Carmilla And Other Pleasing Terrors
Before Dracula there was Carmilla, the queen of the sapphic vampires, created by the Irish author J.S. Le Fanu. Carmilla (1872) is a landmark in vampire fiction. This collection brings together Le Fanuâs greatest short horror stories, all building towards his masterpiece, Carmilla, the chilling tale of a beautiful girl who came to stay⊠Selected and Introduced by Dr Stephen Carver. âSometimes it was as if warm lips kissed me, and longer and longer and more lovingly as they reached my throat, but there the caress fixed itself. My heart beat faster, my breathing rose and fell rapidly and full drawn; a sobbing, that rose into a sense of strangulation, supervened, and turned into a dreadful convulsion, in which my senses left me and I became unconsciousâŠâ Before Dracula there was Carmilla, the queen of the sapphic vampires, created by the Irish author J.S. Le Fanu. Carmilla (1872) is a landmark in vampire fiction, the character portrayed in numerous horror films, most notably Hammerâs The Vampire Lovers. The similarities between Carmilla and Bram Stokerâs Dracula (1897) are striking, with Le Fanuâs Baron Vordenburg anticipating Stokerâs Van Helsing, while Carmilla is another undead sexually magnetic aristocrat posing as a descendant of herself. Le Fanu was a Victorian master of gothic, mystery, and supernatural fiction, and the father of the modern ghost story. As M.R. James wrote of him, âI do not think that there are better ghost stories anywhere than the best of Le Fanuâs.â This collection brings together Le Fanuâs greatest short stories, full of horror, intrigue, Irish folklore, and gallows humour, all building towards his masterpiece, Carmilla, the chilling tale of a beautiful girl who came to stay⊠There are also explanatory notes, original publication details, suggested reading, an original introduction, and an essay on Le Fanu by his admirer and natural heir, M.R. James. Contents: The Ghost and The Bone Setter The Fortunes of Sir Robert Ardagh The Drunkardâs Dream Passage in the Secret History of an Irish Countess Strange Event in the Life of Schalken the Painter Jim Sulivanâs Adventures in the Great Snow A Chapter in the History of a Tyrone Family Ghost Stories of Chapelizod An Account of Some Strange Disturbances in an Old House in Aungier Street Ultor de Lacy An Authentic Narrative of a Haunted House Ghost Stories of the Tiled House My Aunt Margaretâs Adventure Wicked Captain Walshawe, of Wauling Squire Tobyâs Will The Child that went with the Fairies The White Cat of Drumgunniol Stories of Lough Guir The Vision of Tom Chuff Madam Crowlâs Ghost Laura Silver Bell Sir Dominickâs Bargain Dickon the Devil Green Tea The Familiar Mr. Justice Harbottle Carmilla APPENDIX I: Memoir of Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu by Alfred Perceval Graves APPENDIX II: Prologue and Epilogue to Madam Crowlâs Ghost by M.R. James
Carmilla And Other Pleasing Terrors
Before Dracula there was Carmilla, the queen of the sapphic vampires, created by the Irish author J.S. Le Fanu. Carmilla (1872) is a landmark in vampire fiction. This collection brings together Le Fanuâs greatest short horror stories, all building towards his masterpiece, Carmilla, the chilling tale of a beautiful girl who came to stay⊠Selected and Introduced by Dr Stephen Carver. âSometimes it was as if warm lips kissed me, and longer and longer and more lovingly as they reached my throat, but there the caress fixed itself. My heart beat faster, my breathing rose and fell rapidly and full drawn; a sobbing, that rose into a sense of strangulation, supervened, and turned into a dreadful convulsion, in which my senses left me and I became unconsciousâŠâ Before Dracula there was Carmilla, the queen of the sapphic vampires, created by the Irish author J.S. Le Fanu. Carmilla (1872) is a landmark in vampire fiction, the character portrayed in numerous horror films, most notably Hammerâs The Vampire Lovers. The similarities between Carmilla and Bram Stokerâs Dracula (1897) are striking, with Le Fanuâs Baron Vordenburg anticipating Stokerâs Van Helsing, while Carmilla is another undead sexually magnetic aristocrat posing as a descendant of herself. Le Fanu was a Victorian master of gothic, mystery, and supernatural fiction, and the father of the modern ghost story. As M.R. James wrote of him, âI do not think that there are better ghost stories anywhere than the best of Le Fanuâs.â This collection brings together Le Fanuâs greatest short stories, full of horror, intrigue, Irish folklore, and gallows humour, all building towards his masterpiece, Carmilla, the chilling tale of a beautiful girl who came to stay⊠There are also explanatory notes, original publication details, suggested reading, an original introduction, and an essay on Le Fanu by his admirer and natural heir, M.R. James. Contents: The Ghost and The Bone Setter The Fortunes of Sir Robert Ardagh The Drunkardâs Dream Passage in the Secret History of an Irish Countess Strange Event in the Life of Schalken the Painter Jim Sulivanâs Adventures in the Great Snow A Chapter in the History of a Tyrone Family Ghost Stories of Chapelizod An Account of Some Strange Disturbances in an Old House in Aungier Street Ultor de Lacy An Authentic Narrative of a Haunted House Ghost Stories of the Tiled House My Aunt Margaretâs Adventure Wicked Captain Walshawe, of Wauling Squire Tobyâs Will The Child that went with the Fairies The White Cat of Drumgunniol Stories of Lough Guir The Vision of Tom Chuff Madam Crowlâs Ghost Laura Silver Bell Sir Dominickâs Bargain Dickon the Devil Green Tea The Familiar Mr. Justice Harbottle Carmilla APPENDIX I: Memoir of Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu by Alfred Perceval Graves APPENDIX II: Prologue and Epilogue to Madam Crowlâs Ghost by M.R. James
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Before Dracula there was Carmilla, the queen of the sapphic vampires, created by the Irish author J.S. Le Fanu. Carmilla (1872) is a landmark in vampire fiction. This collection brings together Le Fanuâs greatest short horror stories, all building towards his masterpiece, Carmilla, the chilling tale of a beautiful girl who came to stay⊠Selected and Introduced by Dr Stephen Carver. âSometimes it was as if warm lips kissed me, and longer and longer and more lovingly as they reached my throat, but there the caress fixed itself. My heart beat faster, my breathing rose and fell rapidly and full drawn; a sobbing, that rose into a sense of strangulation, supervened, and turned into a dreadful convulsion, in which my senses left me and I became unconsciousâŠâ Before Dracula there was Carmilla, the queen of the sapphic vampires, created by the Irish author J.S. Le Fanu. Carmilla (1872) is a landmark in vampire fiction, the character portrayed in numerous horror films, most notably Hammerâs The Vampire Lovers. The similarities between Carmilla and Bram Stokerâs Dracula (1897) are striking, with Le Fanuâs Baron Vordenburg anticipating Stokerâs Van Helsing, while Carmilla is another undead sexually magnetic aristocrat posing as a descendant of herself. Le Fanu was a Victorian master of gothic, mystery, and supernatural fiction, and the father of the modern ghost story. As M.R. James wrote of him, âI do not think that there are better ghost stories anywhere than the best of Le Fanuâs.â This collection brings together Le Fanuâs greatest short stories, full of horror, intrigue, Irish folklore, and gallows humour, all building towards his masterpiece, Carmilla, the chilling tale of a beautiful girl who came to stay⊠There are also explanatory notes, original publication details, suggested reading, an original introduction, and an essay on Le Fanu by his admirer and natural heir, M.R. James. Contents: The Ghost and The Bone Setter The Fortunes of Sir Robert Ardagh The Drunkardâs Dream Passage in the Secret History of an Irish Countess Strange Event in the Life of Schalken the Painter Jim Sulivanâs Adventures in the Great Snow A Chapter in the History of a Tyrone Family Ghost Stories of Chapelizod An Account of Some Strange Disturbances in an Old House in Aungier Street Ultor de Lacy An Authentic Narrative of a Haunted House Ghost Stories of the Tiled House My Aunt Margaretâs Adventure Wicked Captain Walshawe, of Wauling Squire Tobyâs Will The Child that went with the Fairies The White Cat of Drumgunniol Stories of Lough Guir The Vision of Tom Chuff Madam Crowlâs Ghost Laura Silver Bell Sir Dominickâs Bargain Dickon the Devil Green Tea The Familiar Mr. Justice Harbottle Carmilla APPENDIX I: Memoir of Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu by Alfred Perceval Graves APPENDIX II: Prologue and Epilogue to Madam Crowlâs Ghost by M.R. James
