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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Duchy of Styria
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The Duchy of Styria was a duchy located in modern-day southern Austria and northern Slovenia. It was a part of the Holy Roman Empire until its dissolution in 1806 and a Cisleithanian crown land of Aus
Carmilla
…in The Dark Blue from 1871–72, the novella subsequently appeared in Le Fanu’s short story collection In a Glass Darkly in 1872. Set in 19th-century Styria, it is the story of a young woman who is pursued by the vampire Carmilla. Since its initial publication, Carmilla has often been regarded as one of the…
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