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| author = Sheridan le Fanu
| central theme = the inherent sensuality and homosexuality of vampirism
| elevator pitch = An English young lady in Austria befriends an enigmatic and beautiful woman, who seems to bring an ominous illness and death with her...
| genre = [[Gothic Horror]]
| publication date = 1872
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Written and published in 1872 by Irish author Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, this novella mixes authentic Middle- and Eastern European folklore and [[Gothic Literature]]. It formed the last story of five in the collection ''In a Glass Darkly'', but it has since often been published separately.
Its heroine and narrator is Laura, an English girl that lives with her father and few servants at a secluded Austrian ''schloss''<ref>Doubtless you know that a ''schloss'' is a castle or ''château''.</ref>. Laura is suffering deeply from loneliness
An unknown disease that only kills young women strikes the countryside. Eventually, Laura herself falls ill of the ominous sickness -- when by chance, a friend of the family shows up with a tale of news that leads to a horrible revelation.
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