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Joseph Sheridan le Fanu was the leading ghost-story writer of the nineteenth century, and he is now seen as central to the development of the genre in the Victorian era. His work is credited with turning the Gothic's focus from the external sources of horror to the inward effects of terror, thus helping to create the psychological basis for supernaturalist literature that continues to this day. First published in 1872, le Fanu's novella 'Carmilla' tells the story of a young woman falling for the chamrs of a female vampire, and predates Bram Stoker's Dracula by 25 years. Many of the earliest and most interesting vampire stories, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

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 Thomas Sheridan Le Fanu (28 August 1814 – 7 February 1873) was an Irish writer of Gothic tales and mystery novels. 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". Three of his best-known works are Uncle Silas, Carmilla and The House by the Churchyard.

- AUTHOR: - He is an Irish writer. His origins are Norman, in France, Sheridan LE FANU was born in 1814 and died in 1873 (at 58 years).He was a lawyer and a journalist.He is an author of several kinds of literatures: novels, short stories, fantasy stories, ghost stories, detective novels and writings chronicling the threatening atmosphere of a haunted house.His works are numerous:The Last Heir of Castle Connor (1838),The Cock and Anchor (1845),The Fortunes of Colonel Torlogh O'Brien (1847),The Mysterious Lodger (1850),The Murdered Cousin (1851),The Watcher (1851),The Evil Guest (1851),The House by the Churchyard (1863),Uncle Silas (1864),The Tenants of Malory (1867),The Wyvern Mystery (1869),Chronicles of Golden Friars (1871),A Strange Adventure in the Life of Miss Laura Mildmay (1870),In a Glass Darkly (1872),Green Tea (1869),The Familiar (1872),Mr. Justice Harbottle (1872),Carmilla (1872),The Room in the Flying Dragon (1872). - FICTION: - CARMILLA is a fantastic fiction by the Irish writer Sheridan LE FANU.This fiction was published in 1872 in Ireland. It's a fantastic kind.The story recounts the adventures of the young and beautiful Carmilla woman.In a castle in Styria, with its dark rooms, lives Laura, a lonely and sickly girl.There was an accident near the old Gothic bridge, from which Carmilla arises. This stranger is facing Laura.Thereafter, a strange disease spreads in the region. Vampiric traces are found in the surrounding countryside and in the castle. Even, two girls are attacked in the same way.Carmilla has a mysterious behavior. She does her best to win Laura's friendship. The latter, despite the protection of her father, falls under the thumb of Carmilla, as paralyzed.Carmilla, half-woman, half-vampire, slowly kills Laura in a strange and familiar setting of ruins and desolate forests.The predator has its prey to the last drop of blood.