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1) Carmilla
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Got a hankering for top-notch Gothic horror? Lose yourself in J. Sheridan Le Fanu's Carmilla, a titillating tale that centers on a lady-loving vampire who terrorizes an unsuspecting family in nineteenth-century Austria. Experts of the genre say that this novel exerted a significant influence on Bram Stoker when he was preparing to write Dracula.
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"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...
3) Carmilla
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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...
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Isolated from the outside world, fifteen-year-old Lara (Hannah Rae) lives in seclusion on a vast country estate with her father and strict governess Miss Fontaine (Jessica Raine). Late one evening, a mysterious carriage crash brings a young girl into their home to recuperate. Lara immediately becomes enchanted by this strange visitor who arouses her curiosity and awakens her burgeoning desires. Inspired by the 1872 Gothic vampire novella by Joseph...
5) Carmilla
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Mergulhe nas sombras e mistérios de "Carmilla", uma obra-prima do terror gótico, agora em HQ. Escrito por Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu no século XIX, este conto sombrio de paixão e sedução transcende o tempo, trazendo à tona os dilemas da identidade, do desejo e do sobrenatural. Após o imenso sucesso da edição anterior, sentimos a necessidade de apresentar uma nova interpretação que dialogasse com a imaginação dos leitores contemporâneos....
6) Carmilla
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Before Dracula, there was Carmilla - the original vampire novella that forever shaped the gothic horror genre.
First published in 1872, Carmilla tells the eerie and sensual tale of a young woman named Laura, who lives in a remote Austrian castle with her father. When the mysterious and alluring Carmilla arrives after a carriage accident, Laura is instantly captivated by her strange guest - and slowly begins to fall under her spell. But as dreams...
7) Carmilla
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Et si on se racontait des histoires d'horreur au coin du feu, blotti sous un plaid, une boisson chaude en main afin de passer une bonne nuit ?!
C'est ce que je vous propose avec les éditions Douceur & Crépitements ! Des moments de lecture réconfortants et reposants en nous replongeant dans nos classiques horrifiques préférés ou bien encore d'en découvrir de nouveaux.
Ce soir, je vous propose de nous plonger dans le roman Carmilla de Sheridan...
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15-year-old Lara lives with her father and her strict governess, Miss Fontaine, in total isolation and is struggling to find an outlet for her curiosity and burgeoning sexuality. When a carriage crash nearby brings a young girl into the family home to recuperate, Lara is enchanted by the eponymous Carmilla. Based on the gothic vampire novella of the same name by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu (1814-1873).
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First serialized in the journal "The Dark Blue" and published shortly thereafter in the short story collection In a Glass Darkly, Le Fanu's 1872 vampire tale is in many ways the overlooked older sister of Bram Stoker's more acclaimed Dracula. A thrilling gothic tale, Carmilla tells the story of a young woman lured by the charms of a female vampire.
This edition includes a student-oriented introduction, tracing the major
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This was the very first vampire thriller, eventually becoming inspiration for Bram Stoker's Dracula, as well classics by Robert Louis Stevenson. In this tale of blood and terror, 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 between them, but
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At the height of the Lunar New Year in 1990s New York City, an idealistic social worker turns detective when she discovers young, homeless LGBTQ+ women are being murdered and no one, especially the police, seems to care.
A series of clues points her to Carmilla's, a mysterious nightclub in the heart of her neighborhood, Chinatown. There she falls for the next likely target, landing her at the center of a real-life horror story-and face-to-face with...
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The final chapter of this Bram Stoker Award-winning graphic novel reimagination of Sheridan LeFanu's classic Carmilla!
Athena's daughter Ella journeys to Oxford, England where a mysterious university benefactor hires her for what seems like a simple research position, but leads her straight into the heart of danger...and the Lo family back into the complicated web of Carmilla herself. As deaths begin to pile up on campus, Ella becomes entangled...
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Before Dracula, before Nosferatu, there was...CARMILLA.
In the second volume of this feminist tale of murder, monsters, and mystery layered with dark Chinese folklore, social worker turned vampire hunter Athena Lo has just lost everyone she loves-and it's all her fault.
Hoping to put her life back together, Athena travels to San Francisco's Chinatown on a quest to uncover the secrets of her mysterious family history. But her journey escalates...
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Gratis por lanzamiento!
-En español neutro, narración humana-
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...
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Als die Andersons das Au-Pair-Mädchen Carmilla bei sich aufnehmen, ahnen sie noch nicht, welche Ereignisse sie damit in Gang gesetzt haben. Zwar schließt Tochter Laura den Gast schnell ins Herz, doch ihre Tante Marion vermutet gleich, dass mit dem Neuankömmling nicht stimmt. Doch dass damit eine Reihe grausamer Todesfälle in der Gegend beginnen, ahnt auch sie nicht ... Sheridan Le Fanus Novelle ist ein Klassiker des Vampirgenres und erschien 1872,...
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Vor dem Schloss eines pensionierten Generals verunglückt eine Kutsche. Wirklich nur ein Unfall ...? Die mysteriöse Insassin ist gezwungen, ihre junge Tochter in der Obhut der Schlossbewohner zurückzulassen.Die ätherisch schöne Carmilla übt auf alle, aber besonders auf Laura, die gleichaltrige Tochter des Generals eine starke Faszination aus. Ein undefinierbarer Zauber umgibt das Mädchen. Noch ahnt niemand, dass Carmilla ein dunkles Geheimnis...
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The final chapter of this Bram Stoker Award-winning graphic novel reimagination of Sheridan LeFanu's classic Carmilla! Athena's daughter Ella journeys to Oxford, England where a mysterious university benefactor hires her for what seems like a simple research position, but leads her straight into the heart of danger...and the Lo family back into the complicated web of Carmilla herself. As deaths begin to pile up on campus, Ella becomes entangled...
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Before Dracula, before Nosferatu, there was...CARMILLA. Inspired by the gothic novel that started the vampire genre and layered with dark Chinese folklore, this queer, feminist murder mystery graphic novel is a tale of identity, obsession and fateful family secrets. At the height of the Lunar New Year in 1990s New York City, an idealistic social worker turns detective when she discovers young, homeless LGBTQ+ women are being murdered and no...
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Before Dracula, before Nosferatu, there was...CARMILLA. In the second volume of this feminist tale of murder, monsters, and mystery layered with dark Chinese folklore, social worker turned vampire hunter Athena Lo has just lost everyone she loves--and it's all her fault. Hoping to put her life back together, Athena travels to San Francisco's Chinatown on a quest to uncover the secrets of her mysterious family history. But her journey escalates...
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"Deep in the forgotten hills of Massachusetts stands Saint Perpetua's College. Isolated and ancient, it is not a place for timid girls. Here, secrets are currency, ambition is lifeblood, and strange ceremonies welcome students into the fold. On her first day of class, Laura Sheridan is thrust into an intense academic rivalry with the beautiful and enigmatic Carmilla. Together, they are drawn into the confidence of their demanding poetry professor,...
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