Clarimonde

Clarimonde is a supernatural short story written by Théophile Gautier and first published in 1836. It tells the story of a priest named Romuald who falls in love with Clarimonde, a beautiful woman who turns out to be a vampire. The story opens with an elderly priest, Romuald, answering the question if he has ever loved. He answers that he has but describes this occurrence as a bewitchment to which he fell. Then, he recounts the story of his first love, Clarimonde. On the day of his Ordinati...