Carmilla by Sheridan Le Fanu | Book Review & Literary Analysis | A Novel Review

Predating Dracula by 25 years, Sheridan Le Fanu’s Carmilla is the dark Sapphic vampire novel that kickstarted the blood sucking villain of horror in fiction. The perfect book to sink your teeth into, this bite sized chunk of a novella is ethereal as it is indulged. Laura is a young girl, isolated with her father in the Styrian mountains when the enigmatic Carmilla ends up staying with them. Laura and Carmilla’s friendship develops quickly and descends into something more sinister with every page

Painting: Today I drew and painted Carmilla and a castle

Some of the books and authors discussed in this episode include:

• Carmilla by Sheridan Le Fanu
• The Burial of the Rats by Bram Stoker
• Hop-Frog by Edgar Allen Poe
• The Stalls of Barchester Cathederal by M.R. James