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Carmilla

The dark sapphic romance that inspired Dracula

Sheridan Le Fanu author

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Pushkin Press

Published:15th Oct '20

Should be back in stock very soon

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In an isolated castle deep in the Austrian forest, Laura leads a solitary life with only her ailing father for company. Until one moonlit night, a horse-drawn carriage crashes into view, carrying an unexpected guest - the beautiful Carmilla. So begins a feverish friendship between Laura and her mysterious, entrancing companion. But as Carmilla becomes increasingly strange and volatile, prone to eerie nocturnal wanderings, Laura finds herself tormented by nightmares and growing weaker by the day... Pre-dating Dracula by twenty-six years, Carmilla is the original vampire story, steeped in sexual tension and gothic romance.

Succeeds in inspiring a mysterious terror better than any other writer * M.R. James *

ISBN: 9781782275848

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: unknown

160 pages