Carmilla

by J. Sheridan Le Fanu

J. Sheridan Le Fanu's haunting vampire novella, in which a lonely young woman falls under the spell of a mysterious and alluring guest.

At a glance Atmospheric and quietly unnerving, it predates Dracula and shaped the vampire tale… Before Dracula stalked the imagination, there was Carmilla. Sheridan Le Fanu's slender, atmospheric novella cast a spell that still lingers over the… What it's about In a secluded castle in a lonely corner of central Europe, a young woman…

In a secluded castle in a lonely corner of central Europe, a young woman named Laura lives a quiet life with her father until a mysterious guest, the beautiful and enigmatic Carmilla, comes to stay.