Carmilla: the cult classic that inspired Dracula
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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.
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Additional information
| Publisher | Pushkin Press, 1st edition (15 Oct. 2020) |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Hardcover | 160 pages |
| ISBN-10 | 1782275843 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1782275848 |
| Dimensions | 13.72 x 1.8 x 20.83 cm |
by Amelia Carr
It is smaller than I thought it would be. However, it is a wonderful edition and I love love love the cover. Nice typeface as well.
by HC
Bought as a gift for someone who loves Halloween. Nice book. It’s a shorter story than expected, could be read in a few hours.
by Efstathios Fotakakis
The book itself is very pretty, good looking, feels premium, the pages and the font. As for the story, it’s nice, a little slow i would say but nice. It personally made me wanna read from as i kept reading, also made me curious for the rest of the day that I wasnt reading.
by Pea
A fabulous novella about a lonely girl Laura, who desperately wants a friend while she and her father live in a small castle in a remote town. Unfortunately she gets what she wishes for after a young girl is involved in a carriage accident right outside their “house” but as she’s nursed back to health Laura begins to feel unwell. The new arrival couldn’t be connected to the weakness in Laura, can she?
Although the book is almost 150 years old, it didn’t take me too long to adapt to the writing style and only found the speeches terribly long winded and old fashioned. But I adored it, and I know it will be a book that I want to read again
by Efstathios Fotakakis
T he book itself is great with an engaging story but I didn’t get mine when it was delivered because the took it to a house about a mile away.
by RMKelly
I was looking forward to reading this. But quickly remembered just how much reading work is needed to wade through the laborious sentence structure which is so prevalent in literature from this time. This style, to the modern reader (well, me, definitely) can sometimes feel like wading through treacle and I always feel I might be missing out whilst I’m trying to find my way through the labyrinth of those long, long, long and fractured sentences.
But that aside, I loved this book!
Apparently, Carmilla pre-dates Dracula by 26 years and is considered one of the original vampire story. Good for me then, that this is the first Vampire story I’ve read.
From the setting, deep in the remote Austrian forest; to a stately brooding Schloss; a young woman with just her elderly father and two female servants and the dramatic entrance of the beautiful and mysterious Carmilla herself – this has all the foundations of a classic fairy tale. And like some of the best fairy tales, Carmilla is deliciously dark and twisty, with a heavy dollop of Sapphic obsession.
A book to really sink your teeth into. (Sorry, I had to say it!)
by Joseph.
This is a brilliant creepy sapphic atmospheric read. I really enjoyed it and will definitely re-read this many times