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... of Love by Barbara Pym
146. Allegheny, Monongahela by Erinn Batykefer
147. Out of Love by Victoria Clayton
148. Carmilla by Sheridan Le Fanu
149. The Winter Lodge by Susan Wiggs
150. Strawberry Girl by Lois Lenski
151. All God's Children Need Travelling Shoes by Maya Angelou
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After finishing The House of the Vampire by George Sylvester Viereck, I picked up Carmilla by Sheridan LeFanu as precursors to Dracula. I'm still getting in a few pages in of Jane Eyre too, but I find that I'm not in the mood for it yet. I guess I have to get my fill of horror before I ...
I am currently reading Carmilla and it is a wonderful tale of the moonlit landscapes and candlelit scenes so characteristic of Le Fanu at his best. Uncle Silas is one of my all time favorites. I recently picked up the lovely Folio Society edition. It holds a place of honor in grandma's old ...
... Richardson - though less evil and claustrophobic, if you can believe that). I still want to read his vampire novel, Carmilla . Speaking of, prowled your profile and got a line on the Alexi Tolstoy collection. Will be digging into that soon!
... Samuel Richardson - though less evil and claustrophobic, if you can believe that). I still want to read his vampire novel, Carmilla . Speaking of, prowled your profile and got a line on the Alexi Tolstoy collection. Will be digging into that soon!
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I had no idea that I was yet (at my age) capable of shocking anyone. I find I quite like it.
Yes, Carmilla: a Vampyre Tale was my first go round on the vampire circuit. (other than Barnabus Collins; what was the name of that little TV vampire soap opera back in the ...
Note to self:
1st challenge: With Luxx: Carmilla: a Vampyre Tale by Sheridan le Fanu vs. Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck.
I would say this was (for me) a successful challenge. I came away feeling really good about my read and knowing that I can read a vampire tale without ...
Luxx challenged me to read Carmilla: a Vampyre Tale by Sheridan Le Fanu and I challenged her to read Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck. She had an unread copy in her library and I was able to read mine online. We have since completed our challenge and I don't think either one of us ...
... relatively positive experience with Hogg. I'd love to do another challenge with you as well. And if you're interested in Carmilla , I say go for it! It's a wonderful (and short) piece that has has a big influence on classic and modern horror, even if the story itself has slipped under ...
... to seek out many more classics, I enjoyed this one, for both its story and its style. I’d once intended to read Carmilla though, and after following your challenge with Belva, I think I’m going to read that one soon :)
Thanks very much for this challenge Luxx! You made a great ...
... a challenge from inkspot. She and Luxx really have challenged me on my comfort zone in this round. Luxx had me reading Carmilla , a vampire tale, which it turned out I did like. So I have read my first vampire tale (other than Dracula, which I consider a classic) and now I am reading my ...
... Peace
Florida, U.S.A.: Strawberry Girl
Transylvania: Dracula
Outer Space: The Player of the Games
France: Carmilla: a Vampyre Tale
England: Cranford; which I have set aside for the moment.
King David's Court: Psalms
Cornwall and France: Myself When Young and The ...
... Ruth, but have not heard anything yet and I don't know her likes and dislikes so we shall see what happens. I did like Carmilla , surprisingly. And I am enjoying this read as well, though I know it is way over my head I am struggling to keep my brain in it.
Y'all have a great weekend.
Than ...
Ruthie;
Well, I found that I didn't hate Carmilla at all. It was quite understated, subtle and a little erotic. I rather liked it. That was my challenge with Luxx.
My current bedtime read is The Player of the Games (my challenge with inkspot) and while it is over my head (sci-fi) and I am ...
Carmilla: A Vampyre Tale by Sheridan Le Fanu
I read this as part of a challenge on the "I'll Read Your's If You Read Mine" group. Because I do not, no how, no way, read vampire books our precious Luxx (beautiful name, beautiful girl) challenged me to read this one and as she dislikes Jo ...
... Kings I have read to be rather graphic, whereas this particular Le Fanu was very subtle. I do hope you enjoy Carmilla . She is actually more of a novelette or story than a book. I think Luxx took it easy on me because I don't do "vampire" books, but after this one, I might do ...
... as the Victorian equivalent of Stephen King... would you agree with that, nanny?
I do like vampire stories, so Carmilla will be going on my wishlist. Thanks for the review!
Carmilla: a Vampyre Tale by Sheridan Le Fanu
I was challenged to this read by Luxx on the "I'll Read Yours if You'll Read Mine" challenge group.
(Great, small and fun group, BTW)
my thoughts and comments:
Ewwwwwwwww-----------I do not do vampires.
I read it and I am glad I did ...
... just as you read Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck (of whom I adore and you are not fond of) I just finished reading Carmilla: A Vampire Tale by Sheridan Le Fanu.
I found I also did not hate this little tale. Neither did I love it. I found it to be very predictable but not ...
Very nice review Luxx.
I am a little past the mid point of Carmilla as I was in the midst of another read and trying to finish a different challenge at the time we set ours. You did really well. I am so happy that you didn't "hate" the read.
I am rather in the "ewwww" stage at this point of ...
... by Barbara Pym
146. Allegheny, Monongahela by Erinn Batykefer
147. Out of Love by Victoria Clayton
148. Carmilla by Sheridan Le Fanu
149. The Winter Lodge by Susan Wiggs
150. Strawberry Girl by Lois Lenski
151. All God's Children Need Travelling Shoes by ...
... Books:
A. Allegheny, Monongahela by Erinn Batykefer ARC/ER
B. The Bookshop by Penelope Fitzgerald
C. Carmilla: A Vampyre Tale by Sheridan Le Fanu for "I'll Read Yours if You Read Mine" challenge
D. Dracula by Bram Stoker for "Ghost and Goulies"
E. Ellie Pride ...
... or readily get from their local library so there is no expense involved.
Between inkspot and Luxx, they have me reading Carmilla ; a vampire tale (Ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww!~!~!~!~!)
and The Player of Games; a sci fi. (Double Ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww!~!~!)
Neither genre would I touch with a 92 ...
Good morning Luxx;
In looking for Carmilla online, I found this:
http://www.english.upenn.edu/~nauerbac/crml.html
Will you check it out for me and see if it has the complete text? I have never read a book online before and am a little confused. I can't imagine that it would be this short. ...
inkspot & Luxx;
I am nearing the end of my Fforde so will try to find Carmilla online while I await The Player of Games in the post. I am excited but am dreading this soooooo much. If you look at my library you will find one vampire book, Dracula, simply because it is a classic, (and I' ...
Okay Luxx;
I accept your challenge to read Carmilla by Sherican Le Fanu; Ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww!~!~!~!~!~!~!
And I challenge you to read Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck which is in your library so you won't have to search for a copy.
Thank you for offering the challenge. I hate the ...
Okay Luxx;
I accept your challenge to read Carmilla by Sherican Le Fanu; Ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww!~!~!~!~!~!~!
And I challenge you to read Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck which is in your library so you won't have to search for a copy.
Thank you for offering the challenge. I hate the ...
... I'd be up for more myself.
You don't read vampire stories? Then I challenge you to read Sheridan Le Fanu's novella Carmilla . It's short and you can easily find the complete text online, but it seems to fit your requirements for "won't touch with a 10-foot pole". Of course, if you're ...
...
29. Confederates in the Attic by Tony Horwitz
28. In the Electric Mist with Confederate Dead by James Lee Burke
27. Carmilla by Sheridan LeFanu
26. Green Hills of Africa by Ernest Hemingway
Here are the first 25 books I read this year
1. Fingersmith Sarah Waters
2. Rough Weat ...
... by Andrew Drummond
Wales: The Great God Pan by Arthur Machen or One Moonlit Night by Caradog Prichard
Ireland: Carmilla by Sheridan Le Fanu or City of the Snakes by Darren Shan (no touchstone)
England: Spider by Patrick McGrath
... (Scotland). Creepy fairy tales.
The Pendragon Legend by Antal Szerb (Hungary). A gothic tale.
Uncle Silas Carmilla a vampire tale by Sheridan Le Fanu (Ireland). Creepy. You really can’t go wrong anything by Le Fanu if you want to be frightened.
One Hundred Stories of Dem ...
72. Carmilla by Sheridan Le Fanu
I think the possible associations with nationalist Irish literature are really just too vague and ambiguous to be of any interest or impact in the reading of this. It is an excellent lesbian vampire tale, certainly the best I've ever read, without trying to ...
72. Carmilla by Sheridan Le Fanu
I think the possible associations with nationalist Irish literature are really just too vague and ambiguous to be of any interest or impact in the reading of this. It is an excellent lesbian vampire tale, certainly the best I've ever read, without trying to ...
... this point that the original has lost its allure for me. I found it really slow-moving. By contrast, I very much enjoyed Carmilla , another vampire story from (I think) about the same time period. Re the letter format, I actually really like epistolary novels and really want to find more of ...
... Wall last night... gave it 4 1/2 stars :)
Starting Sarah's Key by Tatiana De Rosnay (stupid touchstones) & Carmilla by Sheridan Le Fanu
... I think it feeding into the current society's seeking of voyeuristic dysfunctional reality.
I am intrigued by the book Carmilla - I am presently reading Dracula and enjoying it, so I think I will love the Fanu book. Thanks.
... Twilight, thought they were too violent. They want their vampires clean and romantic. They did seem to like the classic Carmilla , however.
... Volume 2. 144 pages. 5.5.09.
48. Kenyon, Sherrilyn. Kiss of the Night. 382 pages. 5.6.09.
49. Le Fanu, Sheridan. Carmilla . 112 pages. 5.6.09.
50. Wilde, Oscar. The Picture of Dorian Gray. 184 pages. +
51. Kenyon, Sherrilyn. Seize the Night. 352 pages. 5.9.09.
52. Kenyon, Sherril ...
... he leaves out Carmilla (by Sheridan Le Fanu, Stoker's paisano) in the literary genealogy of Dracula.
Yeah, I agree. Carmilla was a curious omission.
I find it interesting that he opted to mostly leave the sexual element out of 'Salem's Lot since he felt that after the Sexual Revol ...
... but I don't like short stories that take more than one sitting to read. I bought this book to read one story specifically, Carmilla . The story is well written and would have been very scary if I had not already read and watched so many vampire themed tales. Laura and her father agree to let a ...
... struck a chord and pretty much gave birth to the whole Sexy Vampires sub-genre.
I also think it's too bad he leaves out Carmilla (by Sheridan Le Fanu, Stoker's paisano) in the literary genealogy of Dracula. It's a fine novella which Stoker drew on pretty heavily for his own work.
It seems the Carmilla flu is making the rounds on LT. Quick, call kizdoc.
... about the ideas being interesting & Wells being a bit of a science visionary for his time than the writing itself.
(39) Carmilla - Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
... will be adding A Reliable Wife to my TBR as well. Actually, looking at my notebook... I've added Music and Silence and Carmilla because of you as well. I think I just didn't mention anything because found your thread after a lot of time had passed since you reviewed them.
Hope you'll enjoy Carmilla too! :) I know what you mean about Anna Karenina, I always ended up reading 200 pages at once without even noticing it.
... good edition.
Dracula seems to cater to a specific taste. I like it, but I have no problem admitting that I enjoy Carmilla far more.
... from Wilde, puts a very enjoyable book in a new light.
I also must admit to disliking Dracula maybe I should try Carmilla it sounds slightly more interesting.
Book 60: Carmilla by Sheridan LeFanu Joseph. 3*
"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.
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A short vampire story that was fun ...
Book 60: Carmilla by Sheridan LeFanu Joseph. 3*
"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.
*
A short vampire story that was fun ...
Book 60: Carmilla by Sheridan LeFanu Joseph. 3*
"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.
*
A short vampire story that was fun to ...
#8 Luxx, totally agree on the praise for Carmilla . I actually found it better than Dracula, which I thought had too many rather dull stretches. I thought it worth mentioning that between Polidori and Carmilla, there was Varney the Vampyre, a serialized novel. (One of the "Penny Dreadfuls," ...
#8: I think that Cariola mentioned Carmilla on her thread as well. It is definitely a book I am interested in looking into. Thanks for the reminder!
... plan on diving in this summer. To start off, here is a favrotie novella that I revisited yesterday:
Le Fanu, Sheridan. Carmilla . 112 pages.
I first came across J. Sheridan Le Fanu's 1872 novella as part of a graduate independent study of gothic literature. It quickly became a personal ...
... Volume 2. 144 pages. 5.5.09.
48. Kenyon, Sherrilyn. Kiss of the Night. 382 pages. 5.6.09.
49. Le Fanu, Sheridan. Carmilla . 112 pages. 5.6.09.
I first came across J. Sheridan Le Fanu's 1872 novella as part of a graduate independent study of gothic literature. It quickly became a ...
... who swallow you whole if you let them. Apt comparison.
Recently read and enjoyed Uncle Silas, so will have a look for Carmilla as well.
... for free from Project Gutenberg, because it is so unbelievably tedious. Fortunately, I also have Joseph Sheridan LeFanu's Carmilla on the Kindle & I am told that is much better.
On tap hopefully very soon are: Uncommon Arrangements: Seven Portraits of Married Life in London Literary Circ ...
... // 95 pages.
58. Nachtwerk by David Baldacci // 91 pages.
59. Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy // 945 pages.
60. Carmilla by Sheridan LeFanu Joseph // 79 pages.
61. Graven In De Nijldelta by Willem van Haarlem // 127 pages.
62. The Willows by Algernon Blackwoord // Via email ...
... for free from Project Gutenberg, because it is so unbelievably tedious. Fortunately, I also have Joseph Sheridan LeFanu's Carmilla on the Kindle & I am told that is much better.
On tap hopefully very soon are: Uncommon Arrangements: Seven Portraits of Married Life in London Literary Circ ...
I wonder if I'm not a bit jaded by over-exposure to the various vampire tales. Carmilla just seemed a bit thin.
Sorry Carmilla was a disappointment. Personally, I thought it was a lot more readable than Stoker's Dracula, which really bogs down at times. But Carmilla , a novella. was first published in a magazine. It shows.
Thanks for this review of Carmilla - having read Dracula a couple of years ago and enjoyed it much more than I expected, I think Carmilla would be worth reading as well.
For anyone interested, Carmilla is readily available online.
>95 Thanks for the recommendation. I'm very interested to read more of Le Fanu's work
For anyone interested, you can find Carmilla online.
>132 I'm certainly no expert on the Victorian lesbian vampire genre, but apparently there are quite a few such novels. There is a collection titled Dark Angels: Lesbian Vampire Stories that has several.
27. Carmilla by Joseoph Sheridan LeFanu
Before Bram Stoker's Dracula there was LeFanu's monstrous Carmilla/Mircalla/Millarca, a beautiful female vampire whose victims were all young women. A curiosity without the literary quality or psychological impact of Stoker's later work.
That does it, Carmilla is on the wishlist.
... And you'll run screaming for a copy of The Vampire Lestat or Nosferatu to cleanse your mind. I'm off to read about Carmilla myself.
... threads. I'm far enough behind with my own that I have not commented very much - but I'm enjoying them, thank you!
8. Carmilla by Sheridan Le Fanu . Finished 26 Jan. 4.5/5.
I read this in Spanish translation years ago for a small independent publisher in Caracas, Ediciones Angria, ...
OK Urania, thansk for those suggestions - I will try to look them up. Sorry about Wodehouse, a writer I've never been able to get into. What should I be reading?
... Confederates in the Attic by Tony Horwitz
28. In the Electric Mist with Confederate Dead by James Lee Burke
27. Carmilla by Sheridan LeFanu
26. Green Hills of Africa by Ernest Hemingway
Here are the first 25 books I read this year
1. Fingersmith
2. Rough Weather
3. ...
Deborah - I haven't heard of Carmilla before - did it come before or after Stoker's Dracula? Is it any good?
25. Carmilla by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu.
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Carmilla by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu.
Classic Victorian lesbian vampire novella that I am teaching in my "Imitations of Immortality" course.
I am nearly halfway through AS Byatt's Possession for my historical novel category and am loving it. I recently finished Carmilla , which was interesting and Land of Little Rain, which I also loved. Write ups this weekend. Next up will be A History of Reading.
... I have come across so far. Likewise Darcy's Australian accent brings out the best in the Australian childrens' story.
Carmilla by J. Sheridan LeFanu, was perfectly read by Elizabeth Klett. I had read the tale before, but Klett brought extra nuances to the story.
The Awakening by Kate C ...
... // 95 pages.
58. Nachtwerk by David Baldacci // 91 pages.
59. Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy // 945 pages.
60. Carmilla by Sheridan LeFanu Joseph // 79 pages.
61. Graven In De Nijldelta by Willem van Haarlem // 127 pages.
62. The Willows by Algernon Blackwoord // Via email ...
... ’ers
1. Embers by Sandor Marai
2. Fingersmith by Sarah Waters
3. Thunderstruck by Erik Larson
4. Carmilla by Joseph Sheridan LeFanu
5. In the Fall by Jeffrey Lent (Amazing novel)
6. Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
7. A Homemade Life by Mo ...
... and self-centered as all hell...but at least they are not puling teens (sorry TWILIGHT fans)...for Classic Vamps....Carmilla is truly odd....and Dracula???? love that dapper, bloodsucking Count...no?
;-p
... I think vampires were already quite well-known characters in literature even before Dracula was written. Have you read Carmilla by Sheridan Le Fanu ? It's the first example that comes to mind. It was published 25 years before Dracula I read somewhere it was a source of inspiration for Stok ...
... supernaturalism is somewhat light, even comic, but it still makes for a beautifully melancholy work.
Finally, there's Carmilla , Le Fanu's novella of vampirism and sensuality. Le Fanu wasn't the first author to cast the vampire as equal parts sexual predator and thristy bloodsucker, but ...
... reading all those gothic works, some of which are rather long. The collection was okay overall. The first three stories, Carmilla , The Mysteries of Udolpho, and The Oval Portrait seemed to be the strongest of the bunch, both in the adaptation and in matching the art to it. Carmilla's art ...
... and have probably read almost every one ever written, and I can say most of them are perfectly terrible, right from Carmilla , possibly the first vampire book ever written on down.
Meyer's books are a bit uneven. Feminists have criticized her heroine. But I appreciate the moral ...
Vampire Classics
1. Carmilla by Sheridan Le FanuDracula by Bram Stoker , 1897
3. Interview with the Vampire by Anne Rice , 1976
4. The Vampire Tapestry by Suzy McKee Charnas, 1980
5. I Am Legend by Richard Matheson, 1995
6. Sunshine by Ro ...
... rather insipid. But I decided to read one or two of the shorter ones, just to be sure, and enjoyed them more. Then I read Carmilla , which was really wonderful, and The Room in the Dragon Volant, which was very good, though not actually horror so much as a murder-mystery thriller. Anyway, I ...
You can always go for the classics. I suppose that Dracula is what first comes to mind but I'll recommend Carmilla , Tieck's The Bride of the Grave or Polidori's The Vampyre. True that many of this old stories are just tales but there are some interesting collections where you can find many of ...
... more travellouge and scientific speculation. (It also has some interesting, though thin, parallels with Moby Dick.)
14. Carmilla
A classic novella about a vampire who feeds off of young women. (Though in what might be considered a pre-emptive gender switch, the vampire is herself female.) ...
... locations. The movie, on the other hand, is very character and plot-driven which makes for much more drama.
8. Carmilla by J.S. LeFanu - finished 2/24/08
Similar to Dracula in many respects, though somewhat better. Quicker pace allows for build-up of atmosphere without ...
... I suspect the vampire's evolution is part of that.
Also, on the female vamp front, it's worth mentioning Le Fanu's Carmilla which I think is one of the earliest literary examples of the female vampire. From what I've heard, Carmilla inspires much less disgust than her male ...
2007, I picked 150 books to read. However, the last Harry Potter book completely ruined things for me and I had to desire to pick up another book until recently. I got around 50, if I was lucky (see http://www.librarything.com/talktopic.php?topic=6899).
So, I'm not going to bite off more than I ...
... Wanderer
6 The House of the Seven Gables
7 Wuthering heights
8 Carmilla John Polidori's The Vampyre
10 Northanger Abbey
11 Gothic Classics: Graphic Classics Volu ...
Carmilla by Le Fanu is good--similar to Dracula, but older.
... Seltzer
Both about the Devil's child - both masterpieces of tension and horror.
Dracula by Bram Stoker and Carmilla by J Sheridan Lefanu
The very best in classic Gothic vampire horror.
Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell and Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
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in August, we're reading Anne of Green Gables by L M Montgomery and also comparing Dracula by Bram Stoker to Carmilla by J Sheridan LeFanu. Were also in the throes of nominating possible books for September.
A list of the books we've covered so far can be found here:
http: ...
I've spent most of this week reading Dracula by Bram Stoker for a comparative reading circle (we're comparing it with Carmilla by J Sheridan LeFanu, which I listened to on audio book very recently).
... moving onto Dracula by Bram Stoker for the comparative reading circle at The Book Club Forum - we're comparing it to Carmilla by J Sheridan LeFanu which I recently read via audio book download from Librivox. I read Dracula years and years ago, so I thought I'd refresh my memory!
This month, The Book Club Forum are trying out a new thing - a comparative reading circle. The two books being compared are Carmilla by J Sheridan LeFanu (which I very recently read) and Dracula by Bram Stoker which was heavily influenced by the former book.
It's been many many ...
... month I'll be reading Dracula by Bram Stoker and comparing it with another classic vampire novel I recently read - Carmilla by J Sheridan LeFanu (for a comparative reading circle). I'm looking forward to it immensely as, again, I'd only ever read an abridged version when I was ...
... series, as well as Stephen King, James Herbert and Dean Koontz (among many others).
I very recently read Carmilla , the classic vampire tale by J. Sheridan LeFanu that inspired Bram Stoker to write Dracula (and it was pretty nifty!). Also recently read Rosemary's Bab ...
I had to go for a classic vampire story - Carmilla by J. Sheridan LeFanu - apparently this story inspired Bram Stoker to write Dracula, another classic horror!
Changed my mind and have started listening to Carmilla by J. Sheridan LeFanu instead.
I'm listening to an audio book of Carmilla by J. Sheridan LeFanu and also reading Faceless Killers, the first in the Kurt Wallander series by Henning Mankell. I've never read anything before by this Swedish author, but it looks to be pretty good crime fiction so far.
... Fair and read The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving instead. Now moving onto classic vampire horror, Carmilla by J. Sheridan LeFanu (which is said to have inspired Bram Stoker to write Dracula!).
... (which was excellent) and now I've moved onto the classic vampire horror that inspired Bram Stoker to write Dracula - Carmilla by J. Sheridan LeFanu.
... novel as there is, while the Through A Glass Darkly is a fantastic collection of supernatural stories. (The vampire story Carmilla is superior to Dracula).
Macdonald - most famous for his childrens books, he wrote a lot of generic kailyard works, but bookended his career with two stunning ...
Le Fanu's famous vampire story is Carmilla , and can be found in In A Glass Darkly, which is available for free on various places on the web, or as a cheap classic. Stoker was heavily indebted to Le Fanu's tale.
There was also a famous 'penny dreadful' called Varney the Vampire, ...
1.In A Glass Darkly
2.Walpurgisnacht
3.Carmilla
4.Ghost Stories of an Antiquary
5.Dracula
6.The Turn Of The Screw
7.The Shining
8.The Murders in The Rue Morgue
9.Frankenstein
10.The Haunting of Hill House
hi Carminowe,
yes, I have indeed read Carmilla . I loved it. :) I also have the Dover collection of LeFanu's Ghost Stories and Mysteries (which I haven't read yet), and The Rose and the Key, which I happened upon at the used bookstore this past weekend. I'm excited to begin that one, ...
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So much more entertaining ...
