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Isolated in a remote mansion in a central European forest, Laura longs for companionship - until a carriage accident brings another young woman into her life: the secretive and sometimes erratic Carmilla. As Carmilla's actions become more puzzling and volatile, Laura develops bizarre symptoms, and as her health goes into decline, Laura and her father discover something monstrous. Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu's compelling tale of a young woman's seduction by a female vampire was a source of influence for Bram Stoker's Dracula, which it predates by over a quarter century. Carmilla was originally serialized from 1871 to 1872 and went on to inspire adaptations in film, opera, and beyond, including the cult classic web series by the same name.
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    144 pages
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    Lanternfish Press
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    November 26, 2019
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    5.2 x 0.6 x 7.9 inches
  6. ISBN-10
    1941360386
  7. ISBN-13
    978-1941360385
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"[Machado's] notes and introduction transform the novel from Victorian Gothic into postmodern Gothic, which makes this edition of Carmilla something the original text never was."

-- "Katharine Coldiron for Vol. 1 Brooklyn"

"Machado's work as editor is vitally important to this new edition . . . Machado reminds us of the problematic aspects of this seminal work, but she also invites readers, whether they are fans of vampire tales or not, to dive in and experience a book that birthed a trope."

-- "Booklist"

"Simultaneously a delicious vampire tale and a meaningful exercise in remembering silenced voices and questioning the authority of tradition."

-- "Kirkus Reviews"

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Isolated in a remote mansion in a central European forest, Laura longs for companionship—until a carriage accident brings another young woman into her life: the secretive and sometimes erratic Carmilla. As Carmilla's actions become more puzzling and volatile, Laura develops bizarre symptoms, and as her health goes into decline, Laura and her father discover something monstrous.

Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu’s compelling tale of a young woman’s seduction by a female vampire was a source of influence for Bram Stoker's Dracula, which it predates by over a quarter century. Carmilla was originally serialized from 1871 to 1872 and went on to inspire adaptations in film, opera, and beyond, including the cult classic web series by the same name.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Lanternfish Press; 2nd edition (November 26, 2019)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 144 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1941360386
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1941360385
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 6.4 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.2 x 0.6 x 7.9 inches
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    4.4 4.4 out of 5 stars 617 ratings

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Carmen Maria Machado

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Carmen Maria Machado's debut short story collection, Her Body and Other Parties, was a finalist for the National Book Award and the winner of the Bard Fiction Prize, the Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Fiction, the Brooklyn Public Library Literature Prize, the Shirley Jackson Award, and the National Book Critics Circle's John Leonard Prize. In 2018, the New York Times listed Her Body and Other Parties as a member of "The New Vanguard," one of "15 remarkable books by women that are shaping the way we read and write fiction in the 21st century."

Her essays, fiction, and criticism have appeared in the New Yorker, the New York Times, Granta, Harper’s Bazaar, Tin House, VQR, Conjunctions, McSweeney's Quarterly Concern, The Believer, Guernica, Best American Science Fiction & Fantasy, Best American Nonrequired Reading, and elsewhere. She holds an MFA from the Iowa Writers’ Workshop and has been awarded fellowships and residencies from the Guggenheim Foundation, Michener-Copernicus Foundation, Elizabeth George Foundation, CINTAS Foundation, Yaddo, Hedgebrook, and the Millay Colony for the Arts. She is the Writer in Residence at the University of Pennsylvania and lives in Philadelphia with her wife.

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Mathilde A Marsot
5.0 out of 5 stars Very good, best sapphic edition of the book
Reviewed in the United States on November 28, 2023
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The editor gives you great context for the book, and sets the mystery of the original story.
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Drew 🌙
5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful edition
Reviewed in the United States on November 29, 2023
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the pictures throughout are beautiful and the story is captivating. its easy to read in one sitting
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Booksrfun
4.0 out of 5 stars Footnotes hurt the book
Reviewed in the United States on April 24, 2021
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The story itself is fantastic, however the footnotes add nothing except spoilers and unnecessary interjections like ‘it’s not strangulation it’s pleasuring’ or some such nonsense. Let me infer if I want to infer. I disliked the footnotes taking me out of the story with the opinions of the editor. Even the locations weren’t really necessary to be elaborated on. I did appreciate knowing about Styria and Monrovia but the editor lost all my good faith by the spoilers which were either in the intro or the footnotes and how the editor decided it would be clever retribution against the author to insinuate original material for the story that could have deepened everything which she felt was better to be withheld for some reason which ultimately punished the readers? The edition is beautiful, but the footnotes and intro were unnecessary and detracted in my opinion. The story, however, is exquisite. I do believe you can find this book for free on the Gutenberg project or if you just search it on google, if you aren’t interested in hearing someone put in the footnotes how they think the sky looks like blood etc. But, for all the ragging on it... if you like owning hard copy, this is admittedly a beautiful little book, from the binding to the illustrations and worth having. I would definitely buy it again and love the story and aesthetic. One of the other editions might be better though if you hate spoilers. Juuuust not digging the added material, which seems to refuse to provide us with more than its own opinions.

Edit: having viewed some other hard copy editions of this story I would like to alter my opinion of this edition somewhat. This edition is far better laid out and more enjoyable to read than some of the other editions. It is clean and beautiful and the illustrations are fantastic. I wanted to clarify too, this is worth buying! Just avoid the introduction by the editor and the footnotes until after you’ve read it. The footnotes are sparse and unobtrusive if you choose to ignore them.
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Matthew Griffin
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent
Reviewed in the United States on July 26, 2023
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Very captivating,holds your attention, a very good read. It is written in the same style as Bram Striker's Dracula. I highly recommend.
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Maria Basile
5.0 out of 5 stars Read This Out Loud With a Friend
Reviewed in the United States on July 5, 2022
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Especially if you are into scary stories...this classic vampire tale is a perfect read before you go to bed. Except that you may not get to bed, wanting to read "just one more chapter!"

I thought it was especially interesting how freely LeFanu could write about intimate female friendship...in the 1800's! I can understand the recent resurgence of interest in the horror genre. Read this...but with a good friend, it may be your best chance to get a good night's sleep, and maybe more!
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Lys
3.0 out of 5 stars Not as interesting.
Reviewed in the United States on July 5, 2022
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The book felt like it was very slow paced and then rushed at times. There were only a few annotations by the author, but I felt like they were useless to be honest. Overall it was quite a disappointing read.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Great read and cute book! Lovely illustrations
Reviewed in the United States on August 15, 2023
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Kelly Kerr
5.0 out of 5 stars Great!
Reviewed in the United States on August 29, 2023
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Love the illustrations in this edition.
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Gillian Grace
5.0 out of 5 stars Great Read
Reviewed in Canada on August 17, 2022
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The book itself was a good read and I enjoyed the story and the info that the editor put in was a nice touch. The cover is a nice material and the added drawings added to the story. I would recommend for anyone into vampire stories, Carmilla was an interesting character.
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Luis Guillermo
5.0 out of 5 stars Muy buen libro!
Reviewed in Mexico on January 11, 2022
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El libro llego en muy buenas condiciones. En si el contenido es increible con una historia muy entretenida.
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marina penteado
3.0 out of 5 stars Ótima introdução da CMM, péssima escolha de editar o texto do Le Fanu
Reviewed in Brazil on February 20, 2021
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Edição super necessária de Carmilla, as notas da CMM são maravilhosas, a introdução também, só me incomodei com as modificações que ela faz no texto do Le Fanu (por ex: muda “shloss” por “manor”, aí logo depois usa “castle”, aí depois vai pra “house/manor”, sem seguir um padrão...)
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Cichecki Christoph
5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing!!
Reviewed in Germany on December 24, 2022
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This is an amazing book! I haven't yet finished it but im obsessed and def recommend it to anyone that is looking for a beautifully written sapphic story.
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puck
5.0 out of 5 stars Great Book
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 9, 2021
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One of the best vampire novels to date, Machado‘s annotations are pretty good. Gorgeous cover art.
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