Publisher's Synopsis
Originally published twenty-five years before Bram Stoker's Dracula, J. Sheridan Le Fanu's CARMILLA is a true Immortal Vampire Classic.As one of the earliest vampire tales to be told in the English language, CARMILLA is a timeless and chilling story about a female vampire who targeted women--a few of whom she became intimately involved with. Originally published in 1872, Le Fanu's expertly crafted tale continues to influence the entire genre of vampire fiction, and many of its character types, to this day.