Set in a lonely castle in the Styrian forest, this predates Bram Stoker’s ‘Dracula’ by 26 years. An early exemplar of the lesbian vampire myth.
Carmilla: The cult classic that inspired Dracula
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Every Christmas needs an escapist book and this year we think this fits the bill - a novel about the three daughters of the first Earl of Iveagh. There is of course the old chestnut that Pr... read more
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The Great Passion
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Published in 1954, STW's wonderful last novel depicts an early Victorian merchant family on the Norfolk coast, harried by the good intentions of its flawed paterfamilias. Her coruscating int... read more
The Flint Anchor
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Who in the UK now remembers Ransmayr's 'The Last World', about Ovid in exile, which was such a bestseller in 1990? He remains a major European literary figure, and his new novel about Aliste... read more
Cox: or The Course of Time
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