite
Why did no one correct the reader's Americanization of "Louis"? The French pronunciation is so much more Gothic.
Well damn, imagine "Americanization" whilst reading a story based in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA...
The weird part is he said "Louisiana" just fine lol imagine he pronounced it "Lewis-iana" 😅
Yeah, and French, too
Because no one else is a Karen
the first time I read the book in 94 I thought his name was Lou-is, I realized with movie it was Luey French. I'm Canadian. lol 😆
First experience with an Anne Rice she is truly an excellent writer thank you for uploading.
I’ve read the first 7 vampire books many times and now I listen to it while at work
The books gie such a great view of each vampire. You'll love them, hate them, and pity them. The character development is so profound that it's not possible to catch on film.
Only in a book can you lose yourself for 5+ hours. Never a movie.
With the days of technology i worry that the written word and books are becoming obsolete.
I worry about that too. But you can at least keep it in your own life. Get a paper book and read it. It's so much more cozy than reading a phone. And write. By hand. In cursive if you know how. I've heard writing by hand activates brain processes that are not activated when typing. Then if you have kids or know kids, encourage them to also.
I was enthralled by her books.
RIP ANNE you enthralled millions with the first book.
I haven't read these books since college in 96', love them. Thank you for posting this.
Fabulous narration, difficult to find great readers on RUclips, thanks 🙏🏼🌙
So in the movie Louis is just devastated by his wife dying when it was really his younger brother. Also, Claudia was even younger in the book. Six is just a little child and way younger than Armand!
True but there are lot of little changes between the book and the movie, but as rice wrote the screenplay herself its still pretty much the same story. Though she also had her hand in the queen of the dammed screenplay a god awful adaption of two books squeezed into one movie (that being said it's not a bad movie at all just a horrible messed up god awful adaption in every way)
The logistics of a child actress demanded someone older than 6 to be able to memorize and deliver lines.
The message stays the same~ vampires do not make children, no matter what the motivation, into vampires. Free will must always be utmost, and is not something to be taken from "minors", those with undeveloped frontal cortex systems. IRL, under@25. Natural law, not human laws, are followed in this and other "rules"/"traditions". TC~
@@dustincooper8516 I believe this. A very complex role, which was very well done. TY&TC~
@@dustincooper8516 Definitely a demanding role. Not something a 5 year old or even a 9 year old could be expected to portray without dumbing down the character.
I think Kirsten was 12.
Reading this while waiting for season 2 of the show
I loved the movie, but the movie is wildly different than the book. I appreciate the upload
I love listening to this audio book as much as the movie. I love Lestat. Thank you Anne Rice for this book.🌹🖤
Lestat loves you, too. You'll be immortal.
@Dr. Barry Cohn do u ever find out what happened to the journalist? In future books
@@paulsmith9192 I am not sure. Didn't Pitt's character turn him? Tell me I had be hit and miss with listening to it.
@Dr. Barry Cohn in the movie lastat bit him.but I never knew what happened to him.but I never got to read the other books yet.I'm doing audiobooks
@@paulsmith9192Yeah, maybe Christian Slater should have his own spin off.
This book really shines when you read the second book.
RIP Anne Rice.
Greatest respect, and what and amazing narrative told by the one and only Frank Muller
I first listened to Frank Muller narrating "Silence of the Lambs" and honestly I'd listen to him reading a phonebook. Had no particular interest in the story til I saw he was narrator.
RIP man 🙏
I am at work listing to your voice amazing I wish I had a glass of wine while I am listing to you I love the movie but this is more in deep
I did lol. Was enjoyable
Is it weird that sympathy for the devil by the rolling stones started playing in my head all of the sudden?
It isn't weird but who's the devil here?
Yes. It's weird
Didn’t Guns’nRoses Cover ^that^ song : for the movie?
Haven't read this since '90..good revisiting again
I have a very hard time just reading things on my own, so for anyone to post this is a real hero:’) plus I am still on planning on buying the book bc I am a hour in and it is soo good
While I was listening to this I received one of those spam calls from Romania and I yelled out, “ Oh sh*t, it’s Lestat calling!!!”😂😂😂
Wrong country....
That would be dracula
@@jacobconley5007 Thanks for the info
@@KnowledgeSeeker78491 yeah np
Thank you Daniel for making this available...
Yess you brought it back you legend I was listening to it before then I got taken down or something thank you
I remember watching the movie as a kid but I can't remember much about it but I am glad I found this audiobook, because I am enjoying it immensely
I just watched a fantastic biography of her. Such a fantastic artist. Made me want to listen to this. Inspiring passion for writing.
Revisiting this for my reading through Anne Rice project. It is so nice to sit down and listen to this.
Probably one of the best written books of all time. Love this story
I love watching the films, then reading the books very entertaining for me, this was the 1st book I did that with and haven't looked back, R,I,P ANNE RICE and Thank you from Ireland 💚🇮🇪⚘️✝️💚
Who else listening to this is immortal?
I am
I wish I wasn’t sometimes
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Bahaha never let them know ur next move or speed 😂😂
I just started listening to this audio now. I just found it in RUclips. Since I read it years ago & loved❤ it. So I decided to read it after watching the 1st season of AMC- IWTV series.
The books are always way better than the movies are😈🖤
The Movie is pretty Great tho for a movie adaptation .
Thank you so much for all the books you have posted
Why didn’t the director correct his pronunciation of Louis???
Thanks for the upload. I read this probably back in 1996, and it's great being able to revisit it as an older man.
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I remember the movie just being a cringe fest of two guys fighting over some dead girl. What is all this about religious visions and a dead brother. This is actually a good story
Now that I think about it I might just be remembering the plot of vampire diaries
Haha vampire dairies. Sounds about right.
It feels as if we're in the story after seeing the movie. A better understanding.
You know the life expectancy of a slave working the indigo plantations was measure around five years..
Slaves working cotton and tobacco would be threatened with sale to work in indigo …
Wonderful idea. Getting this gripping tale read aloud by the rich voice of Hannibal Lecter.
Back again to listen to this audio book! I love it! I heard that they are going to make a TV series of it and stream it on the AMC streaming service.
Ohhh I hhhhhope so!!!
😶I doooo so wish there were an audiobook of Witching Hour , etc. uploaded here, on YT
*i read another comment that stated, Her Witches-series, would be adapted to television by AMC, as well
I've read the physical novel & this was a fine telling of the tale, with enough emphasis on the characters, through the telling.
As an aside. it hadn't been till the intro did I realisethis had been a 1970's novel - dense of me I know; but other than The Crow, this novel meant more to me than any other book, other than perhaps Logan's Run, or Day Of The Triffids. Interview With A Vampire is a superlative novel and so well-written, it is easily read [unlike the pompous Lord Of The Rings & The Hobbit]. I still admire Anne Rice for writing the book. The narration with this telling is superb..
Noice. We need a remaster for all of the older books. Updated Voice over
I do audiobooks, if you wanna hear my sample I can send you it through my number
I’m also a writer
Why, when this narration. from the 90s, is almost perfect.
SO GOOD. Re-listening October 2024.
1994 interview with the vampire 🦇 will hold top notch just because it's fits with the book even there certain changes but it kept majority of things from book , image Tom cruise(Lestat) and Brad Pitt(Louis) and Kristen Dustin (Claudia) and Chris newton (Armand) in (Queen of the damned) while as story goes on
I love the interview with the Vampire. When I was young, I wished I was a vampire. The storyline intrigued me. Fantasy!
I defense of the Brat Prince, he didn't have any other experience with vampires other than a**holes like Armand. Apart from Marius.
@Lakacia Lloyd True, and at the same time, Lestat was not raised in what you would call a loving household and he still turned out a rather nice guy for a bit of an a**hole.
I never get tired of this story.
Anybody remember before the Mandela effect changed our reality this was always called "Interview with 'A' Vampire. Not interview with THE vampire.
YES! I found other comments about this too, but no one (myself included) could remember what it was called. Nice 👍
I remember that too
It was always Interview with the Vampire...I have an old copy of the book. And the movie is also called Interview with the vampire.
Wow your voice literally gave me chills and this is my first time listening to the book and I'm already hooked on it
Rest in peace Anne Rice
Wow, the 1990s movie and the tv show of interview with a vampire is COMPLETELY DIFFERENT from the book. They really changed WAY TO MANY details and now I see why Anne wasn't to satisfied with the movie and possibly the t.v. show. This book is mentioning characters and other things I never even heard of from the movie and the show. Also, I noticed that there is no romance between Lestat and Louis and Lestat is very harsh towards Louis, he treats Louis like he is his personal servant, it shows in the movie and t.v. show but, there's more of a romantic twist to the movie/show and Lestat doesn't come off so harsh towards Louis.
i know! i like the tv show but it’s sooo different
Thanks Daniel for sharing your collection with us,
Thank you i just finished. Qween of the damned. You are awsome
The greatest narrator ever!
Agreed. He did S. Kings Dark Tower series wonderfully as well.