Carmilla by Sheridan Le Fanu

In a lonely castle deep in the Styrian forest Laura leads a solitary life with only her elderly father for company until a moonlit night brings an unexpected guest to the schloss. At first Laura is glad to finally have a female companion of her own age but her new friends strange habits and eerie nocturnal wanderings quickly become unsettling and soon a ghastly truth is revealed. Suffused with gothic horror and sexual tension Carmilla predated Dracula by 26 years has inspired generations of wr Hardback