Carmilla (1872) - Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu

"Carmilla" is a Gothic novella by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu. First published in 1872, it tells the story of a young woman's susceptibility to the attentions of a female vampire named Carmilla. "Carmilla" predates Bram Stoker's Dracula by 25 years and has been adapted many times for cinema.

with a proud and commanding countenance

her dimpling cheeks

Your looks won me; I climbed on the bed and put my arms about you

She interested and won me

engaging迷人的;可愛的;有魅力的

I was flattered by the evident, though as yet undeserved, fondness she showed me.

something of gloom and anxiety had taken the place of that
cordial serenity which used to characterize his features

bereaved 死了…的

I knew what a blow it was to you

during the few years that remain to me on earth, and that is to wreak施行(報復等) on her the vengeance