Carmilla: The dark sapphic romance that inspired Dracula Hardcover – 15 Oct. 2020

Having just read Dracula for the first time, I thought I'd explore the genre a little more. Carmilla is certainly the best of those I have read so far. It's quite short, but intriguing and, frankly, rather erotic in its way. But, like all good books of this kind, it lets your imagination do the work. I found it a far more sensitively written tale than Stoker's better known story, especially as dear old Bram gives too much free rein to Van Helsing's rather tiresome ramblings. Being pro-vampire myself (vampire-positive?), I find Carmilla the more appealing story, while still full of gothic atmospherics - dark forests and castles, somewhat sinister people in carriages and a beautiful, mysterious and languid girl with a penchant for.... but I don't want to spoil the story.My own tribute (in my first novel, an inversion of Stoker's story) is to name a panther after Le Fanu's eponymous character. It was the least I could do!

It was interesting to view it from the point of view as an influence on Dracula. The narrative was a bit disjointed in parts but overall I enjoyed the story. I like dark / gothic style classics

There have been many adaptations of Carmilla on film and I believe that I have seen every one of them but nothing prepared me for this novella.Most films only scratch the surface of the tale. I strongly recommend that you take time to read this book from beginning to end. You will not be disappointed.

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.

Great

Considering this is the first vampire novel to be publish it was good and it has taken me years to get round to reading it. But the story under different circumstances is told a number of times and the ending is very quick

This is a brilliant creepy sapphic atmospheric read. I really enjoyed it and will definitely re-read this many times

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.