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'I was conscious of a love growing into adoration, and also of abhorrence.'
When lonely nineteen-year-old Laura welcomes an enigmatic stranger into her home in the heart of the Stryian forest, she has no idea that the beautiful Carmilla is not what she seems. Laura's childhood nightmares have resurfaced, and a mysterious illness is beginning to take hold as the intimacy between the two women evolves into something more sinister.
First published in 1872, twenty-six years before Bram Stoker's Count Dracula, there was Carmilla, the original female vampire with a taste for innocent young women. Le Fanu's Gothic tale of dark obsession, ancient legend and wayward daughters set the stage for the many horror stories that followed.

About the author

Sheridan Le Fanu (1814-1873) was an Irish writer, celebrated for his Gothic tales, ghost stories and mystery novels. Le Fanu's best-known works in the horror fiction genre include Uncle Silas (1864); his collection of stories In a Glass Darkly(1872); and the vampire novella Carmilla(1872).

Product details

• Authors: Joseph Thomas Sheridan Le Fanu, Sheridan Le Fanu
• Publisher: William Collins
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 08.05.2025
• EAN: 9780008774981
• ISBN: 978-0-00-877498-1
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 12 mm
• Series: Collins Classics
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Romance, FICTION / Coming of Age, Fiction: special features, FICTION / Classics, Classic fiction (pre c 1945), Dark Romance, FICTION / Occult & Supernatural, FICTION / Horror, Narrative theme: Coming of age, Classic horror & ghost stories, Classic horror and ghost stories, FICTION / LGBTQ+ / General, Novella (Short Novel), Classic fiction: general and literary