Irish Studies: Carmilla: A Critical Edition (Paperback)

from dustball

This is the original vampire story to appear in English. It is written by the grand master of ghost stories (Le Fanu) and this book INSPIRED Braum Stoker to write Dracula. It's not a very long book, but it gets in your head and stays with you. This particular version has front and back matter tha...

from sweetiegherkin

One of the earliest English-language works on vampires, Carmilla tells the story of a young and beautiful female vampire who preys on other young and beautiful women. The story is told from the point of view of Laura, one of Carmilla's potential victims, from the distance of several years after h...

from lydia1879

I love this book! It's a beautiful, 17th century tale about a lesbian vampire. WHAT MORE DO YOU WANT? No, but seriously, I really enjoyed this book. It's creepy, it's thrilling, it's dark, it's well-written. It's sort of like what would happen if Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (sans the ultimate ent...

from pwaites

For those unfamiliar with it, Carmilla is a short vampire story published in 1871 which influenced the writing of Dracula and the vampire sub-genera as a whole. It is also notable for its significant lesbian undertones. I really liked Carmilla and found it easily accessible for the modern reader....

from quantum.alex

Even though a story is considered to be classic--as is Carmilla--and is, in all likelihood, an excellent story, it's very difficult for me to read the "old" florid style with indirect language and little action. I become impatient. This time, I chose to listen to the audio version and it was fant...