{"product_id":"carmilla-joseph-sheridan-le-fanu-hardcover","title":"Carmilla - Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu (Hardcover)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe sapphic vampire story that inspired Dracula, in an irresistible Little Clothbound Classics edition designed by Coralie Bickford-Smith.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLaura leads a secluded life in a castle buried deep in the Austrian forest, far away from the dangers of the outside world. That is until a horse and carriage crashes nearby one night, and she and her father take in a weary, young traveller – Carmilla. As mysterious as she is beguiling, Carmilla weaves her way into Laura’s heart.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLife proves less lonely with a friend. But sinister things start happening as the girls become closer, and the forest isn’t the safe haven it once was. Sheridan Le Fanu’s nineteenth-century gothic tale was the first vampire novella.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIt paved the way for a literary tradition of female and lesbian vampires, and, before Dracula, explored the boundaries of sex and death. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eStill as chillingly alluring today as it was when it was written in 1871-2, Carmilla now joins Penguin’s Little Clothbound Classics series.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Classics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54972939174225,"sku":"9780241820230","price":17.5,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0270\/4618\/2960\/files\/Carmilla_5f3224a5-11fa-410d-a0a7-c61afbd8ba19.jpg?v=1789567555","url":"https:\/\/lattesandliterature.com\/products\/carmilla-joseph-sheridan-le-fanu-hardcover","provider":"Latte's and Literature","version":"1.0","type":"link"}