{"product_id":"carmilla","title":"Carmilla","description":"\u003ch2\u003eAbout This Audiobook\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the gloomy depths of a Styrian castle, young Laura becomes enchanted by Carmilla - a beautiful aristocrat harboring dark secrets. As their intense friendship blossoms into something more dangerous, a wave of mysterious deaths sweeps through the countryside. Published in 1872, \"Carmilla\" is the groundbreaking vampire novel that inspired Bram Stoker and defined the genre decades before \"Dracula.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eSheridan Le Fanu (1814–1873) was an Irish writer of Gothic tales and one of the great masters of Victorian ghost and mystery fiction. Working from his native Dublin, he produced a shadowy body of novels and stories — including Uncle Silas, The House by the Churchyard, and the haunting vampire novella Carmilla, which predated Dracula by a quarter century and deeply influenced Bram Stoker. A recluse in his later years, known as the \"Invisible Prince\" of Dublin, he perfected a quiet, insinuating brand of horror whose chill has never faded.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"LINDIE","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48126449156247,"sku":"9788368887471","price":8.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0721\/9540\/8023\/files\/9788368887471.jpg?v=1786550526","url":"https:\/\/lindie.net\/products\/carmilla","provider":"Lantern Indie","version":"1.0","type":"link"}