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Audible Originals bring you a brand new audiobook adaptation of J. Sheridan Le Fanu’s classic gothic novella, Carmilla - starring Rose Leslie ( Game of Thrones and Downton Abbey), David Tennant ( Doctor Who and Broadchurch) and Phoebe Fox ( Life in Squares and The Woman in Black 2: Angel of Death)

In an isolated castle deep in the Austrian forest, Laura leads a solitary life with only her ailing father for company. Until one moonlit night, a horse-drawn carriage crashes into view, carrying an unexpected guest—the beautiful Carmilla. So begins a feverish friendship between Laura and her mysterious, entrancing companion. But as Carmilla becomes increasingly strange and volatile, prone to eerie nocturnal wanderings, Laura finds herself tormented by nightmares and growing weaker by the day.

CARMILLA La obra que inspiró el vampirismo moderno Antes de Drácula, existió Carmilla. Publicada en 1872 por Sheridan Le Fanu, Carmilla es una de las obras fundacionales del vampirismo literario y un clásico imprescindible de la novela gótica victoriana. En un castillo aislado de Estiria, la joven Laura lleva una vida tranquila hasta que un misterioso accidente de carruaje deja en su hogar a una enigmática muchacha: Carmilla. Hermosa. Delicada. Extrañamente familiar. Mientras la intimidad entre ambas crece, una enfermedad inexplicable comienza a consumir a Laura. Sueños inquietantes...

This was the very first vampire thriller! Pure innocence becomes the target of age-old evil. Virtuous Laura has grown up in a solitary castle and longs for a close friend. Her wish seems granted with the arrival of a beautiful and mysterious stranger named Carmilla. A friendship develops but the brooding mood and sexual overtones mar Laura's happiness. Will she escape with her life and spirit?

Written by Irish master of the macabre Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, Carmilla is a chilling tale of mystery, seduction, and supernatural dread. When a mysterious young woman named Carmilla enters the secluded life of Laura and her father, strange illnesses and unsettling events begin to unfold. What follows is a slow-burning descent into fear, obsession, and dark revelation.

Carmilla is a Gothic novel by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu. The story is told by a young woman preyed upon by a female vampire named Carmilla, later discovered to be Mircalla, Countess Karnstein (Carmilla is an anagram of Mircalla). Laura, one of the two central characters, recounts, beginning with her childhood in a "picturesque and solitary" castle in Styria, where she lives with her father, a wealthy English widower retired from service to the Austrian Empire.

Carmilla, el clásico vampírico de Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, se anticipó en un cuarto de siglo al Drácula de Bram Stoker, pero su valor va mucho más allá que el de ser el antecedente femenino del famoso conde de Transilvania. La escabrosa y atrevida relación entre sus protagonistas, Laura y Carmilla, aún hoy resulta sorprendente. La temática de la femme fatale alcanza aquí su máximo exponente, y los ecos de esta magnífica novela gótica la convierten en uno de los principales referentes del terror que se escribe en la actualidad.

Laura lives an isolated life with her father, alone in a castle in the Austrian wilderness. When the mysterious Carmilla, a strange and beautiful lady, arrives in the night, no one suspects the supernatural occurrences that follow. But still more unsuspected is the tempestuous romance that blooms between the two young women, and Carmilla’s nightmarish secret. Written 26 years before Stoker’s "Dracula", Carmilla is the original vampire novel. Sheridan Le Fanu combines a chilling Gothic atmosphere with horrifying episodes, boldly exploring the sexual desires of his heroines, and establishing the image of the female vampire.

Laura es una joven que vive con su padre en un antiguo castillo en las tierras de Estiria, en Austria. Un día, su vida cambia cuando la carreta en la que viajan dos mujeres nobles se voltea frente al castillo. En ella van Carmilla y su madre, quien le pide al padre de Laura que hospede a su hija durante pocos meses porque debe seguir con su viaje urgentemente.

Step into the misty forests of Styria, where young Laura’s tranquil world is forever changed by the arrival of the enchanting and mysterious Carmilla. As you listen, you’ll sense the tension rise—the beauty of friendship twisting into something hauntingly deeper, the innocence of trust tainted by secrets that whisper in the night. You’ll feel every heartbeat, every shiver, every breath caught between fascination and terror.

When the tale begins, a strange and sudden malady is claiming the lives of the local peasants in Styria. Laura, an innocent girl of eighteen, lives a lonely life there with her loving father and two governesses. Then a dramatic coach crash on Laura’s doorstep brings a mysterious, beautiful, but languorous young woman to stay with them. This is Carmilla.

La protagonista, Laura, narra cómo su vida pasa de plácida y tranquila a desconcertante y espantosa cuando aparece Carmilla, una joven hermosa y enigmática. Laura es una joven que vive con su padre y unos criados en un antiguo castillo en las lejanías de Estiria (Austria). A menudo, recuerda cuando era una niña y estaba dormida en los brazos de una joven y se despertaba al sentir dos agujas en su pecho.

Carmilla, published in 1872, was one of the first vampire novels and is certainly among the most sensuous with its strong lesbian overtones. It is a classic Gothic novella set deep in the enchanted forests of Styria, a land still haunted by superstition and of course vampires. Carmilla predates fellow Irishman Bram Stoker's Dracula by 25 years, and listening to both, you will see the influence of Carmilla on Dracula.

Due to an unfortunate series of events, a teenage girl named Carmilla is left in the care of a wealthy widower and his daughter, Laura. Laura, upon meeting the poor girl, comes to realize that she knows her face. Years prior when she was but a child, Laura was haunted by a presence in her room with the likeness of the young girl. Convinced it was just a nightmare, Laura and Carmilla become fast friends. But as Carmilla's stay continues, strange things begin to happen to the townspeople nearby.

La protagonista, Laura, narra cómo su vida pasa de plácida y tranquila a desconcertante y espantosa cuando aparece Carmilla, una joven hermosa y enigmática. Laura es una joven que vive con su padre y unos criados en un antiguo castillo en las lejanías de Estiria (Austria). A menudo, recuerda cuando era una niña y estaba dormida en los brazos de una joven y se despertaba al sentir dos agujas en su pecho.

Joseph Thomas Sheridan Le Fanu nació en Dublin el 28 de agosto de 1814. Sheridan Le Fanu nació en el seno de una familia acomodada.

Carmilla, publié en 1872, est le plus célèbre roman de l'écrivain irlandais Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu. L'œuvre est d'ailleurs l'un des romans gothiques et vampiriques les plus célèbres du genre tant les atmosphères y sont puissantes et mystérieuses. Laura, candide à souhait, incarne la parfaite héroïne gothique. Carmilla, quant à elle, personnage énigmatique et dangereux, incarne la sensualité et présente l'homosexualité féminine sous un jour nouveau, sombre, venimeux et exalté. Carmilla est un livre important dans la culture vampirique.

Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu's Carmilla is an old Gothic classic that tells the story of Laura, a young lady who lives with her father in a large castle. Despite living in a castle, Laura is lonely and made lonelier when her father tells her that a girl her same age who was supposed to come visit has mysteriously died.

Predating Bram Stoker's "Dracula" by twenty-five years, Sheridan Le Fanu's "Carmilla" is one of the earliest examples of vampire fiction; a Gothic novella narrated by a young girl who becomes a victim of the title character, a female vampire with whom she also kindles a romance.

Demons, vengeful spirits, insanity, premature burials, and lesbian vampires. In a Glass Darkly contains five diabolical tales of horror and mystery that will get the heart racing. Each story, including the famous "Green Tea" and "Carmilla", is presented as a case from the posthumous papers of Dr. Martin Hesselius, a metaphysical physician who has no doubt as to the existence of supernatural phenomena - unlike our anxious protagonists....