Carmilla
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Carmilla is an 1872 Gothic novella by Irish author Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu. A foundational work of English-language vampire literature, it predated Bram Stoker's Dracula by 25 years. First published a
Illustration from The Dark Blue by D. H. Friston (1872)
Illustration by Michael Fitzgerald for Le Fanu's story Carmilla in "The Dark Blue" (January 1872), electrotype after wood-engraving, reproduced in Best Ghost Stories, ed. Bleiler.
Riegersburg Castle, Styria, suggested as a possible inspiration for Laura's Schloss.
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Vampire literature
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Vampire literature covers the spectrum of literary work concerned principally with the subject of vampires. The literary vampire first appeared in 18th-century poetry, before becoming one of the stock
Carmilla
…Carmilla is an 1872 Gothic novella by Irish author Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu. A foundational work of English-language vampire literature, it predated Bram Stoker's Dracula (1897) by 25 years. First published as a serial in The Dark Blue from 1871–72, the novella subsequently appeared in…
Vampires appeared commonly in 20th-century literature, such as in this 1936 issue of Weird Tales.
First edition book cover of 'Salem's Lot (1975), a vampire tale by Stephen King