Sheridan Le Fanu Joseph 
Carmilla 

‘Carmilla’ is a Gothic novella by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu. First published in 1872, it tells the story of a young woman’s susceptibility to the attentions of a female vampire named Carmilla. ‘Carmilla’ predates Bram Stoker’s Dracula by 25 years and has been adapted many times for cinema.