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Dracula / Carmilla
Meet the vampires who started it all-the original Count Dracula and his older female counterpart, Carmilla-brought to thrilling new life by award-winning narrators Clive Hayward and Alison Larkin.
Le Fanu's book about the tortured, powerful female vampire Carmilla has been terrifying generations with its themes of lesbian attraction and forbidden, dangerous desires. Carmilla inspired Bram Stoker to create his own vampire classic twenty-six years later. Now, these two blood-chilling tales are brought together in this brilliant recording followed by a fascinating interview in which Hayward and Larkin talk about their process and reactions to the stories, straight from the London recording studio.
Le Fanu's book about the tortured, powerful female vampire Carmilla has been terrifying generations with its themes of lesbian attraction and forbidden, dangerous desires. Carmilla inspired Bram Stoker to create his own vampire classic twenty-six years later. Now, these two blood-chilling tales are brought together in this brilliant recording followed by a fascinating interview in which Hayward and Larkin talk about their process and reactions to the stories, straight from the London recording studio.
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Published October 30, 2018
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About the author
Alison Larkin
191 books49 followersAlison Larkin was adopted at birth in the US by British parents and raised in Washington DC, England and Africa. After graduating from the University of London and the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art, she wrote plays and became a regular on the British stage. Then she moved to America and became a successful stand-up comic and ubiquitous voice artist who has appeared on Broadway. Her internationally acclaimed one woman show, The English American, from which her novel springs, was a wildly popular sold-out hit in England, a highlight of the London Comedy Festival and has been seen in concert performance all over the world. She lives in Northern New Jersey with her husband and two young children. Visit her website at www.alisonlarkin.com"
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October 25, 2018
This is for the audiobook version
Dracula has been on my to read list since I was young and I just never seemed to get around to it. Now I'm glad I didn't because Clive Hayward's narration was absolutely spectacular an was truely the best way to hear the book for the first time. (His voices are so good!!!) Actually I had to restart the book when I was 6 hours in because my boyfriend came in the kitchen while I was listening and found it so interesting the he asked me to restart it so we could listen to the whole thing together. We both agreed it was fantastic and decided when he gets back from being away at work we want to get his narration of Frankenstein to listen to next. ( We've listen to audiobooks separately before but this book is the first one we've done together and I'm thrilled its started a new couples thing for us to do!)
Carmilla wasn't as good of a story in our opinion it's much slower and grabs your attention less. It may have been better had it not immediately followed Dracula which was just soo very good. I've still given this audiobook a 5 star because it's more than worth it's cost for just Dracula alone. I really cannot praise it enough. I did receive a copy of this book for free in exchange for and honest review. It did not however influence my review at all and all opinions are my own and those of my boyfriend.
Dracula has been on my to read list since I was young and I just never seemed to get around to it. Now I'm glad I didn't because Clive Hayward's narration was absolutely spectacular an was truely the best way to hear the book for the first time. (His voices are so good!!!) Actually I had to restart the book when I was 6 hours in because my boyfriend came in the kitchen while I was listening and found it so interesting the he asked me to restart it so we could listen to the whole thing together. We both agreed it was fantastic and decided when he gets back from being away at work we want to get his narration of Frankenstein to listen to next. ( We've listen to audiobooks separately before but this book is the first one we've done together and I'm thrilled its started a new couples thing for us to do!)
Carmilla wasn't as good of a story in our opinion it's much slower and grabs your attention less. It may have been better had it not immediately followed Dracula which was just soo very good. I've still given this audiobook a 5 star because it's more than worth it's cost for just Dracula alone. I really cannot praise it enough. I did receive a copy of this book for free in exchange for and honest review. It did not however influence my review at all and all opinions are my own and those of my boyfriend.
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