Carmilla - J. Sheridan Le Fanu
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A classic Victorian vampire novella, which influenced Bram Stoker 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. The novella notably never acknowledges homosexuality as an antagonistic trait, leaving it subtle and relatively unmentioned. The story is often anthologized and has been adapted many times in film and other media.…mehr

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A classic Victorian vampire novella, which influenced Bram Stoker 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. The novella notably never acknowledges homosexuality as an antagonistic trait, leaving it subtle and relatively unmentioned. The story is often anthologized and has been adapted many times in film and other media.
Autorenporträt
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. M. R. James described Le Fanu as "absolutely in the first rank as a writer of ghost stories".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.