She is diabolical but she does not seem so at all & can be a wonderful conversationalist. She is sensual like most vampires are but gets emotionally attached to only a few of her victims. She is a vampire who looks like she is only 20 years old. It is not to be misunderstood however that Carmilla has no personality at all…….she certainly does have one which intrigues & shocks the reader as well.
He reveals nothing about her which adds a lot to the suspense in the narrative. The character of Carmilla itself is sort of a mystery & the author has used his literary powers to keep it that way. The story is female centric where both of the main characters in the story are young ladies, one whose name is Laura who is narrating her experience in first person & the other whose name is Carmilla who happens to be a vampire. It seems a pity that many readers are unaware of this work of art by Le Fanu, the master of gothic horror. Sheridan Le Fanu surely has produced one of the legendary masterpieces of Vampire fiction.
The lucid descriptions in first person are quite conventional as well as the dialogues which are remarkable for a person living in the latter half of the 19 th century. The story itself is captivating & remarkable. Needless to say that ‘Carmilla’ is a Gothic horror story the author has used many Gothic elements in his narrative like ancient castles, ruined chapels etc. The story uses many themes of vampirism which were new during the time when it was written which eventually makes the narrative a novel piece of literature at the time when it was published. This short story penned during the Victorian era by Sheridan Le Fanu is sort of a prelude to all other vampire based stories that are written after it, especially the novel ‘Dracula’ by Bram Stoker.
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