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Carmilla is an 1872 Gothic novella by Irish author Sheridan Le Fanu and one of the early works of vampire fiction, predating Bram Stoker's Dracula (1897) by 25 years.
Carmilla by J. Sheridan Le Fanu is the one of the first great works of vampire fiction, published in 1872, about a quarter century before Bram Stoker’s Dracula. Like the undead titular character, Carmilla is a timeless work, brimming with vivacity and an irresistible yet dangerous allure.
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Nov 1, 2003 · "Carmilla" by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu is a gothic novella written in the late 19th century. The story revolves around Laura, a lonely young woman living in a secluded schloss in Styria, who encounters a mysterious and enchanting guest named Carmilla.
- Le Fanu, Joseph Sheridan, 1814-1873
- Carmilla
- English
Jan 18, 2024 · CARMILLA’S. COMPLEX CHARACTERIZATION. “Carmilla” is unusual for Le Fanu primarily in that its antagonist is a beautiful, young woman with no attitude of haughtiness or entitlement (at least that she lets on). Le Fanu’s villains tend to be corrupt and corpulent aristocratic men: judges, earls, squires, lords of the manor, demon lovers, etc.
Carmilla is widely regarded as one of the main sources of inspiration for the most famous work of vampire fiction, Bram Stoker’s Dracula, which was published 26 years after Carmilla.
Get all the key plot points of Sheridan Le Fanu's Carmilla on one page. From the creators of SparkNotes.
"Carmilla" is the last of the five stories constituting Sheridan Le Fanu's most important collection, In a Glass Darkly (1872). This Gothic tale of vampirism is narrated by the heroine, whose survival from her ordeal can thus be taken for granted from the outset; her narrative is, however, distanced in two ways.
