Carmilla
Published on 8. November 2022
Book
Paperback/Softback
118 pages
978-93-95741-52-1 (ISBN)
Description
The Novel Predating Bram Stoker's Dracula.
A Classic Victorian vampire novella, which influenced Bram Stoker's later treatment of the vampire mythos in Dracula.
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). The character is a prototypical example of the lesbian vampire, expressing romantic desires toward the protagonist.
Predating Dracula by some 26 years, Carmilla (1871) is the first and perhaps greatest of vampire stories.
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Language
English
Place of publication
India
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 7 mm
Weight
160 gr
ISBN-13
978-93-95741-52-1 (9789395741521)
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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 his time, central to the development of the genre in the Victorian era. Three of his best-known works are the locked-room mystery Uncle Silas, the lesbian vampire novella Carmilla, and the historical novel The House by the Churchyard.