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Carmilla
by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
Elisandra Franzmann's review
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Sep 09, 11
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Recommended for:
to all people that likes vampire stories, classical vampire stories
Read from September 01 to 08, 2011
Why I always feel drawn towards evil? Why Can't I be a good girl that sees the wicked ways and wish for a happy ending where the bad people get what they deserve? Why must I feel for those who hurt and prey on the innocent with no regret what so ever?
I didn't chose to read this book, it chose me and I can't say how or why. Fate brought it in to my way and I fell in its trap like a moth into the flame.
The plot - A girl (Laura) is lonely and longs for a company to talk and be friends with. Then comes Carmilla and she is just such a lovely and enchanted girl that everyone simply falls for her. But behind her perfect veneer is a terrifying and brutal secret.
It's a plot full of mystery and very well developed. It reminded me in a few points of Dracula, but not that much.
The Characters - Laura is the innocent and lovable girl, but there is not much that shows about what she feels. She loves her father and got swept of her feet for this stranger that enters her life. Carmilla on the other hand is portrayed as this tridimensional character that feels intensely everything around her and have many mood swings.
The writing - This book is from 1872, but I found the writing so incredibly forward and easy to get lost in it. It's description was so vivid that for many times I catch my self gasping and holding my breath for what it would come next. The images were very well burn into my mind and if I close my eyes I can still see the blood drenching the white fabric and around her neck.
Considerations - Although I really liked this book, I must say that I'm not so sure about the ending of it. It felt as if it was rushed and didn't fit whit the rest of the story. Well, this is as much I can say without giving away the story.
The audio book recording (librivox.com)- The reading was so smooth and really nice to listen to. The intonation of the voice and the interpretation of the text were really good. I believe that it made all the difference in my opinion of the book.
I recommend this to all people that likes vampire stories, classical vampire stories.
I didn't chose to read this book, it chose me and I can't say how or why. Fate brought it in to my way and I fell in its trap like a moth into the flame.
The plot - A girl (Laura) is lonely and longs for a company to talk and be friends with. Then comes Carmilla and she is just such a lovely and enchanted girl that everyone simply falls for her. But behind her perfect veneer is a terrifying and brutal secret.
It's a plot full of mystery and very well developed. It reminded me in a few points of Dracula, but not that much.
The Characters - Laura is the innocent and lovable girl, but there is not much that shows about what she feels. She loves her father and got swept of her feet for this stranger that enters her life. Carmilla on the other hand is portrayed as this tridimensional character that feels intensely everything around her and have many mood swings.
The writing - This book is from 1872, but I found the writing so incredibly forward and easy to get lost in it. It's description was so vivid that for many times I catch my self gasping and holding my breath for what it would come next. The images were very well burn into my mind and if I close my eyes I can still see the blood drenching the white fabric and around her neck.
Considerations - Although I really liked this book, I must say that I'm not so sure about the ending of it. It felt as if it was rushed and didn't fit whit the rest of the story. Well, this is as much I can say without giving away the story.
The audio book recording (librivox.com)- The reading was so smooth and really nice to listen to. The intonation of the voice and the interpretation of the text were really good. I believe that it made all the difference in my opinion of the book.
I recommend this to all people that likes vampire stories, classical vampire stories.
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Quotes Elisandra Liked
“You will think me cruel, very selfish, but love is always selfish; the more ardent the more selfish. How jealous I am you cannot know. You must come with me, loving me, to death; or else hate me, and still come with me, and hating me through death and after. There is no such word as indifference in my apathetic nature.”
― Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, Carmilla
― Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, Carmilla
“Nevertheless, life and death are mysterious states, and we know little of the resources of either.”
― Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, Carmilla
― Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, Carmilla
“You are afraid to die?'
Yes, everyone is.'
But to die as lovers may - to die together, so that they may live together. Girls are caterpillars when they live in the world, to be finally butterflies when the summer comes; but in the meantime there are grubs and larvae, don't you see - each with their peculiar propensities, necessities and structures.”
― Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, Carmilla
Yes, everyone is.'
But to die as lovers may - to die together, so that they may live together. Girls are caterpillars when they live in the world, to be finally butterflies when the summer comes; but in the meantime there are grubs and larvae, don't you see - each with their peculiar propensities, necessities and structures.”
― Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, Carmilla
“For some nights I slept profoundly; but still every morning I felt the same lassitude, and a languor weighed upon me all day. I felt myself a changed girl. A strange melancholy was stealing over me, a melancholy that I would not have interrupted. Dim thoughts of death began to open, and an idea that I was slowly sinking took gentle, and, somehow, not unwelcome possession of me. If it was sad, the tone of mind which this induced was also sweet. Whatever it might be, my soul acquiesced in it.”
― Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, Carmilla
― Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, Carmilla
Reading Progress
| 09/01/2011 |
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10.0% | "There must be a spell on this book cose I can't explaine how I came across it or how I'm not able to stop listening to it,," | |
| 09/01/2011 |
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25.0% | "Carmilla,, such an enigmatic yong lady,, I get chills when she speaks,," | |
| 09/02/2011 |
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43.0% | "Laura you are so naive,, you don't even know what you are dealing with,,,,innocence and ignorance really goes hand in hand" | |
| 09/08/2011 |
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55.0% | "The sickness of the mind can be a reflexion of the sickness of the body,, its a natural thing." | |
| 09/08/2011 |
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70.0% | "this is such a sad story to tell,," | |
| 09/08/2011 |
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80.0% | "Revenge drenched in blood it's a fire that will consume your soul till there is nothing left" | |
| 09/08/2011 |
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100.0% | "I still hear her footsteps,," |
