Queer Reading Group - Carmilla
Thursday 18th December
Venue
First Floor, Topping & Company Booksellers of Ely, 9 High Street, Ely, Cambridgeshire CB7 4LJ
First Floor, Topping & Company Booksellers of Ely, 9 High Street, Ely, Cambridgeshire CB7 4LJ
Doors Open
6.40pm
6.40pm
Start Time
7pm
7pm
In an isolated castle deep in the Austrian forest, Laura leads a solitary life with only her ailing father for company. Until one moonlit night, a horse-drawn carriage crashes into view, carrying an unexpected guest - the beautiful Carmilla.
So begins a feverish friendship between Laura and her mysterious, entrancing companion. But as Carmilla becomes increasingly strange and volatile, prone to eerie nocturnal wanderings, Laura finds herself tormented by nightmares and growing weaker by the day...
Pre-dating Dracula by twenty-six years, Carmilla is the original vampire story, steeped in sexual tension and gothic romance.