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Carmilla by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
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Carmilla (original 1872; edition 2005)

by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu

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Classic Literature. Fiction. Horror. Thriller. HTML:

Got a hankering for top-notch Gothic horror? Lose yourself in J. Sheridan Le Fanu's Carmilla, a titillating tale that centers on a lady-loving vampire who terrorizes an unsuspecting family in nineteenth-century Austria. Experts of the genre say that this novel exerted a significant influence on Bram Stoker when he was preparing to write Dracula.

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Title:Carmilla
Authors:Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
Info:Editions Zulma (2005), Edition: Zulma classics, Mass Market Paperback, 96 pages
Collections:Your library
Rating:*****
Tags:Short Fiction, Horror, Gothic, 19th Century Literature, Vampire

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Carmilla: A Vampyre Tale by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu (1872)

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sometimes a man will write what he thinks is a horror story and end up perfectly describing the average lesbian situationship ( )
  griller02 | Mar 18, 2024 |
It was nice to read one of the predecessors of Bram Stokers [b:Dracula|17245]. Lovely old-fashioned, a light read, entertaining, and sometimes scary. ( )
  jd7h | Feb 18, 2024 |
I did a quick listen to this novella. After Dracula, my curiosity...
This was really enjoyable! The maiden of vampire lore. I was happy to discover what survived as elements to the later creations and what was left behind. I feel a level of completeness just now ( )
  cmpeters | Feb 2, 2024 |
I'm not sure why, but I've been avoiding reading this short novel for a very long time. I guess I just wasn't expecting much.

I was wrong.

I loved this novella.

I know much has been made of the undertone of lesbianism in the novel, but for me, I'm always more of the mind...does it add to the story? Or detract?

In this case, the sensuality and attractiveness of the vampire to pretty much everyone who meets her is an essential characteristic of Le Fanu's vampire (or vampyre). And man, he makes it work.

The plot is brilliant, the pacing is perfect, and the wrap-up is, while short, nicely done. All in all, this is an awesome and worthy prequel to Stoker's Dracula. And honestly? In many ways, it's the superior of the two.

I'm glad I finally read it. ( )
  TobinElliott | Feb 2, 2024 |
My gf got me the version edited by Carmen Maria Machado and I’m so excited to read it!!!

*update* this version is for sure 4 stars on my first read. And I think it’ll grow to a 5 after another re-read or two. The key with this is to look beyond the words and with Machado’s introduction and notes it is so much easier to do so. Looking forward to analyzing this story more ( )
  the.lesbian.library | Jan 15, 2024 |
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Author nameRoleType of authorWork?Status
Le Fanu, Joseph Sheridanprimary authorall editionsconfirmed
Codd, RolandCover designersecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Di Liddo, AnnalisaTranslatorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Evangelisti, ValerioIntroductionsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Follows, MeganNarratorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Juan, AnaCover artistsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Klett, ElizabethNarratorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Kraiza, RobertIllustratorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Machado, Carmen MariaEditorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed

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Upon a paper attached to the Narrative which follows, Doctor Hesselius has written a rather elaborate note, which he accompanies with a reference to his Essay on the strange subject which the MS. illuminates.
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Upon a paper attached to the following narrative, Doctor Hesselius has written a rather elaborate note, which he accompanies with a reference to his essay on the strange subject which the manuscript illuminates.
[Prologue, Carmen Maria Machado edition)
In Styria, we, though by no means magnificent people, inhabit a castle, or schloss.
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In Styria, we—though by no means magnificent people—inhabit a manor-house.
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In the 2019 Carmen Maria Machado edition, "The text is edited to reflect a more modern grammatical sensibility where necessary."
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Classic Literature. Fiction. Horror. Thriller. HTML:

Got a hankering for top-notch Gothic horror? Lose yourself in J. Sheridan Le Fanu's Carmilla, a titillating tale that centers on a lady-loving vampire who terrorizes an unsuspecting family in nineteenth-century Austria. Experts of the genre say that this novel exerted a significant influence on Bram Stoker when he was preparing to write Dracula.

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Carmilla is the book that set the text for Dracula, that threw the light on our morbid fascination with the vampire legend. This is Carmilla, J. Sheridan LeFanu's classic novel of blood, terror -- and a love that dare not speak its name.
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Teenage Gay Panic
Summer In Austria, With Her
Alas, She Is A Vampire (Rbach1989)

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