Carmilla

Carmilla  (1872)  by Sheridan Le Fanu

"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 twenty five years, had a strong influence on Stoker's famous novel and has been adapted many times for cinema. Carmilla, the title character, is the original prototype for a legion of female and lesbian vampires. — Excerpted from Carmilla on Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. one or more chapters are available in a spoken word format.

Carmilla

J. Sheridan LeFanu

Copyright 1872

Contents

• Prologue
• Chapter I: An Early Fright
• Chapter II: A Guest
• Chapter III: We Compare Notes
• Chapter IV: Her Habits—A Saunter
• Chapter V: A Wonderful Likeness
• Chapter VI: A Very Strange Agony
• Chapter VII: Descending
• Chapter VIII: Search
• Chapter IX: The Doctor
• Chapter X: Bereaved
• Chapter XI: The Story
• Chapter XII: A Petition
• Chapter XIII: The Woodman
• Chapter XIV: The Meeting
• Chapter XV: Ordeal and Execution
• Chapter XVI: Conclusion

This work published before January 1, 1923 is in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago.