Carmilla
By Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
Rating 5/5 🔮
80 pages [Kindle Digital Edition]
Genres : Horror, Gothic, Mystery, Vampire.🎉🎯
Have to read this book with the era and time it was published in mind. I had to go back to that period in question and see the impact it has made. Or else it will wither in comparison to the Bram Stoker's Dracula .. which is along the very same lines and probably sheds more light on the subject in terms of story depth, horror content and description on vampires.
A young girl is taken under the care of a old man and his daughter when her mother has to go on a expedition on which her tenuous and fragile daughter cannot accompany. In the castle, the daughter and the new girl Carmilla become quick friends. Even though the daughter notices many discrepancies with the new girl, she keeps them to herself. Strange disease which kills people a few days after onset starts making rounds in this are round about that same time. Many call it the effect of a vampire who might be making night rounds. Through many incidents and strange events where Carmilla cannot be found in her room at night, cannot come for breakfast before afternoon and so on .. they realize they she is the vampire in question. The effect and how they eventually put an end to the vampire menace destroying that part of their world .. is the story.
Liked the style. Need not say much for this is one of the best horror novels of all time. This is a classic and well deserves its name. ☝
Cheers 🍻
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