Carmilla by J. Sheridan Le Fanu Book Review
I read this for the first time a little bit ago and I liked it 💗 What's not to like about dark love?! Carmilla by J. Sheridan Le Fanu Released 1872 (!) Horror Fiction | Goodreads | Amazon Source: Audible Freebie A classic Victorian vampire novella, which influenced Bram Stoker's later treatment of the vampire mythos in Dracula. These Are My Thoughts This was my first reading of this classic tale of dark secrets written in 1872. 1872?! That fact stuns me after finally giving this a novella read. There is a quite a surprising amount of sexuality for such an ancient tome or did the world get ever more prudish as the years went by? There were lesbian kisses and touches and I think I even detected a wee bit of some non-consensual touchy-feely too! But, man, is it ever flowery in its telling. The purple prose is oh-so-strong but it really does throw one back in time and allow the atmosphere to drip off the page so ...