Summary Laura, the only daughter of an English gentleman installed in Styria hosts without any concern Carmilla, an unknown young an accident threw his way. Vampiric clues will appear in the countryside, in the castle and even the bodies of the two girls. The mysterious friend, of exquisite beauty, celeb Laura returns so ardent that the young Englishwoman is confident moment that Carmilla is a young male transvestite. Efforts by his father and two strong and friendly preceptors to protect from evil have no effect: Laura listless, paralyzed by the excess of love and the poor monster, half...

The curious case which I am about to place before you, is referred to, very pointedly, and more than once, in the extraordinary Essay upon the Drug of the Dark and the Middle Ages, from the pen of Doctor Hesselius. This Essay he entitles Mortis Imago, and he, therein, discusses the Vinum letiferum, the Beatifica, the Somnus Angelorum, the Hypnus Sagarum, the Aqua Thessalliae, and about twenty other infusions and distillations, well known to the sages of eight hundred years ago, and two of which are still, he alleges, known to the fraternity of thieves, and, among them, as police-office...

Resume This early work by Sheridan Le Fanu was originally published in 1868. Born in Dublin in 1814, he came from a literary family of Huguenot origins; both his grandmother Alicia Sheridan Le Fanu and his great-uncle Richard Brinsley Sheridan were playwrights, and his niece Rhoda Broughton would go on to become a successful novelist. Le Fanu entered Trinity College, Dublin to study law. While there, he was elected Auditor of the College Historical Society, and between 1838 and 1840 published his first series of short stories, which were later collected as The Purcell Papers. At his peak, le...

Ayant abuse du the vert pour clarifier son esprit lors de l'ecriture d'un livre erudit, le reverend Jennings est regulierement harcele par la presence d'un demon prenant l'apparence d'un petit singe et que lui seul peut voir. Le singe monta alors sur une petite table qui se trouvait la. Il avait l'air deconcerte, languissant. Craignant confusement de le voir bondir, je le tins sous mon regard. Il avait les yeux a demi fermes, mais il me contemplait toujours. Quelle que soit la situation, quelle que soit l'heure, il est toujours eveille, toujours il me surveille... Il est aussi visible dans...

Carmilla is a Gothic novella by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu and one of the early works of vampire fiction, predating Bram Stoker's Dracula (1897) by 26 years. 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.

IN A GLASS DARKLY (1872) is a three volume collection of five short stories in the horror and mystery genres, presented as the posthumous papers of the occult detective Dr Hesselius: In this Volume One, the Daemonic monkey in "Green Tea" could be a delusion of the story's protagonist, who is the only person to see it; in "The Familiar," Captain Barton's death seems to be supernatural, but is not actually witnessed, and the ghostly owl may be a real bird. "Mr Justice Harbottle" is better known as "An Account of Some Strange Disturbances in Aungier Street" Le Fanu's best tales, such as the...

IN A GLASS DARKLY VOLUME II (1872) is a three volume collection of five short stories in the horror and mystery genres, presented as the posthumous papers of the occult detective Dr Hesselius: In this Volume II, are the first (and therefore most of the work) chapters of "The Room in the Dragon Volant," not a ghost story but a notable mystery story that includes the theme of premature burial which is finished in VOL III (Which also offers the famous lesbian vampire story Carmilla). Le Fanu had enormous influence on one of the 20th century's most important ghost story writers, M. R. James, and...

IN A GLASS DARKLY (1872) is a three volume collection of five short stories in the horror and mystery genres, presented as the posthumous papers of the occult detective Dr Hesselius: In this Volume One, the Daemonic monkey in "Green Tea" could be a delusion of the story's protagonist, who is the only person to see it; in "The Familiar," Captain Barton's death seems to be supernatural, but is not actually witnessed, and the ghostly owl may be a real bird. "Mr Justice Harbottle" is better known as "An Account of Some Strange Disturbances in Aungier Street" IN A GLASS DARKLY (1872) is a three...