Le Fanu uses the writing strategy called first person narrator, audience omniscience. It is told in first person narration by a young, lonely girl who develops a friendship with another girl. Carmella is probably one of the best written vampire stories ever. The other is because a well written spooky story is just plain exciting.Īuthors include Sheridan Le Fanu. That's one of the reasons why I enjoy them. The legends of vampirism, however they originated, came to become metaphors of this spiritual battle. The epitome of railing against hopelessness and striving to destroy. In the Bible Satan is described as a "raging lion seeking whom he may devour." (1 Peter 5:8) His own eternal destruction is pending and he rages against it by attempting to turn as many people away from God before that time comes. The vampire myth provokes a lot of questions. Each story is developed along the lines of a predator, the vampire, stalking their prey in order to maintain their own earthly existence while dooming others to the same fate. These stories are mostly of the traditional: vampires symbolize evil that attempts to seduce humans to damnation. The Dracula Book of Great Vampire Stories does not have a large selection but they were well chosen. Anyway, I think cold wintry months are the perfect time to read scary stories. Even though most of these stories will be posted after Halloween, I read them during the month of October. It's that time of the year again when I looooove to read spooky stories.
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