CARMILLA (AN EARLY VAMPIRE NOVEL)

THIS NOVEL TELLS THE STORY OF A YOUNG WOMAN'S SUSCEPTIBILITY TO THE ATTENTIONS OF A FEMALE VAMPIRE NAMED CARMILLA!
Plot summary:
The story is narrated by Laura, one of the two main protagonists of the tale.
Laura begins her tale by relating her childhood in a "picturesque and solitary" castle in the midst of an extensive forest in Styria where she lives with her father, a wealthy English widower, retired from the Austrian Service.
When she is six years old, Laura has a vision of a beautiful v...