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First published as a serial in The Dark Blue (1871–72), [1] [2] the story is narrated by a young woman preyed upon by a female vampire named Carmilla, later revealed to be Mircalla, Countess Karnstein. The character is a prototypical example of the lesbian vampire, expressing romantic desires toward the protagonist.
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.
Carmilla is a story of a female vampire that preys on young women (noted in The Origins of the Queer Vampire ), causing an epidemic in a Styrian town and terror in a young woman’s bedroom. Unlike other vampire tales, such as Bram Stoker's Dracula, the title character is a female vampire, not a male.
Nov 7, 2003 · Carmilla was, of course, overwhelmed with inquiries, congratulations, and welcomes. She had but one story to tell, and seemed the least able of all the party to suggest any way of accounting for what had happened. My father took a turn up and down the room, thinking. I saw Carmilla’s eye follow him for a moment with a sly, dark glance.
One day, Carmilla and Laura witness the funeral procession of a young girl out in the woods. Laura pays her respects from afar, but Carmilla refuses and, overhearing the funeral hymns, goes into a fit. This puzzles Laura, who has never heard Carmilla pray or discuss religion.
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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. Carmilla was one of the first books to portray a female vampire, one of the only earlier such works being “The Dead Woman in Love,” a short story by French ...
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