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:MysteryGothic horror
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1871 · Complete work
Legends
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“Step into the dark, haunting world of Spanish Romanticism with Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer’s legendary tales of ghosts and the supernatural.”
First collected in 1871, Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer’s «Legends» stand as the pinnacle of Spanish gothic and fantastic prose. This masterwork transports readers to crumbling medieval monasteries, shadowy cathedrals, and desolate landscapes where the boundary between the living and the dead dissolves. With exquisite lyrical prose, Bécquer explores the perilous depths of human obsession, unrequited passion, and spectral vengeance. Each tale opens a window into a chilling universe of ancient curses and haunting beauty that continues to captivate modern audiences.
27 Episodes · Classic
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All Episodes (27)
Episode 01
~8 min
Master Pérez the Organist · I
““It has not been seen again since they placed the one that now replaces it.””
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Episode 02
~10 min
Master Pérez the Organist · II
““Maese Pérez has fallen ill, very ill, and it will be impossible for him to attend midnight Mass tonight.””
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Episode 03
~8 min
Master Pérez the Organist · III
““He is a scoundrel who, for not doing anything right, cannot even look straight,” some said.”
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Episode 04
~8 min
The Green Eyes · I
““What are you doing?” he exclaimed, turning to his huntsman, while astonishment painted itself on his features and wrath burned in his eyes.”
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Episode 05
~6 min
The Green Eyes · II
““Green!” exclaimed Íñigo with an accent of profound terror, bounding to his feet in his seat.”
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Episode 06
~9 min
A Ray of Moonshine · I
““Where is Manrique, where is your lord?” his mother would sometimes ask.”
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Episode 07
~9 min
A Ray of Moonshine · II
““But what about his daughter?” interrupted the youth impatiently; “and his daughter, or his sister, or his wife, or whatever she is?””
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Episode 08
~12 min
Three Dates · I
“The events whose memory these numbers guard are, to a certain extent, insignificant.”
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Episode 09
~12 min
Three Dates · II
“Upon writing it, I looked for a moment at the previous one, that of the window, and I could not help smiling at my madness.”
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Episode 10
~8 min
Three Dates · III
“A futile effort: through the crossed irons, very little or nothing could be seen.”
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Episode 11
~12 min
The White Doe · I
““Well, what is happening to that poor devil?” exclaimed Don Dionís with an air of piqued curiosity.”
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Episode 12
~10 min
The White Doe · II
““And Garcés, where is he?” asked Constanza, noticing that her huntsman was not there to serve her as was his wont.”
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Episode 13
~11 min
The White Doe · III
“This strange murmur was only heard for an instant, and then everything returned to silence.”
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Episode 14
~7 min
The Passion Flower · I
“One summer afternoon, in a garden in Toledo, a very good and very pretty girl told me this singular story.”
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Episode 15
~8 min
The Passion Flower · II
““And do you know what they are dealing with and for what purpose they leave the city at this hour?””
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Episode 16
~10 min
The Promise · I
“«I will return, I swear it to you; I will return to fulfill the word solemnly pledged the day I placed upon your hand this ring, the symbol of a promise.»”
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Episode 17
~7 min
The Promise · II
“Upon uttering these last words, the count stood up and took a few paces as if beside himself and gripped by a profound terror.”
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Episode 18
~8 min
The Hill of the Lost Spirits · I
“Once goaded, the imagination is a wild horse that bolts and whom pulling the rein avails not.”
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Episode 19
~6 min
The Hill of the Lost Spirits · II
““It will be the wind,” she said; and placing her hand upon her heart, she tried to calm herself.”
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Episode 20
~10 min
The Gnome · I
““Bah! it is not to hear advice that we have stopped; when we need it, the village priest will give it to us.””
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Episode 21
~7 min
The Gnome · II
““I also believe in everything, in everything... that I wish to believe.””
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Episode 22
~9 min
The Gnome · III
“Child!... gentle child, lift your head, let me peacefully kiss your forehead, while I agitate your hair.”
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Episode 23
~8 min
El Miserere · I
“I asked an old man who was accompanying me, upon finishing half translating these lines, which looked like sentences written by a madman.”
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Episode 24
~9 min
El Miserere · II
“Nevertheless, nothing supernatural, nothing strange came to wound the imagination.”
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Episode 25
~6 min
The Dry Leaves
““I have followed the current of the river for some time, until the gale snatched me from among the silt and the reeds of the bank.””
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Episode 26
~9 min
The Inn of the Cats · I
““Señorito,” he said to me, in an accent he tried to soften as much as possible: “I am going to ask you a favor.””
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Episode 27
~11 min
The Inn of the Cats · II
““The reason is very simple,” he told me finally; “because a hundred paces from the inn they have built the new cemetery.””
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Public-domain work (1871). Text: Project Gutenberg #53552. The English version is an AI-assisted translation and may contain errors. Digital edition by Inkora Stories. Learn more