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INCLUDESCarmillaSchalken The PainterAn Account of Some Strange Disturbances in Aungier StreetAn Authentic Narrative Of A Haunted HouseUltor De Lacy: A Legend Of CapercullenThe Haunted BaronetDickon The Devil
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Why read it?
1 author picked Carmilla and Other Gothic Tales as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
Who needs Bram Stoker and boring old Dracula, when Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu had a better name, and penned the original vampire tale, Carmilla, a whole quarter-century earlier?
Personally, I dislike obvious attempts to scare or horrify me. So I appreciate that Le Fanu is always subtle, concentrating on creating an atmosphere of threat and fear, as in Schalken the Painter. He is never obvious, but always eerie.
From Susan's list on ghost stories to make you leap out of your skin at an unexpected noise.
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