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Before Dracula, there was Carmilla—the first seductive vampire to haunt readers’ imaginations This classic of Gothic horror follows Laura, a woman haunted by a girlhood dream of a beautiful visitor to her bedroom. Now, a decade later, Laura finds Carmilla, who appears to be her own age, on the side of the road after a carriage accident. The two recognize each other from the same childhood dream and become fast friends. Soon after, Laura begins to experience mysterious feelings and is once again haunted by nightmares. She finds Carmilla strangely irresistible and longs to be with her. But as the two friends grow closer, Laura’s health begins to fail. It becomes apparent that her enchanting companion is harboring a sinister secret. To free herself from Carmilla’s grasp, Laura and her family must fight for their lives. This ebook has been professionally proofread to ensure accuracy and readability on all devices.

Carmilla is an 1872 Gothic novella by Irish author Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu and one of the early works of vampire fiction, predating Bram Stoker's Dracula (1897) by 26 years. First published as a serial in The Dark Blue (1871–72), the story is narrated by a young woman preyed upon by a female vampire named Carmilla, later revealed to be Mircalla, Countess Karnstein (Carmilla is an anagram of Mircalla).Le Fanu presents the story as part of the casebook of Dr. Hesselius, whose departures from medical orthodoxy rank him as the first occult detective in literature.Joseph Thomas Sheridan Le Fanu(28 August 1814 – 7 February 1873) was an Irish writer of Gothic tales, mystery novels, and horror fiction. He was a leading ghost story writer of the nineteenth century and was central to the development of the genre in the Victorian era. M. R. James described Le Fanu as “absolutely in the first rank as a writer of ghost stories”.[4] Three of his best-known works are Uncle Silas, Carmilla, and The House by the Churchyard.

This Gothic novella tells the story of a young woman's susceptibility to the attentions of a female vampire named Carmilla. Carmilla predates Bram Stoker's Dracula by 25 years, and has been adapted many times for cinema. Although Carmilla is a lesser known and far shorter Gothic vampire story than the generally-considered master work of that genre, Dracula, the latter is heavily influenced by Le Fanu's short story.

Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu (1814-1873) is regarded as the best ghost story writer of the Victorian Age.“Carmilla” is one of his best-known gothic tales. First published in 1872, it is centered around a beautiful young girl who discovered to be a vampiress...A masterpiece in horror fiction, “Carmilla” has been adapted for the screens several times.This edition also includes the essay “Memoir of Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu” written by Alfred Perceval Graves (1846-1831) in 1880.

J. Sheridan Le Fanu's 1871 classic of vampirism and lesbianism, which anticipated Stoker's Dracula by a quarter-century. An introduction by Max Gersh sets the short novel in its historical context and cites adaptations by a number of film directors, including Roger Vadim and, arguably, David Lynch. This edition includes Le Fanu's ghost story "Green Tea."

This work contains an active table of contents (HTML), which makes reading easier to make it more enjoyable."Carmilla" is a Gothic novella by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu. First published in 1872, it tells the story of a young woman's susceptibility to the attentions of a female vampire named Carmilla. "Carmilla" predates Bram Stoker's Dracula by 25 years and has been adapted many times for cinema.