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Initial publication 1871-1872
Review: CARMILLA is remarkably Sapphic, in my opinion, for a book whose initial serialization occurred in 1861-1872, in the midst of the mostly repressive Victorian Era. [The also sensual DRACULA by Bram Stoker was published in 1897, a full quarter-century later.] Amazingly after many decades of Horror, I had not until now read CARMILLA. If I had as a child, surely I would have missed the sensuality and the obviousness of Carmilla's seduction of Laura, and her recent ...more
Review: CARMILLA is remarkably Sapphic, in my opinion, for a book whose initial serialization occurred in 1861-1872, in the midst of the mostly repressive Victorian Era. [The also sensual DRACULA by Bram Stoker was published in 1897, a full quarter-century later.] Amazingly after many decades of Horror, I had not until now read CARMILLA. If I had as a child, surely I would have missed the sensuality and the obviousness of Carmilla's seduction of Laura, and her recent ...more
I enjoyed this and thought it was beautifully written and, for whatever reason, sort of seductive. I was clueless as the story started, having not read anything regarding Carmilla before, so when I realized what was going on with the girl who was left with Laura's father and strange things began to happen, I was baffled. But when it came out with her name and who she actually was it finally made sense. I really liked this one about a female lesbian vampire and how she moves in and inserts hersel
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Apr 17, 2012
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