Carmilla: A Vampyre Tale

This was the very first vampire thriller! Pure innocence becomes the target of age-old evil. Virtuous Laura has grown up in a solitary castle and longs for a close friend. Her wish seems granted with the arrival of a beautiful and mysterious stranger named Carmilla. A friendship develops but the brooding mood and sexual overtones mar Laura's happiness. Will she escape with her life and spirit?

Megan Follows' brilliant reading perfectly evokes the dramatic atmosphere of this Gothic Victorian tale. This tale was the inspiration for Bram Stoker's Dracula!

Public Domain (P)2010 BBC Audio

Well Narrated

Megan Follows does an excellent job of telling this story, a classic vampire story with lesbian undertones.

Aged very well.

Enjoyed this a lot! Very interesting being a pre Dracula story and is strangely modern in its slow build and LGBT symbolism(worth talking about if its on the pro LGBT due to vampire = monster) and strangely being very folk tale/Dracula like towards the end. I am leaving a star off because I enjoyed the first half a lot more.

But this deserves spot like not just for history but also that it reads very well for its age.

Kept me listening right to the end.

The story rattles along with all the finesse of a bouncy coach ride through Transylvania. I was a little disappointed by the awkward ending -- a somewhat overblown "TA DA!" moment that was a foregone conclusion ten minutes in, but I suppose it may have something to do with when it was written. Still, not a bad addition to the genre for it's day, and the narrator did a nice job -- and sounded the right age -- which was very important to the tale.

Very Old, Very Dark, Very Good

Ok, So you have to remember, this story was written a long time BEFORE Bram Stoker, ever penned his now famous "Dracula". Which in my humble opinion, makes the tale even more intriguing.

Being in that "Carmilla" A Vampyre Tale" was written many, many, years ago. I found that, just like many stories written that era, used a dialect that says alot, without really being direct. In this tone, we find a faint lesbian undertone. Making the charater, Carmilla, that much more creepy.
If you love vampires, this is a must read.

Short and Sweet

The narrator is great. The story is short but not lacking. Very enjoyable. Carmilla is one cool character.