Claudia

Claudia is a fictional character in the novels Interview with the Vampire, The Vampire Lestat, The Queen of the Damned, and The Tale of the Body Thief by Anne Rice.

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She was a six year old child when Louis de Pointe du Lac found her, in New Orleans in 1800, and fed from her. Lestat de Lioncourt found the two, and later gave Claudia his blood to drink, thus making her a vampire child. Louis was now bound to Lestat because of his love for Claudia. She was doomed to live forever in a child's body as her mind matured. She soon grew to hate Lestat for what he had done to her. In the spring of 1860, sixty-five years after her making, she tried to kill him only to have him return three nights later. Louis then set fire to Lestat and the house they shared, escaping with Claudia to Europe.

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In Paris, Louis and Claudia met Armand and the Th??tre des Vampires. Louis, blinded by his love for Armand, did not see Claudia's impending doom; It is in the theatre that Claudia meets her end when Armand leaves her in a brick-lined airshaft to perish in the sun.

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In the 1994 movie adaptation of Interview with the Vampire, Claudia is portrayed by Kirsten Dunst.

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Interview with the Vampire: Interview with the Vampire is a novel by Anne Rice written in 1973 and published in 1976 by Alfred A. Knopf. The book centres on themes of immortality, loss, sexuality and power. It quickly became a cult success and has had a huge influence on present Goth culture. It was followed by several sequels...

The Vampire Lestat: The Vampire Lestat is a novel by Anne Rice, and the second in her Vampire Chronicles, following Interview with the Vampire....

The Queen of the Damned: The Queen of the Damned is a novel by Anne Rice. It is the third book of The Vampire Chronicles series, in order behind Interview with the Vampire and The Vampire Lestat. This novel is a continuation of the story left off from The Vampire Lestat, and explores the rich history and mythology of the ...

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