'In a Glass Darkly' is a collection of stories, of the Gothic horror and mystery genres, authored by Sheridan Le Fanu. The stories are presented as selections from the posthumous papers of the occult detective Dr. Martin Hesselius. The titles of the stories are: "Green Tea", "The Familiar", "Mr. Justice Harbottle", "The Room in the Dragon Volant" and "Carmilla." The novella, 'Carmilla', a tale of a female vampire, set in Styria, Austria is said to have greatly influenced the author Bram Stoker in writing his famous novel 1897 "Dracula".

This is a suspenseful novel in which Mark Wylder disappears just as he is about to marry Dorcas Brandon. He leaves no trace but finally, letters from him arrive with a European postmark. Meanwhile, a sinister figure appears and claims he is the rightful groom for Dorcas.

"Orlando: A Biography" is a fictional work published in 1928. Virginia Woolf was an English author, essayist, publisher, and writer of short stories, regarded as one of the foremost modernist literary figures of the twentieth century. The novel is semi-biographical based and dedicated to Woolf's lover Vita Sackville-West. Well regarded for its impact on gender studies and the stylized approach in which it portrays women. Woolf allowed neither time nor gender to constrain her writing. The protagonist, Orlando, ages only thirty-six years and changes gender from man to woman. This...

"The Well of Loneliness" is a lesbian novel by British author Radclyffe Hall that was first published in 1928 by Jonathan Cape. It follows the life of Stephen Gordon, an Englishwoman from an upper-class family whose "sexual inversion" (homosexuality) is apparent from an early age. She finds love with Mary Llewellyn, whom she meets while serving as an ambulance driver in World War I, but their happiness together is marred by social isolation and rejection, which Hall depicts as typically suffered by "inverts", with predictably debilitating effects. The novel portrays "inversion" as a natural,...

Carmilla is a Gothic horror novella published in 1872 and is one of the earliest vampire stories in modern literature. The story is narrated by Laura, a young woman who lives with her father in an isolated castle in Styria. Her quiet life takes a dramatic turn when a mysterious carriage accident brings a young girl named Carmilla into their home. Carmilla is beautiful and charming but also exhibits strange behaviors, such as avoiding religious symbols, sleeping late into the day, and expressing an unusually intense affection for Laura. As their friendship deepens, Laura experiences disturbing...

Die hübsche Laura bewohnt mit ihrem Vater und wenigen Bediensteten das prunkvolle, aber abgelegene Schloss in der idyllischen Steiermark. Das Leben ist beschaulich - bis eines Nachts eine wundersame junge Frau ins Leben der Schlossbewohner tritt. Niemand weiß, wer die schöne Carmilla ist; sie selbst muss sich auf Geheiß ihrer Mutter in Schweigen hüllen. Schnell wächst zwischen den jungen Frauen eine tiefe Freundschaft, deren wahre Natur jedoch vorerst im Verborgenen bleibt. Erst als Laura von einer mysteriösen Mattigkeit heimgesucht und von Tag zu Tag schwächer wird, sucht ihr Vater...