"Girls are caterpillars while they live in the world, to be finally butterflies when the summer comes; but in the meantime there are grubs and larvae, don't you see - each with their peculiar propensities, necessities and structure."
Living alone with her father in an old Austrian castle, teenage Laura longs for a companion her age. When a carriage accident happens right in front of their home, a young lady is left in their care someone that Laura recognizes from a dream twelve years before. Soon after Camilla's arrival, young women in the nearby village start dying, and Laura falls ill. Is the mysterious newcomer to blame?
A chilling and atmospheric novella by the master of Victorian Gothic, Carmilla served as inspiration for Bram Stoker's masterwork of vampire lore. Published 26 years before Dracula, Joseph Sheridan's vampire countess continues to inspire authors, filmmakers and musicians to this day.
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