Laura feels lonely in her castle, where no other young people live, so she is very happy when she meets Carmilla, a beautiful and lovely girl who is going to stay with her for some weeks. But soon her happiness is mixed with worry for three reasons: Carmilla says and does strange things, young ladies in the village are dying and Laura herself is slowly becoming ill. She begins to wonder: could there be a connection between the three?
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Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu (1814-1873) was an Irish writer regarded as one of the great masters of Victorian horror and mystery tales. Born in Dublin, he studied Law at Trinity College, although he soon devoted himself to journalism and literature. He was editor of the Dublin University Magazine and achieved great success in the Gothic genre. Among his most notable works are Uncle Silas (1864), one of his most celebrated novels, and the collection In a Glass Darkly (1872), which includes the story Carmilla, a pioneering work in vampire fiction and a precursor to Bram Stoker's Dracula.