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Work InformationCarmilla: 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 ( ) 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. 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 no reviews | add a review
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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. .No library descriptions found.
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Google Books — Loading... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)823.8Literature English & Old English literatures English fiction Victorian period 1837-1900LC ClassificationRatingAverage:
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