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Le Fanu, Joseph Sheridan, 1814-1873. Carmilla

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Personal name headingLe Fanu, Joseph Sheridan, 1814-1873. Carmilla
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Variant(s)Le Fanu, Joseph Sheridan, 1814-1873. In a glass darkly. Carmilla
Form of workFiction Gothic fiction (Literary genre)
Beginning date1871
Found inJohnston, B. Carmilla, c1995
McCormack, W.J. Sheridan Le Fanu and Victorian Ireland, 1980: p. 208 (Carmilla; short tale written 1871-2) p. 190 (final story of In a glass darkly)
Internet specualtive fiction database, 8 August 2016 (Carmilla, by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, first published 1872)
Wikipedia, 8 August 2016 (Carmilla; Carmilla is a Gothic novella by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu and one of the early works of vampire fiction, predating Bram Stoker's Dracula (1897) by 26 years; first published as a serial in The Dark Blue (1871-72), the story is narrated by a young woman preyed upon by a female vampire named Carmilla, later revealed to be Mircalla, Countess Karnstein (Carmilla is an anagram of Mircalla); the story is often anthologized and has been adapted many times in film and other media)