Theophile Gautier 
Clarimonde 
La Morte Amoureuse

Forbidden love drives the plot of the classic short story "Clarimonde, " which some historians describe as one of the earliest gothic vampire tales. When a man’s lost love is miraculously brought back to life, he views the shift in circumstances as a divine gift. But when the grisly secret behind his beloved’s survival is revealed, everything changes.