Classic·Gothic Fiction
Carmilla
Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
Before Dracula stalked London, a seductive stranger haunted an isolated Austrian castle with an intoxicating, predatory intimacy.
Shared themes:Gothic horror
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Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus
Complete work
1818 · Complete work
Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus
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“An obsession with defying mortality gives birth to a nameless creature and unleashes an enduring nightmare of ambition and remorse.”
Driven by a feverish thirst for scientific glory, Victor Frankenstein uncovers the primordial secret of life and bestows animation upon a creature crafted from charnel fragments. Horrified by the grotesque reality of his triumph, he abandons his creation to the elements. Spurned by humanity and starving for empathy, the abandoned being wanders an unforgiving world, discovering that innocence unrequited easily curdles into vengeance. Mary Shelley’s groundbreaking masterpiece is both an atmospheric Gothic tragedy and the foundation of modern science fiction, questioning what happens when human ambition outpaces moral conscience.
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Episode 01
~6 min
Letter 1
“There, Margaret, the sun is for ever visible, its broad disk just skirting the horizon and diffusing a perpetual splendour.”
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Episode 02
~6 min
Letter 2
“You may deem me romantic, my dear sister, but I bitterly feel the want of a friend.”
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Episode 03
~9 min
Letter 3 · I
“Be assured that for my own sake, as well as yours, I will not rashly encounter danger.”
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Episode 04
~6 min
Letter 3 · II
“I once had a friend, the most noble of human creatures, and am entitled, therefore, to judge respecting friendship.”
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Episode 05
~9 min
Chapter 1
“One of his most intimate friends was a merchant who, from a flourishing state, fell, through numerous mischances, into poverty.”
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Episode 06
~11 min
Chapter 2
“Harmony was the soul of our companionship, and the diversity and contrast that subsisted in our characters drew us nearer together.”
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Episode 07
~8 min
Chapter 3 · I
“I regret that I am taken from you; and, happy and beloved as I have been, is it not hard to quit you all?”
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Episode 08
~5 min
Chapter 3 · II
“Partly from curiosity and partly from idleness, I went into the lecturing room, which M. Waldman entered shortly after.”
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Episode 09
~7 min
Chapter 4 · I
“From this day natural philosophy, and particularly chemistry, in the most comprehensive sense of the term, became nearly my sole occupation.”
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Episode 10
~5 min
Chapter 4 · II
“No one can conceive the variety of feelings which bore me onwards, like a hurricane, in the first enthusiasm of success.”
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Episode 11
~11 min
Chapter 5
“But it was in vain; I slept, indeed, but I was disturbed by the wildest dreams.”
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Episode 12
~9 min
Chapter 6 · I
“You are forbidden to write—to hold a pen; yet one word from you, dear Victor, is necessary to calm our apprehensions.”
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Episode 13
~5 min
Chapter 6 · II
“The Persian, Arabic, and Sanskrit languages engaged his attention, and I was easily induced to enter on the same studies.”
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Episode 14
~10 min
Chapter 7 · I
“What would be your surprise, my son, when you expected a happy and glad welcome, to behold, on the contrary, tears and wretchedness?”
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Episode 15
~7 min
Chapter 7 · II
“No one can conceive the anguish I suffered during the remainder of the night, which I spent, cold and wet, in the open air.”
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Episode 16
~9 min
Chapter 8 · I
“She was dressed in mourning, and her countenance, always engaging, was rendered, by the solemnity of her feelings, exquisitely beautiful.”
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Episode 17
~7 min
Chapter 8 · II
““Yes,” said Elizabeth, “I will go, although she is guilty; and you, Victor, shall accompany me; I cannot go alone.””
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Episode 18
~11 min
Chapter 9
“But I was restrained, when I thought of the heroic and suffering Elizabeth, whom I tenderly loved, and whose existence was bound up in mine.”
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Episode 19
~11 min
Chapter 10
“They elevated me from all littleness of feeling, and although they did not remove my grief, they subdued and tranquillised it.”
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Episode 20
~8 min
Chapter 11 · I
“By degrees, I remember, a stronger light pressed upon my nerves, so that I was obliged to shut my eyes.”
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Episode 21
~6 min
Chapter 11 · II
“It was indeed a paradise compared to the bleak forest, my former residence, the rain-dropping branches, and dank earth.”
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Episode 22
~10 min
Chapter 12
“If such lovely creatures were miserable, it was less strange that I, an imperfect and solitary being, should be wretched.”
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Episode 23
~10 min
Chapter 13
“Agatha asked a question, to which the stranger only replied by pronouncing, in a sweet accent, the name of Felix.”
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Episode 24
~9 min
Chapter 14
“The young girl spoke in high and enthusiastic terms of her mother, who, born in freedom, spurned the bondage to which she was now reduced.”
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Episode 25
~9 min
Chapter 15 · I
“I learned, from the views of social life which it developed, to admire their virtues and to deprecate the vices of mankind.”
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Episode 26
~6 min
Chapter 15 · II
“‘By your language, stranger, I suppose you are my countryman; are you French?’”
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Episode 27
~9 min
Chapter 16 · I
“Why, in that instant, did I not extinguish the spark of existence which you had so wantonly bestowed?”
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Episode 28
~7 min
Chapter 16 · II
“On seeing me, he darted towards me, and tearing the girl from my arms, hastened towards the deeper parts of the wood.”
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Episode 29
~9 min
Chapter 17
“You, my creator, would tear me to pieces and triumph; remember that, and tell me why I should pity man more than he pities me?”
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Episode 30
~8 min
Chapter 18 · I
“It was after my return from one of these rambles that my father, calling me aside, thus addressed me,”
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Episode 31
~6 min
Chapter 18 · II
“I threw myself into the carriage that was to convey me away, hardly knowing whither I was going, and careless of what was passing around.”
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Episode 32
~8 min
Chapter 19 · I
“But busy, uninteresting, joyous faces brought back despair to my heart.”
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Episode 33
~5 min
Chapter 19 · II
“We left Edinburgh in a week, passing through Coupar, St. Andrew’s, and along the banks of the Tay, to Perth, where our friend expected us.”
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Episode 34
~10 min
Chapter 20 · I
“I trembled and my heart failed within me, when, on looking up, I saw by the light of the moon the dæmon at the casement.”
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Episode 35
~6 min
Chapter 20 · II
“The sky became clouded, but the air was pure, although chilled by the northeast breeze that was then rising.”
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Episode 36
~10 min
Chapter 21 · I
“He walked on first, carrying a part of the fishing tackle, and his companions followed him at some distance.”
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Episode 37
~8 min
Chapter 21 · II
““Your family is perfectly well,” said Mr. Kirwin with gentleness; “and someone, a friend, is come to visit you.””
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Episode 38
~10 min
Chapter 22 · I
“Human beings, their feelings and passions, would indeed be degraded if such a wretch as I felt pride.”
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Episode 39
~7 min
Chapter 22 · II
“I neither spoke nor looked at anyone, but sat motionless, bewildered by the multitude of miseries that overcame me.”
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Episode 40
~7 min
Chapter 23 · I
“The wind, which had fallen in the south, now rose with great violence in the west.”
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Episode 41
~6 min
Chapter 23 · II
““Be assured, sir,” said he, “no pains or exertions on my part shall be spared to discover the villain.””
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Episode 42
~12 min
Chapter 24 · I
“I provided myself with a sum of money, together with a few jewels which had belonged to my mother, and departed.”
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Episode 43
~12 min
Chapter 24 · II
“I had determined, if you were going southwards, still to trust myself to the mercy of the seas rather than abandon my purpose.”
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Episode 44
~12 min
Chapter 24 · III
“How all this will terminate, I know not, but I had rather die than return shamefully, my purpose unfulfilled.”
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Episode 45
~5 min
Chapter 24 · IV
“No guilt, no mischief, no malignity, no misery, can be found comparable to mine.”
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Public-domain work (1818). Text: Project Gutenberg #84. The Spanish version is an AI-assisted translation and may contain errors. Digital edition by Inkora Stories. Learn more