Carmilla vs Dracula: Which Should You Read?

Carmilla J. Sheridan Le Fanu · 1871 ★★★★☆ 3.9 70 pages · ≈ 1 h 18 m · Challenging

“Upon a paper attached to the Narrative which follows, Doctor Hesselius has written a rather elaborate note, which he accompanies with a reference to his Essay on the strange subject which the MS. illuminates.”

First published as a serial in The Dark Blue (1871–72), Carmilla is narrated by a young woman preyed upon by a female vampire named Carmilla, later revealed to be Mircalla, Countess Karnstein (Carmilla is an anagram of…

Dracula Bram Stoker · 1897 ★★★★☆ 4.0 400 pages · ≈ 7 h 24 m · Demanding

Na história, um casal e seus amigos são atormentados por Conde Drácula, uma entidade sobrenatural e hematófoga que, presa em uma maldição contagiosa, pretende se mudar de seu recluso castelo na Transilvânia para a…