| Carmilla by J. Sheridan LeFanu, Fiction, Literary, Horror, Fantasy Contributor(s): Le Fanu, J. Sheridan (Author) |
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ISBN: 1598182838 ISBN-13: 9781598182835 Publisher: Wildside Press OUR PRICE: $28.76 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: April 2005 Annotation: "Carmilla" is the book that set the text for "Dracula," that threw the light on our morbid fascination with the vampire legend. This is "Carmilla," J. Sheridan LeFanu's classic novel of blood, terror -- and a love that dare not speak its name. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Horror - General - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Gothic |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Physical Information: 0.61" H x 6.29" W x 9.31" (0.76 lbs) 152 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Before DRACULA came CARMILLA A Strange Agony. The exquisite and deadly vampire Carmilla haunts J. Sheridan LeFanu's influential novel. A Gothic tale of blood and terror, Carmilla inspired later classics by Bram Stoker and Robert Louis Stevenson, ever shadowed by a love that dare not say its name. Joseph Thomas Sheridan Le Fanu was an Irish writer of Gothic tales and mystery novels. He was the leading ghost-story writer of the nineteenth century and was 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". First published as a serial in The Dark Blue (1871-72), 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 story is often anthologized and has been adapted many times in film and other media. Carmilla is the book that set the text for Dracula, that threw the light on our morbid fascination with the vampire legend. |
Contributor Bio(s): Le Fanu, J. Sheridan: - "Joseph Thomas Sheridan Le Fanu (1814 - 1873) was an Irish writer of Gothic tales and mystery novels. He was a leading ghost story writer of the nineteenth century and was 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 Uncle Silas, Carmilla and The House by the Churchyard." |