Carmilla

"Carmilla" is a Gothic novella by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu. First published in 1872, it tells the story of a young woman's susceptibility to the attentions of a female vampire named Carmilla. "Carmilla" predates Bram Stoker's Dracula by 25 years and has been adapted many times for cinema.


About the Author
Joseph Thomas Sheridan Le Fanu was an Irish writer who was born on 28 August 1814 in Dublin and who died on 7 February 1873 in the same city. He is known mainly for his stories of mystery and terror. His personal life was complicated due to the illness of his wife, who suffered from an anxiety crisis and an advanced neurosis that apparently cost him his life in 1858. Le Fanu stopped writing, tormented by the death of his wife, and did not return to do so until the death of his mother in 1861, supported by his cousin, Lady Gifford, with whom he corresponded until her death. By owning the Dublin University Magazine, he took advantage to publish in this magazine his novels